stodol@diku.dk (David Stodolsky) (02/16/90)
[posted to: expnet@ncoast.uucp] davidsen%hal@crdos1.crd.ge.com writes: > If someone likes a posting, particularly a controversial one, they >*reply* to the control program with a single line message saying BRAVO. >If they don't like it they reply "B_LLSH_T." The moderator program >applies a weighting scheme to the votes so one poster or site can't >censor another poster. The update program regularly weights the postings >of each poster and site, and mails a "report card" back to the poster. In addition to a report card, how about a "request card" or "invitation to contribute." After reading an article you return a vector of responses chosen from: 1:BRAVO 2:Addition needed 3:Correction needed 4:Do not understand 5:Not serious 6:False 7:Disagree 8:Original 9:Irrelevant The descriptions chosen could be placed on a single line like: 68 That is, "Irrelevant, False". If a lot of readers returned this opinion and a lot returned: 28 "Original, correction needed." Then it would be interesting to invite the best author from each group to post an article. The "best" author is defined as the most central in their group. "Most central" can be computed mathematically, using the "Cultural Consensus Model". For a small experiment, an editor could just look over the pattern of responses and invite a couple of people to post an article supporting their opinions. The effect is that the best informed supporter of each opinion is invited to contribute. Authors can get reports on each of their articles. Readers can receive reports on the quality of each of their judgments. This approach also has the advantage of token passing, which avoids a duplication of effort. That is, several responses that say more or less the same thing, do not get written simultaneously, and therefore, do not have to be read. -- David S. Stodolsky, PhD Internet: david@harald.ruc.dk Department of Psychology : stodol@diku.dk Copenhagen Univ., Njalsg. 88 Voice: + 45 31 58 48 86 DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark Fax: + 45 31 54 32 11