JakeThePimp said:I agree that I would rather see the community vote rather then my vote. I'll let the forums do the sifting for me. I don't think I'll ever click the "not intersted" button, in a dynamic forum it's only sevice is to limit content that I don't want limited.But if you know that you'll never be interested in a deal on a new car, or a cheapie DVD player, why not use that button to permanently get rid of it? The voting buttons help you do the filtering for others, but only YOU know what YOU need.

RightHere said:JakeThePimp said:I agree that I would rather see the community vote rather then my vote. I'll let the forums do the sifting for me. I don't think I'll ever click the "not intersted" button, in a dynamic forum it's only sevice is to limit content that I don't want limited.But if you know that you'll never be interested in a deal on a new car, or a cheapie DVD player, why not use that button to permanently get rid of it? The voting buttons help you do the filtering for others, but only YOU know what YOU need.

You'll be surprised to know that I don't know what I need until I see a deal on FW, then suddenly I need everything. Just check out my pantry.

FatWallet.Com said:we're not looking for perfection tonight - we're looking at "better" thanks for your $.02... the popularity issue is a bigger question.

TimI think the general population has spoken.

There has to be a different reason other than "abuse" of why FW dropped the original ranking system; any ranking system can be abused.

i say bring back red/green, that truly did distinguish FW as the best deal site.

BUT< i do like the idea of being able to delete a post from your view permanently, for example i could delete all Levono deals =]

so just consider expanding on the old functinality. =]

udonoogen said:anything that requires explanation is too complicated. there was nothing complicated about:
a little red
a lot of red
a little green
a lot of green

Perhaps FW trying to cater to the color blinds?

On another thread (SD) they use a thumbs up sign or more to show a good deal/bad deal, this star system looks extremely similar to theirs. I think we were much better off with the red/green. I must admit i was a little happy when they took the red out considering half my posts got red all the time..

Would coloring the stars differently be acceptable?

One/two stars gets red
Three stars gets some neutral color (I would say "no color" but apparently that means "not rated" now so another "neutral color")
Four/five stars get green.

Just an idea...

rizzleness said:On another thread (SD) they use a thumbs up sign or more to show a good deal/bad deal, this star system looks extremely similar to theirs. I think we were much better off with the red/green. I must admit i was a little happy when they took the red out considering half my posts got red all the time..
Yep, the star ratings now are no different from SD's thumbs-up ratings. I find both methods of rating causes the page to have a very "cluttered" look. The bars were much cleaner and easier on the eyes.

I echo both of loves pam's sentiments.

lovespam said:i loved the old rating system

and am i the only one bothered by the spelling of "quick" in the post title?

RightHere said:JakeThePimp said:I agree that I would rather see the community vote rather then my vote. I'll let the forums do the sifting for me. I don't think I'll ever click the "not intersted" button, in a dynamic forum it's only sevice is to limit content that I don't want limited.But if you know that you'll never be interested in a deal on a new car, or a cheapie DVD player, why not use that button to permanently get rid of it? The voting buttons help you do the filtering for others, but only YOU know what YOU need.


But I don't know, deals come and go. Deals die and/or get better with age. A $12 DVD player...not today but who knows what tomorrow will bring. For that reason I have no interest in "not interested". I come here more often to look for deals rather then locate a deal on X product.

-JTP