http://www.greggbolinger.com/blog/tags/dzone/ en Gregg Bolinger Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:58:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.greggbolinger.com/blog/2008/04/07/1207611120000.html <p> I've been guilty of this myself but have been trying to follow my own advice. If you vote something down on DZone it would be really nice to give a reason either in the DZone comment system or on the article itself. No one likes to see their content voted down but maybe with some constructive criticism authors can improve their content. </p> <p> I'd also like to see down votes actually matter with regards to the front page. I know there is probably some fancy shmancy algorithm determining front page promotion. I think it goes something like this: </p> <p> <code class="java"> if (rick.likesArticle || article.lotsOfClicks) { article.promoteToFrontPage() } </code> </p> <p> But once the down vote exceeds the up vote it doesn't make a lot of sense for it to be on the front page anymore. Well, that's my opinion anyway. YMMV. Happy blogging. </p> http://www.greggbolinger.com/blog/2008/04/07/1207611120000.html#comments http://www.greggbolinger.com/blog/2008/04/07/1207611120000.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:32:00 GMT