Why do the Pan Peninsula and Broadgate Tower threads have 5 star ratings when 20 Fenchurch Street tower (Walkie Talkie) is only rated with 3 stars?

Surely this is a tad subjective by the rater, whoever they are? (and I have my suspicions)

Why should, (let's face it) huge boxes be rated 5 stars when a unique skyscraper design like the walkie talkie be only rated 3? Is it not an interesting enough design? Has it not got talking points? In terms of ingenuity and unique design the skyscraper has it all: top heavy, a concave middle, even a sky garden! Surely it is up there with the Shard, DIFA etc?

Who rates the threads? Why so? etc

Why do the Pan Peninsula and Broadgate Tower threads have 5 star ratings when 20 Fenchurch Street tower (Walkie Talkie) is only rated with 3 stars?

Surely this is a tad subjective by the rater, whoever they are? (and I have my suspicions)

Why should, (let's face it) huge boxes be rated 5 stars when a unique skyscraper design like the walkie talkie be only rated 3? Is it not an interesting enough design? Has it not got talking points? In terms of ingenuity and unique design the skyscraper has it all: top heavy, a concave middle, even a sky garden! Surely it is up there with the Shard, DIFA etc?

Who rates the threads? Why so? etc

Anyone can rate the threads, just use the tools along the top -


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/Thread-ratings.jpg



The server then calculates an average star rating based on everyone's votes.

The Walkie Talkie is an utterly abysmal design that will bring catastrophic damage to London's emerging skyline.

lol most forumers are fully aware of your views on the tower, but I struggle to see what aspect we are actually rating of each thread? Is it the building itself? The news? The quality of construction photos, renders etc?

Thanks for replying so fast :)

Well, you're rating the overall quality of discussion and photos in the thread I suppose - not necessarily the building itself.

this post seems nice .

i give this thread 1/10. mainly for being so dull.

it would of been 0/10 but wjfox replied so quick so it deserves 1 point.

I cant rate threads...

You can mark down posts, and have setting so it'll only show people on -1 or above, unless you choose to see them, it's quite handy for getting rid of obvious trolls, the pointless tedious "well that's dead ugly, typical your town" posts, but it tends to be used to mark people down making valid points that happen to be wrong/in disagrement with thhe voter.

Wouldn't bother myself.