SmartCanucks undergoing upgrades and more...

[Sally888]

One more teeny weeny request... it's just little... let's make the tea room and the game room private members-only rooms.. just those two.. everything else is accessible to everyone... pwease?

go jays has high hopes, shes got high hopes.....

[ErinsMom]

because most of the train ratings give little info.
they just say thank you for riding such and such train.

I totally agree, mainly because (as I mentioned in my previous post) that it takes so darn long to do all those ratings.
But don't you also find most one on one trades just say "thanks for the trade"

Maybe there's a better way overall to do ratings?

[FallenPixels]

I dont think they really need to be separated, they give as much info as each other, unless someone is super generous or there is a problem, there is no need for much detail

but it would be nice to know if its train passengers giving ratings to others (if you think about a VWT, every person could be giving & receiving 15 ratings if they are giving them to the other passengers for the coupons they received, an easy way to pad your ratings)

[elayjosh]

I totally agree, mainly because (as I mentioned in my previous post) that it takes so darn long to do all those ratings.
But don't you also find most one on one trades just say "thanks for the trade"

Maybe there's a better way overall to do ratings?

90% of traders that leave rating do leave more than just thanks for the trade.
but if I am checking traders that mostly do trains those ratings tell me nothing.

I think having two areas to leave comments is not needed.
often traders leave comments in the second section that can only be read by a mod that would be more helpful for others to see like: trade went as expected or generous trader or easy to get along with etc.
I would like just one comment area and maybe the comments would be more descriptive and it would also take less time having to put comments in two places.
I would like train conductors to leave more descritive comments like: followed rules. sent correct boarding pass generous to other riders etc.

[Sally888]

Those comments can be left in the details, are you checking the details? Traders or train riders can utilize this.

[Jezebel]

Those comments can be left in the details, are you checking the details? Traders or train riders can utilize this.

when I go look at yours all I can see is the one line saying thanks for the trade ect...even way back when I left you a rating that is the only one I can see any additional comments

[elayjosh]

when I go look at yours all I can see is the one line saying thanks for the trade ect...even way back when I left you a rating that is the only one I can see any additional comments

only the trader can see the extra comments no one else can see them.

[ErinsMom]

if you think about a VWT, every person could be giving & receiving 15 ratings if they are giving them to the other passengers for the coupons they received, an easy way to pad your ratings

Everyone has to remember your trade rating number only counts once per person.
For example every time I ride with person X I don't get an additional bump in my overall trade rating, only once for person X ever.
So really this doesn't pad ratings at all, most trains are the same riders over and over again.

[FallenPixels]

So use the reg box, say 'generous rider, followed all rules etc'

[FallenPixels]

Everyone has to remember your trade rating number only counts once per person.
For example every time I ride with person X I don't get an additional bump in my overall trade rating, only once for person X ever.
So really this doesn't pad ratings at all, most trains are the same riders over and over again.

For someone with ratings already, its not a huge deal but for relatively new members it does indeed pad numbers

There is a HUGE difference between someone having 30 trades or riding 2 VWTs in terms of how trusting you are in trading with them

[ErinsMom]

Everyone has to remember your trade rating number only counts once per person.
For example every time I ride with person X I don't get an additional bump in my overall trade rating, only once for person X ever.
So really this doesn't pad ratings at all, most trains are the same riders over and over again.

For example...the latest train I am conducting only has 1 rider on it that I have never traded or rode a train with in the past.
So even when all riders leave feedback for my train I will only have 1 additional point added to my feedback score from that new rider, all others won't count because they have given me a rating in the past. So only get 1 additional point in my feedback score for much more work than a simple one on one trade.

[ErinsMom]

I guess no system is perfect & no rating system will cover all situations.

[Jezebel]

I get what you are saying as I have done over 1200 trades but only have a rating of 535 and although I may do many more trades but the number doesn't rise anyone looking at my itrader page will see exactly how many trades I have actually done ...so it all works out in the wash ..as long as none are negative I am happy

[cabmonk]

Don't know if this has ever been asked or brought up before...
Is there anyway to make leaving trade ratings easier & quicker? Not a big deal when you are leaving feedback for just one person, but when you have 10 to do for one train it takes forever. Could it be set up like a PM where we could enter all riders usernames that were on one particular train & leave a positive rating for everyone at once?

I think riders may be more compliant about leaving ratings if the process didn't take so long. Clicking on 10 different users, choosing all the options from the drop down menues & leaving comments for each one takes a long time.

Just curious if I'm missing something or getting this wrong. However the way I'm reading it looks like you would like to give every person you leave a rating for the exact same comments. Don't see how that helps anyone or is any better,just wondering is all. Would be like on ebay where someone left multiple comments to 20 different people each consisting of one word "ok"..

[elayjosh]

when I click on notifications I often click on facebook by mistake as they and some of the other links overlap each other.
I am using firefox.