[ADMIN]

As of now, if you rate a thread, picture, journal, etc you will be essentially "adding" to its total score. Even if you rate something 1 star, it will boost its total rating. I've changed the names of all the ratings to reflect this.

Old Ratings
5 Stars = Excellent
4 Stars = Good
3 Stars = Average
2 Stars = Bad
1 Star = Terrible

New Ratings
5 Stars = Superior
4 Stars = Excellent
3 Stars = Great
2 Stars = Good
1 Star = Fine


All "Top" listings now reflect this change. "Top" lists will always be sorted by total number of "stars received." This makes it much more difficult for a user to manipulate the ratings (by lowering averages), since rating something will always be positive. This came about because of some recent attempts to manipulate the top ratings lists. Most of our "top" lists have worked like this anyways -- this just makes it a little more obvious.

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-Victor/Admin