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by prawn 5182 days ago
Needs more options than Awesome/Crap IMO. Maybe a five-point scale or a "done already" flag?
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I don't agree with having a five-point scale. The reason for the success of sites like FML is the simple yes/no voting system.
For those sites, I'd agree with that. They're pretty flippant. But this is different (I felt that people could make career decisions partly based on these votes) and I found it uncomfortable choosing "Awesome" for an idea that I thought could be OK, maybe.
I'm not so sure on a scale. I think comments with why yes or no would be more useful (working on it).

An already done flag is an excellent idea though! OR could this just be a NO + comment with link?

I'd vote for Done Already that shows a link box. And, of course, comments.
Comments are now in. Just click the little + button (creating a more obvious link in a minute)
More obvious link up there now.