crtrue Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I don't think we'll ever see a user-submitted rating system on caches, simply because of the competition it creates between cache owners and potential for spamming makes it unhealthy to the site and the sport as a whole. Yet, finding a few good caches in a new area is still a matter of checking each one out individually and looking for clues on the page. Ratings don't tell much and simply cause competition -- so why not descriptive flags? If you use the sites, think like Slashdot or Fark. A single word description or icon that a user tags the cache with (I don't know if it would be wise to limit the cacher to a single flag or multiple), similar to an attribute, but more generic and meant to describe the quality of the cache as from the point of view of the cacher. Off the top of my head, I generally avoided negative flags, since I don't know how useful or wanted those would be. They are generally adjectives, directly inspired by Fark, giving a larger variety of mixed options and not making any one type "better" than another: "Creative" "Humorous" "Frightening" "Interesting" "Inspiring" "Repetitive" (Sorry, we do need one ) "Amazing" "Physical" (As in, weighing heavily on physically demanding, not "physical" versus "virtual") "Mental" (As in, weighing in on the mental side) "Life-changing" (Perhaps??...no...) "Life-ruining" (Hopefully never needed...hehe) "Awww" (You never know...) Link to comment
+benh57 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I had the exact same thought... Similar to the 'tags' from slashdot. Users can apply any tags they like to a cache. I do forsee issues from cache owners angry about negative tags. To solve that, all tags could be hidden by default on the cache page till the user shows them by clicking something. user could select certain tags to always show, if present. This is similar to bookmark lists, but is really closer to user-definable attributes. Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 It has potential. Especially if you can later filter the results, but mostly if finders would use them. The end result would be similar to the affinity system discussed elsewhere in this forum. Variations on a theme. It may be possible to combine both concepts so it works better overall. Link to comment
+Jhwk Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 "Crappy" "Mundane" "Awful" "Boring" "Overused" "Pretentious" "Retarded" "BadCoords" "Liar!!!1!" Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 "Crappy" "Mundane" "Awful" "Boring" "Overused" "Pretentious" "Retarded" "BadCoords" "Liar!!!1!" Yawn. Pedestrian. Blasé Snorefest Quaint Tribble (as in from “the trouble with tribbles maybe spelled wrong but means ‘there are so freaking meany of these things we should round them up and kill them all). Link to comment
+wesleykey Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Since I log most of my caches from slow dialup internet, I likely would not participate in an additional step of rating a cache after logging it. Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 "Crappy" "Mundane" "Awful" "Boring" "Overused" "Pretentious" "Retarded" "BadCoords" "Liar!!!1!" Yawn. Pedestrian. Blasé Snorefest Quaint Tribble (as in from “the trouble with tribbles maybe spelled wrong but means ‘there are so freaking meany of these things we should round them up and kill them all). Nobody came up with DPM? Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Ticklish. Tickish. Squirmy. Wormy. Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Needs Maintenance Needs Archiving Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 (edited) muggly. flambéish. crystalized. skeeterific. chiggersome. Edited March 20, 2007 by sbell111 Link to comment
+flask Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 schadenfreudish zithersome fishtacular rashalicious odoriffic Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Needs Maintenance Needs Archiving I like those. Now... if only there was some way to incorporate those into the existing system... Link to comment
+cave-rat Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 "Crappy" "Mundane" "Awful" "Boring" "Overused" "Pretentious" "Retarded" "BadCoords" "Liar!!!1!" Yawn. Pedestrian. Blasé Snorefest Quaint Tribble (as in from “the trouble with tribbles maybe spelled wrong but means ‘there are so freaking meany of these things we should round them up and kill them all). Nobody came up with DPM? did anybody say stupid.... idioty.... (I know that is not a word...but it sounds good) Link to comment
crtrue Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Okay, I think we should just implement a general tagging system on caches, because we'll never agree on a set number of these Link to comment
+BBosman Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Or we could just introduce a rating for the individual tags. Link to comment
+benh57 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 That's the whole point - there is no 'set' list of tags. They are intended to be user-definable. That's why tags are so cool. Link to comment
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