things you don't use are often hard to rate. However, walls, icons (od, ip, and otherwise), bootskins, things like that only need a look for the most part.

you are not supposed to rate the ones you don't download. at least thats my opinion

there's not much of a supposed to about it...more of a do or don't

...though the deciding factor usually seems to be, take time to or keep moving on. For the most part, things only get rated if they are really good, or really bad. Which makes the default 6 all the move necessary and accurate.

Yes making that assumption about the general body of raters is true, but it would be far better if people would only rate what they download and have actually seen what its like. I have found many skins innacuratly rated because the raters only looked at the preview. I have noticed several in the bootskin section where the preview isn't 16colors.

things like windowblinds, desktop object themes, winamp skins, can't be completely accurately rated one way or the other unless installed and looked at with their own two eyes

Here is another reason I do not rate: If the persons work I rated thinks I did not rate his work like he thinks it should have been rated, that person can rate my stuff even lower. I only have one 8 amonst a bunch of 4's so I really don't want to piss anyone off.

what? nobody knows you rated their work. I think the admins might, but us normal people can't see who rated their work.

yes but i like the leave good comments as well!

If that person goes and rates yours low because you rated theirs low for a good reason, then they are in the fault. They shouldn't do that.

well i have rated a few and will contiue to do so i guess to those skin i use all the time.

I think that rating without commenting should probably be nixed as a means of better controlling abuse of the system.

Personally if I rate something I will comment upon it because it seems an integral part of the process for me. Though if anyone checks you will see I have not spent much time rating anything, which is something I am starting to do a little each day. Pick an area of the site and browse through and look at the submissions. Wall, icons, and screen shots I do not feel need to be downloaded as long as you can get a good shot of them so you see the style and structure of them. Skins, Themes and Cursors I am thinking need to be downloaded and installed so you not only see a shot but can get a feel for how they function also....

anyway...

IP : Form = 7.5
Grammar= 7.0
Overall Content= 8.0

heck man, even Jim Jones got better than that!


IPlural leans over and whispers to yrag, don't drink the coolaid
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