STAR RATINGS... [Archive]

BCB

03-22-2005, 01:15 PM

It seems that our ratings as to the number of posts we have made starts at zero (0) again? Bummer...I worked so darn hard to get to be a Boolit Master--even if I only was on the lower end of that rating...BCB

C1PNR

03-22-2005, 03:04 PM

Shucks, even if it did say "Boolit Master" I usually feel more like a newbie. :)

BCB

03-22-2005, 03:08 PM

Well Yea, me too! But notice I did say on the lower end of the scale...BCB

Ed Barrett

03-24-2005, 07:46 AM

Just keep posting and you will get there.

frank l jr

04-09-2005, 08:54 PM

yea buddy, just like a newbie. first on for this one. good enough. where can one get the numbers for the ratings?

see ya frank

Buckshot

04-09-2005, 09:57 PM

yea buddy, just like a newbie. first on for this one. good enough. where can one get the numbers for the ratings?

see ya frank

45Nut has'em.

Several other BB's have similar. On the Practical Machinist board you start as plastic, go through a whole bunch of stuff like hot rolled, 303 stainless until you reach diamond. In addition readers can give you 'Stars' which I guess mean how much they like your answers or something.

I really don't believe it means much, (arbitrary ratings) but sometimes it's rather comical. On the home shop gunsmithing board I think the highest is 'God of Gunsmithing' or some such thing. I've seen a couple with titles like that and then they ask a question like, "What is a centerdrill used for?" Yeah right, God of Gunsmithing!

.................Buckshot

MARCORVET

04-11-2005, 11:09 PM

I know what you mean! I don't post very often, just when I have a question or can answer a question. Took me quite a while to get 40+ posts on the last board. Oh well, guess I'll just have to try HARDER!!

Magnum Mike

04-12-2005, 05:21 AM

Well Yea, me too! But notice I did say on the lower end of the scale...BCBWhere you at in Western PA BCB? I am very near the intersection of I-80 & I-79...

KCSO

04-12-2005, 06:52 AM

I never quite understood the fact that folks are rated on quantity rather than quality. I don't consider the ratings much, some of the best tips I have seen came from so called newbies.

Gunload Master

04-12-2005, 08:20 AM

Actually this new board as a "reputation" feature we could impliment..

buck1

04-12-2005, 07:13 PM

I dont know, I bet some folks would get ofended. True we could put some rookies misgivings in their place. I have been set straight myself a time or ten . But always in a teaching manner. I was always gratefull for the Info. I think little good would come of ratings, but someone who is a regular most likely has advice worth hearing out..

IMHO.........Buck