>While I respect your opinions and like your 'thumbs up, thumbs down' idea, I do disagree to some extent. What is 'valuable' to one is of little or no value to another. Especially when it comes to the experience scale of developers.
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>Those just starting out with VFP will value basic, clear, messages with a clear resolution. Three stars given a message marking it as the resolution will hold the most value of all if the message pertains to their current problem. Yet those messages will be of little or no value to developers that have used VFP for years.
>Who would determine when/if a message has 'value' and how that message scales in value to others? It is entirely too subjective I'm afraid.
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>If I have a problem, simple or difficult, and I do a search on the UT for anything similar, I am going to gravitate to those messages with any stars in them looking for a resolution as quick as possible. I tend to disregard 'value' markings on other forums because they are typically the opposite of what I am looking for.
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>Now, if I'm on a forum that marks messages by 'value' or content and I see a few that look interesting, I will look at them simply out of curiosity to see if I can learn something new. However, they more than likely have nothing to do with my current task I need to get done and am looking for help in accomplishing. That is 'free time' browsing and something we have little time to do.
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>I for one see this forum as very valuable and well worth the $ I pay for it. I can suffer a few mismarked threads as resolutions (when they may not be) in order to find what I'm looking for. I usually find it.
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>What I try to filter out are those diatribes that go on between individuals that seem to originate out of over-inflated egos and hurt feelings-now those take up the bandwidth! Oh well, no site can be perfect and sometimes we just need a little humour in our day anyway!
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>Just my humble opinion...
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>:o)

Very well said, Tracy, and I agree with you completely.