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Negative score system


Posted Date: 16 Aug 2008      Total Responses: 47

Posted By: Tony John       Member Level: Gold     Points: 1


We are introducing a negative score system in our forum section.

We noticed that several members are posting answers in the forum just for the sake of earning points. Many of them are copying content from other sites or repeatedly posting non relevant answers.

To prevent this and ensure only genuine members reach higher levels of membership and earn prizes, we are introducing a negative score system. Our editors will constantly monitor the forum answers. If we find that any members are posting copied answers or non relevant content for the purpose of earning points, editors will assign negative points for the answers. The negative points can range between -20 and -1.




Responses

Author: Kumar Velu    16 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 4
It's really great and one more thing is there should also negative points for posting more than one answer at a time.And other thing is there should also the option button "Report to Web master" in interview multiple choice question as i saw that many of the anser are wrong.

Regards
Kumar


Author: Danasegarane.A    17 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 0
Nice system ...




Author: Raghav    17 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
Kumar Velu,
we will look into your suggestion. Good suggestion made by you. We will definitely consider your request.


Raghav
Webmaster


Author: Wax    18 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 1
How its possible to limit the answers to one. There can be many solutions for a problem...


Author: Tony John    18 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
We are not asking to limit to one answer. There are people who split an answer to several ones and post as separate answers just for the sake of getting more points. This is what we are trying to prevent.


- Tony


Author: Aslan of Narnia    18 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 3
Welcome the new system,it would act as a deterrent to spammers.Also provide a rich text format for posting replies which will provide a good look also.


Author: ANIL PANDEY    18 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 4
This is a Nice system.

It will Give the chance to the Genuine Members to come forward.
IT please Do not Strict the members, so that they can answer once for a question coz several times the question needs multiple answers and the person can ask multiple questions by answering the previous one,..

Regards
Anil


Author: Arun Kumar    18 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 6
Good system. And I suggest to create a thread for complaints or an option to report to the editors. It will reduce the work and complexity of editors. And restrict the multiple posting(same content) in a thread. For eg If a person gives the reference as
http://www.dotnetspider.com/forum/165571-Negative-score-system.aspx
then the another user too providing the same link in his next post. It really looks like funny.

And for splitting answers.
It happened for me too. Because there is no option for delete. If so then split posts will be avoided. Edit option works great.

Moreover Negative rating with perfect editors will resolve all the problems. Glads and Wishes.

Thanks and Regards



Author: Ashis kumar Nayak    18 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 1
It's a nice concept. It reduces the irrevelant posts and rating.


Author: D.Jeya kumar(JK)    18 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 3
hi,


Good one.but any number of Good and Relevent answers should be allowed.because other may give another way to doing the same functionality. So please allow that it.

Regards
JK


Author: Aravind    18 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 1
Dear Members/Owners,

This method is really appreciable and welcome to ensure valid and uniqueness of member's answers. But i personally faced certain browser issues, where i dont have option other than pressing "F5" or "Go" button when my page fails to post back after submitting answer. That time, there are two same answers falling in. These such can be driven away by providing delete option for answers to the owners/moderators/original answer posters.

If they find the answer repeated, then can delete it, and obviously deleted answer point will be reduced as by the system functions.

And its my very personal feeling that we can avoid the Computer jokes section as this may be for fun, but not going to be useful in technical or purposeful for those who really want to seek solution. And those who visits this site for solution will never peep in to this section. Members who really feel to include jokes here, may enjoy this section adding points, otherwise its i feel of no use. I am sorry if iam wrong. feedback on my opinion is very well appreciated at any level.


Author: Aslan of Narnia    19 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 4
Hi Aravind

Nice suggestion regarding the delete option and F5.But i would have to differ on the removal of jokes section as every tech site you may visit features a joke section one way or another.Its for people who like to chill out a bit in between a hectic schedule.So I'm for not removal of Jokes. As you said it your personal feeling,so it is...


Author: Saurabh Hoonka    19 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 5
thats good. Nice suggestion regarding the delete option but also i want to say one thing that few person just copy paste whole link from other site or they just provide some reference. so my openion is that there should be zero point if someone refer to some other site as its not his/her efforts. i can say that It's a nice concept. It reduces the irrevelant posts and rating. also it will Give the chance to the Genuine Members to come forward. so i welcome this step.


Author: Shivshanker Cheral    19 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 3
Its really needed to track the genuine answer otherwise for the sake of points just sending the answer some time irrelevent answers also. it prevents the irrelevent answers.




