Roger Wesson wrote:
> I was just having a look at what's on that well-known auction site, and
> looked through a few feedback profiles. Can anyone shed any light on
> why on earth so many people feel possessed to write 5 A's and 15 +'s
> after their comments?? Who started it, doesn't anyone realise that it
> is quite meaningless, and does it happen anywhere else on the web or in
> the real world?
I, too, just perused my feedback (what I've left and what I've gotten), and
from the first entry (late '98) on there've been 'A's and '+'s, singularly
and in concert with each other. I always try to leave meaningful
information about communications and condition, and then feel some odd
compulsion to 'fill up' the extra available space with something. Mob
mentality? We're just a flock of sheep??? I don't know.
Not sure I've seen any minus signs or 'E' grades, although they would seem
to apply.
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