I think because it's faster to hold down the key than to think & really
give info.
Tom
On Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 11:32, Joshua Putnam
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] OT - Ebay feedback nonsense" saying:
> 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 don't know who started it, but it's been that way almost since
> the beginning of eBay. Looking in my own feedback history, I see
> quite a few A+ and A++ in 2000, growing use of multiple !!!! by
> late 2000, and the first AAA+++ is in November of 2000, though
> that's just in my own feedback and it might have started sooner.
>
> Personally I try to leave more meaningful feedback, saying
> whether the goods were in the condition described in the ad,
> shipping was prompt, etc.
...
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