Gold star ratings

I noticed that some threads have from one to five gold-star ratings. I noticed a recent post with five gold stars but no ratings, and no responses the first time I observed it. How does this rating system work? Not too well on cursory examination!

Mark

Mark,

If you look above the original post in a thread, there is a clickable button called “rate”. Forum members can “rate” the “worth” of a thread by give it a rating between 0 - 5 stars:

Rate this topic:

Terrible

Poor

Fair

Average

Thanks, Tom. Doing a little bit of research, very few people use this option, and with threads with star ratings, these might be based on the opinions of only one or two people. Seems to me it is best to ignore them.

Mark