A) Allow one to rate a single post rather than having a "Rate All" button on each.
B) Instead of a 1-5 scoring system, a -1 through 3, or -2 through 2 system would be preferable, where 1 or 0, respectively is "Neutral". The verbal descriptions from lowest to highest are fine though and should remain the same.
Alternately, a similiar result could be reached more easily by setting "3 Neutral" as the default and not messing with the numbers, but I think 0 or 1 as the Neutral setting is more intuitive.
C) Set a default for all posts, such that unrated posts are voted as Neutral when "Rate All" is selected.
This would promote rating posts, as one wouldn't have to select a rating for each and every post, just the ones they wanted to mod up or down.
Of course, it might also moot suggestion A.
My apologies if this has already been discussed elsewhere on the board or at CKX.
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