X-Message-Number: 26169 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:10:37 -0400 From: Randolfe Wicker <> Subject: Cryonet rating choices Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Cryonet rating choices should have revised categories. I have no problem with any of terms now used. However, when I read some were deleting links to cryo-prize and the person in Canada who was claiming or "implying" a business connection with Alcor and Cryonics Institute, I simply wanted to say "good" or even "excellent". However, my only choices were: Normal, Boring, Flamebait, Funny, Informative, Insightful, Interesting, Offtopic, Poor Subject Line, or Redundant. I think the choices of: Poor, Good and Excellent should be added to the list and "Normal" should be changed to "Average". Given current choices, if I had to rate my posting saying artic funeral enterprises might lead to good publicity (which I couldn't because one is not allowed to rate their own posting), I'd have to choose between Insightful, Interesting, Funny or Flamebait. I assume "Flamebait" is a very negative rating. It should be negative if it disparages someone in an unduly negative way. However, any provocative politically-incorrect idea could also be considered "Flamebait"--and, in that case, it would be good because it would spark debate. Cloningly yours, Randy Wicker Randolfe H. Wicker Founder, Clone Rights United Front www.clonerights.com Spokesperson, Reproductive Cloning Network, www.reproductivecloning.net Correspondent, , StemClone Digest, www.StemCloneDigest.com Advisor, The Immortality Institute, www.imminst.org 201-656-3280 (Mornings) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26169