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SUPERSILLYGIRL
3/16/07 12:24 P
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That was my concern, and I didn't realize we were getting points for rating until after I posted that last thing! LOL!
I'm trying to try at least 4 recipes a week, but unless something has WAY too many calories or too much fat, OR the directions aren't clear, I won't rate it unless I've tried it. But, that's just me. :)
By the way, I'll have to check out your recipes! My last Crockpot venture ended in a Crockpot of soup down the drain. I wouldn't have even fed it to the horrible geese outside pooping all over the sidewalks! :) Sad isn't it? Hee hee...
But, I definitely agree that points for 5 rating a day encourage ratings without trying. In some cases, that may not be a bad thing, though.
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SuperSilly -- I went through and shared a whole bunch of recipes I had saved and half of them had ratings within the hour. Some of them were quick and easy so I guess someone who had all the ingredients on hand could have quickly whipped them up in that time but one was for a recipe that cooked for 4-6 hours in the crockpot
If people are going to rate recipes without trying them then the ratings won't be worth very much. I think the fact that SparkPeople offers points for rating up to 5 recipes a day encourages people to rate recipes without making them. Maybe you should only get points for rating 1 recipe a day.
Hopefully CUDA440 is right and the rating system will even itself out once hundreds of people start rating each recipe.
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Super Silly - I think Some of it has to do with that the site has only been launched for a week and the ratings will get better and evened out when more people are start rating them. There are TONS of recipes that are not rated at all, and I have only seen the first page maybe 2 that have been. Give it a bit of time and others are still getting used to all the features and options.
Beckie
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SUPERSILLYGIRL
3/14/07 8:09 P
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This has to do with rating, but not after changing the recipe. I just didn't want to start a new thread. I've noticed there are a lot of comments from people who have obviously not tried the recipes and the comments have nothing to do with the nutritional information. For example, I could see commenting poorly on a recipe that was not healthy (like too much fat or too many calories). However, I've noticed comments from people about not using organic foods and "natural" foods. Not only are they commenting, but rating the recipes low purely because of the ingredients. Does this seem beneficial comment/rating?
Also, more annoying to me really, is that there seem to be conversations ocurring through comments instead of just emailing each other.
Sorry, just frustrated when trying to find highly rated recipes (there's a bias because of the things I've just mentioned).
Thanks!
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DJHEILMANN
3/12/07 10:23 P
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| Definitely! With your rating I'd also comment with the changes you made to the recipe.
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I have tried a couple of the recipes and used them as a base but change them a little to suit myself.
If I add/omit an ingredient or change the cooking method in anyway from the original, should I rate the recipe?
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