X-Message-Number: 26711 Date: 28 Jul 2005 04:22:16 -0000 From: "Kevin Q. Brown" <> Subject: Re: reputation too low Charles Platt expressed surprise that the CryoNet software found the reputation of "tru_numberman" to be too low for inclusion of his/her message # 26699 in a CryoNet digest. He also pointed out that documentation on the CryoNet rating system was not easy to find. To remedy the latter issue, I just added a new "MESSAGE RATINGS" section to the "CryoNet Information for New Subscribers" at: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=0 which now contains links to messages that provide more details about the rating system. Next, I found why the CryoNet software considered the reputation of "tru_numberman" too low for inclusion in a CryoNet digest. From the main CryoNet page: http://www.cryonet.org/ I clicked on the link for "CryoNet Messages by Author" to find the three messages (26676, 26685, and 26687) posted by "tru_numberman" before # 26699. Entering those numbers at: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi revealed that 26676 and 26685 had no ratings, but 26687 had one rating of "Flamebait", giving "tru_numberman" an overall rating of "Flamebait", which was too low for inclusion in a CryoNet digest. I expect that Charles would agree that the algorithm is too sensitive to a single unflattering rating. He proposed requiring at least 20 ratings be given before a poster's reputation could be considered too low. That seems too generous to me, but a threshold of one rating clearly is too low. I'll change it to five. Kevin Q. Brown (please include "cryonics" in the subject line) Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26711