Just to say that I think the "star ratings" for threads are not a good idea - firstly virtually no one is using them, secondly it is easy to click on the wrong rating if you do decide to rate a thread (especially on a phone) and thirdly, someone has given my Borneo review (and also AbbaDave's) a measly one star!!!!!  I am not impressed!  But seriously they could be used maliciously to downgrade someone's thread or to get at them.....

Cheers,

Bob

I am afraid star rating is part of the system we use at the moment but will have a look to see whether there is something we can do.

Kind regards,

Elisa

Thanks for the info.  I see that some kind person has given it a higher rating as I'm now up to three stars!!  And before anyone asks, it wasn't me as we can't vote for our own threads!

All the best,

Bob

Are you sure you can't vote for your own thread?!

Jaya

Cindy

Hi Julia/Elisa,

Just to say that I think the "star ratings" for threads are not a good idea - firstly virtually no one is using them, secondly it is easy to click on the wrong rating if you do decide to rate a thread (especially on a phone) and thirdly, someone has given my Borneo review (and also AbbaDave's) a measly one star!!!!!  I am not impressed!  But seriously they could be used maliciously to downgrade someone's thread or to get at them.....

Cheers,

Bob

Sometimes it is easy to jump to conclusions Bob!!!! I looked to see if I could find any information about star ratings - I couldn't. So I reckoned it was a cumulative rating system and it was me who, as I thought the reviews accurately described our Borneo and Singapore adventures, gave both you and Dave a "measly one star", thinking others would add to it. (Jaya already had a few stars) Oops! Sorry you were not impressed!!! I hope JY will take your comments on board and if the star system is to remain perhaps some easy to find instructions will help prevent similar confusion. Hope we are still friends?!!!!!!!

From one who went through her school days hoping to get just one gold star!

Consider yourself given a gold star by me - you are forgiven!!  Your post did raise a smile here, these things can be confusing!  I've given Dave's review a five star rating, which means, taken with your one star, he now has a three star average!!  I see a couple of others have rated my review since so my overall star rating has risen further!  I still do think star ratings are an unnecessary addition to the Community and hope JY will find a way to remove them from the system in due course.

All the best,

Bob

I had wondered what they were for and how people got them.

What a strange idea to have ratings for people's reviews !

I don't think any of us write reviews to get 5 stars, we write them to let others know what we thought of a holiday and JY publishes them whether they are good or bad.

All the best,

Bob

from the 'pack mentality' you see so often on other social media.

This is supposed to be a helpful and supportive forum - not a popularity competition.

I know some regular contributors here have a 'following' and deservedly so.

But lets not discourage others who also have something to say from time to time.

I think JY is pushing this forum in the wrong direction.

Cheers,

Bob

Roger, please do not let the star rating system put you off from posting a review. Lots of forum users love reading reviews - personally I love reading them all. I guess Just You are unable to do anything about the star ratings as this is built in with the software.

Bob, you gave Dave's review one star, but did not give me any! Only joking....

Jaya

What is going on now with people rating threads?!!  I see a lot of threads on this forum and also the "Say Hello" have been rated one or two stars - these have just been done over the last couple of days, since before that the vast majority of threads had no ratings at all.  Some of the reviews have also been given low star ratings, which I think is particularly unfair, so I've given them a five star one to boost their rating (I don't have the time to go through the other forums to do the same!) - I think if you were new to JY and/or the Community (or just an occasional visitor to the forum) and saw all these low ratings it would put you off posting anything!  So whoever is doing all the low ratings, please stop - it's not nice!  And JY, I really do think you should find a way of getting rid of them asap.

I am very sorry I ever started this thread as very few threads were being rated until then!!!

Cheers,

Bob