dsource and ranking vs. rating

[Walter Bright]

Knud Soerensen wrote:
> Some of the problem i see with a rating system is:

Any ranking system is going to have misleading, unfair and inaccurate 
results. So will any ranking system using annointed moderators. Any 
attempt to make fine distinctions based on a ranking system is doomed to 
failure.

But looking at it with a broad brush will be, I predict, fine. Look at 
sites with user or moderator ranking systems - slashdot, digg, imdb, 
amazon, download, youtube. By and large, they are successful at 
separating the ones worth a second look from the ones not.