Originally Posted by gleff
But I'm not clear on the benefit that the ratings feature provides, and it would seem to me that that would have to come first. The only reason to minimize a harm is to capture a benefit. What is that benefit?
The benefit would be the increased visibility of important and consequential threads. It would be much easier to scan FlyerTalk's new posts and hone in on the ones that the community considers to be of particular value. Maybe it's a thread discussing an eye-popping fare. Maybe it's a thread pointing the way to easily and inexpensively pick up a bunch of frequent flyer miles. Whatever the case, it would be just one more tool that might help separate the important posts from the trivial.