Rating expresses an opinion.
While I often do both, frequently I only do one or the other.
I gave up 3s after I saw how they can function as damning with faint praise. And since they can also be given by accident, If I MEAN to damn with faint praise, better I should write a comment that DOES that.
And 2s mean something is wrong with the comment. But usually it is better I should say what, or just give a 1 and be done with it.
And of course 0s are for action, just like the RECOMMEND.
The point being most things I don't rate at all. Reading a blog is not like being a schoolteacher! The Fates are kind.
2 is a warning, just like it says...for when someone is getting too stroppy.
(short for 'obstreperous', i think!)
ratings are a good way to communicate when not feeling chatty, but if it worked as dkos does, it would be less hassle and i think more peeps would use them. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
