Can anybody tell me from where the rating of individual threads comes from and who decides how many stars are awarded for certain topics?

Just curious

Franz

Franz,

When you open a given thread, you'll find a little pull-down menu near the bottom right of the screen that lets members rate it from one to five stars.

I just gave yours a five-star rating. I assume if another person gave it just one star, the program would take the average [(5+1)/2] and give it three overall.

In practice it seems that members only bother to rate threads if they're really good or really inane.

Joe