(((This is not about any thread I started, or any one thread in particular))) In most sections of DP, if someone bothers to rate a thread, the feedback is likely to reflect on the 'quality' of the post. In P & R, IMO, people will 'up-and-down' rate a thread based only on their bias or opinion. Do you really think 1 or 2 stars will stop someone from reading a thread? ...or does 5 stars actually draw more viewers??? What do you think??
I don't even notice ratings... if it's a good rating, it's probably the OP trying to attract eyes... if it's a bad rating, it's probably someone the OP pissed off...
Personally, I don't care that much about rating. It has no value over here. I tend to rate abyale's threads with 1 star, since he has a super cool copy/paste feature in his keyboard And what's with making posts with the <list> function ?
I like it when people give a thread one start. It just makes the thread stand out versus the majority since they aren't ranked at all