Originally Posted by gleff
There's been much discussion of potential (or past) harms from the thread rating feature, and some discussion of how to mitigate those harms.
I'm curious whether members have thoughts on what the benefits of the thread rating feature are.
I'm unsure what value ratings have. There's already a measure I find useful - number of views. In less frequented forums that may not work so well but then neither would ratings IMHO.
Thread ratings also have a significant shortcoming (in my eyes) that no-one has mentioned. You can only vote once, but the "value" of the thread may change after you've voted. Eg a thread may initially be full of rubbish, but then later some valuable info or comments may well change the tone & usefulness completely - or vice versa.