Author: Raghav    19 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 6
Hi ItsMe,
Thank you for your suggestion. There is no necessity to split the answer just because you cannot delete the answer. You have the option to edit your answer at a later time. So if you feel that your answer needs more explanation or editing, you can edit it using the 'edit' option. So I do not think you will need delete option.

Jeya Kumar,
we are not saying that we will not allow good answers. The same answer from same person is not allowed. If you give an answer to a thread, and if another person has some doubt and needs clarification from your answer, then you can once again answer his query. This is allowed. But we will not allow spammers.

Saurabh Hoonka,
Our editors already started deleting the copied contents. We have a system to detect the copied contents and all the copied contents will be deleted and we will be giving negative score as Tony announced. so you need not worry about copied content. You can even report to the webmaster about copying and spamming by clicking on "Reporr to Webmaster".

Aravind,
I also feel Jokes section should be there. it is for relaxation and enjoy sometimes. Please remember that we are not considering the jokes posted by the members for awarding the prizes. So even if some one gets points by posting in jokes section, we will not consider them for awards.

Raghav
Webmaster - www.dotnetspider.com




Author: Gayathri    20 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 3
While submitting the responses, it is redirecting to error page. while submitting again, it is displaying twice. I had this problem twice and my point got credited twice.


Author: Wax    20 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 5
Hi,
Is it possible to include a feature to allow users to see the contents in fonts they want. I don't like the fonts and colors using in this website.

Also is there any list of the bbcodes available in this forum.

Wax



Author: Rekha    21 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 2
Hi,
It is possible to message the user why they are getting negative points.. So that they may not repeat it. Thanks

Regards
Rekha


Author: Arun Kumar    21 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
Ya. I second Rekha. If there is negative points or deletion of particular posts then a message should be sent to that person with the page link. As it helps or warns the user to correct themselves.



Author: NICK    21 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 5
Very good system to be honest...we always worried as when ever we tried to answer some questions first..n work on that question...by that time some would have posted irrelevant answers....also make it a point to delete irrelevant answers so that other users wont get confused reading them(I am not asking to include a delete option as i did before...i think the moderators should do the job of deleting such stuffs)...

Hoping to see bigger improvements...


Author: Satish Kumar J    21 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 2
Hi Web Master,

Hope this will help members more.

Thank you for introducing this and all the best.

Regards,
Satish.


Author: Chetankumar Digambarrao Akarte    23 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 4
Hello Tony and Raghav,

Its a good idea to restrict those people who just post reply for points. Wrong and nonsense answers are like a garbage. Here we are as team to help each other.

DotNetSpider is really a good resource for Dot Net community. Hope this will help you to keep clean and quality contents on DotNetSpider.

Regards
Chetankumar Akarte


Author: ravindrababu kothalanka    23 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 2
Very Nice Idea to implement this and it will play a major role in making the site really wonderfull and attractive.


Author: bulli guruvu setty    23 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 0
it's good.


Author: Dharmaraj    23 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 2
Hello Sir,
Its a nice one to hear from you. It will help to improve the quality of the content in the dotnet spider.


Author: Raghav    23 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 2
Gayathri,
we will look into your problem. May be it was temporary. Please tell if it is still repeating.

Raghav
Webmaster


Author: Raghav    23 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 4
Rekha,
Yours is a good suggestion. but we have to see whether it is possible. The members should be aware of the the posting guidelines before they post contents to the site. Most of the members just want to copy and paste the contents from other sites just because they want to earn points quickly which is not correct.
Raghav
Webmaster


Author: Nagarajan    25 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
Is It possible to send a message to all members about this system,
b'caz i doubt not everybody is going to look in to this post, though it's pinned

Happy Coder


Author: Sareesh.V    25 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 3
Hello
Please check to see that here are same questions people asking several times.. then the same answer is posting there also.
i can't point out the actual question and thread....
i found this several times when i browse through....


Author: vipul    25 Aug 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 3
hi,
it is nice system but how can we see that we get Negative
score.
some suggestion
1) post reply area make a big
2) user who post the question can't attach any file please see



Author: Raghav    25 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 4
Saresh,
we will look into your query. If the people are putting the same questions and same answers, we will delete such questions and answers. And Vipul, we will look into your problem and try to check why it happens.

