Granted, I've only been here a little over a month, but I don't see a point for having anything other than a “5” on th “Rate It” scale.

I've never seen anyone rate something other than a 5. I've done it once or twice, but given the apparent trend of rating every bloody comic a 5 at DD, I'm beginning to feel that it might be taboo to actually, truly rate a book. If I rate something as 4 or less will a cloud of DD winged monkeys sweap out the sky & yank out all my straw?

There are plenty of 4s & less on DD (heck many peole might even include one or both of my books on that list). Is everyone's 1-4 buttons broken? Is it considered rude to rate less than a 5?

What am I missing as a newby? Am I simply too dense (very likely, I admit)?

Feedback, please.

Later,
Chip

People are scared of starting Flame Wars.

Also, the rating system has no bearing on your rank (last time I checked…). All the ranks on the site are determined by Page Views.

Some people actually report comments that are 4's.

that was from the old DD
ranking used to be based on the rating

Yeah, it's sort of a holdover from how things used to run. There's no purpose to the numbers now other than as a general indicator of like/dislike. Most people don't bother voting less than 4 of 5 because if they don't like it, why bother?

I've had my comic rated less then a 5 a few times, I want people to tell me what they think.

But I can't remember when I rated less then a 5, because if I read a comic I don't like or its sloppy or something, I wont rate it or comment.
Why? I dunno, its how I roll I suppose.

These threads always come up, there most recent was here:
http://www.drunkduck.com/community/view_topic.php?tid=31120)