Raghav
Webmaster


Author: abhay    26 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 4
hi

it is nice system but we can get negative mark as soon as posting answer or it may some delay .after getting negative mark we change our answer then you will change it postive or not.

if you will apply this to snippet also and review the snippet it will also better.


Author: Tony John    26 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
Negative points will be assigned only when editors come across the post. if you correct the pot later, editors may not notice it and so the points will not be corrected.

- Tony John


Author: srinivas    27 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 4
Hi,
Its very nice and moreover there is one problem that person giving himself questions and also answering that makes hestitating ,so i request admin to check that one also.
This negative system will make dotnetspider to an unique site which will solve all dotnet problems easily.
Thanks to admin.



Author: Siva Sankari.R    28 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
Hi,

Its a Good decision, Then some members are sending unwanted links(Chatting and friend request), that is not related to our questions. So kindly take action

Regards,
Siva


Author: karthik gattu    28 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 0
Nice idea,
very good system and when we are posting the answer,if the textbox is blank and when we click on to submit, the blank space is submiting, plz once check abt this


Author: Raju.M    28 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
if somebody get any mistake Wat will u do? i get like this one problm, thats y i mention this.this is really good idea.
my mistake please check with this link
http://www.dotnetspider.com/forum/137197-Which-true.aspx


Author: Legend     29 Aug 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 6
Yours is a good. The members should be aware of the the posting guidelines before they post contents to the site. Most of the members just want to copy and paste the contents from other sites

It's really great and one more thing is there should also negative points for posting more than one answer at a time.


It will provide the greate opportunity to the Talent Members to come forward.



Author: Swaminathan    30 Aug 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 4
Yeah, that's really a wise decision. Only members who give appropriate answer deserve points.

Even though certain questions have very common answers, every one should provide additional information supporting their answer. viz. explaining their answers in detail and if possible with examples.




Author: Raghav    01 Sep 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 5
Raju,

What is the mistake in your resource? I think instead of A,B,C and D as choices you have put 1,2,3,4 and you have given the answer yourself. Is that the mistake you are talking about? If you find any mistake in your resources, you can edit it by clicking on "Edit" link which is near your user name in the Title of the resource. I hope this clarifies your doubt. If you have any further query, please do not hesitate to ask us. We will help you

Raghav
Web Master


Author: Bunty    02 Sep 2008Member Level: DiamondRating:     Points: 3
Hi,

Nice system.
I m waiting for it since long time and it finally happens.
Do such things to make it more perfect.

Thanks and Regards
S.S.Bajoria


Author: Geetha    03 Sep 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 3
Hi Tony,

Implementing negative marks is good.
But if we get the intimation about our negative marks and reason for the same means it will be very useful for us.
So that we won't repeat the same again.

Geetha.



Author: Vidhya    05 Sep 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 1
Hi,

Its really great one. I hope that you must consider Kumar Velu view.

Regards,
Vidhya.


Author: Priya    05 Sep 2008Member Level: SilverRating:     Points: 6
Negative score system is a good option, but the askers should co-operate with it and use it, otherwise it will be a failure.

Instead of negative scores, we can give the choice to the asker to accept a comment as a soution for his/her question. If more than one comment helped him/her to solve the problem, he/she can split the points to several comments. This will be helful when others come to our website when they google for solutions. This way the acrhived solutions will have some quality. Each question should be alloted a maximu points level and the asker should be given the rights to assign the points to the participants. If the asker doesnot assign the points after gettign the solution, we can warn them to come back and assign the points after a particular days. Or the webmaster can assign the points if they are left open for a long time.

I noticed, many members don't return the questions as they know they will not get much points there, so they all look for only new questions. Please get the feedback personaly from all the memebers to know actually how many members are satisfied with the answers provided here. If a comments is posted, all the paticipants of that thread should be email notified so that they can come back to that thread and work towards a possible solution. If the solutions are not having the quality, soon this website might loose the visitors.

Thanks for listening
Priya



Author: Nagarajan    08 Sep 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 2
May be you can include some option that the asker can poll whether the asnswer is useful or not.

Happy Coder.


Author: Muralee Krishnan.K    18 Sep 2008Member Level: GoldRating:     Points: 1
It is good system. it will avoid repeat answering by a same person.

By
Muralee


Author: SK    19 Sep 2008Member Level: BronzeRating:     Points: 3
Hi,

Nice system.
Moreover Negative rating with perfect editors will resolve all the problems. Glads and Wishes.

Do such things to make it more perfect.



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