How does the rating system work on Helium? 13 Articles

by Karon Brandt

Helium has made some positive changes in its rating system as of mid January, 2008. Everyone who writes at least one article for Helium is asked to rate. It is a duty and a privilege. Rating is part of the democratic, p...read more

by Peter Johns

* OFFICIAL GUIDE TO RATING There's actually an area in Helium called "User Guide" - you can see a link for it to the far right on the red bar above. If you click that it'll take you to a place where you can read all about...read more

by C.V.Rajan

THE ALGORITHM BEHIND DISAPPEARING RATING STARS! (CAUTION: This article was written for humor and is not intended to hurt any one. This article was originally written when Helium announced the first Rewar-athon program and...read more

by Frances Stanford

I have only been a member of Helium for two weeks. I have scoured the community discussion boards to determine if there is a system of rating that I can comprehend and put into practice when I rate. Some of the articles ar...read more

by JC Campbell

THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING RATING STARS. What a wonderful idea the Rewardathon is to create an environment where writers will pile multiple articles into the Helium system. It all sounded so easy, provided you were...read more

by Marc Phillippe Babineau

It doesn't! No, just kidding! The rating system on Helium.com is used to choose which articles are better than others, as decided by the writers themselves. So, if you have many articles here, you may want to rate a lot...read more

by Glynn Germany

What makes a quality rating? I'm a Helium newbie (a Hewbie?) so I missed the initial indoctrination to the new rating system. Some of the rules are straightforward enough: forty reviews within ninety days for one star, f...read more

by Angie Papple

Helium's rating system has been directly responsible for perpetuating the nail-biting habits of writers all over the globe. Watching your ratings fluctuate can be unnerving - especially when they seem to be plummeting...read more

by Sammy Stein

Rating stars come very quickly when you first start to rate and write for Helium. Then you see they are running a competition - the readathon. You have two rating stars and the offer is that if you get another one you will...read more

by Dorothy Wilde

How exactly the rating system works, I am not sure. The facts I have gathered from my experience are as follows: Your answer gets a higher rating if it has the following characteristics: • Your answer is informativ...read more

by Tonic

Why Helium.com does not hire qualified people for the exclusive task of rating articles is beyond me. The community rating is fine and dandy but I am not confidant in it. I'd much rather have people trained to read article...read more

by Thespian

The rating system works like the infamous "Hot or Not" sites on the web. After you have written your first piece for Helium, you will be able to rate other pieces of work. You can always hit the "rate" button in the ...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

The rating system in Helium is a system that is changed many times on this site. The information I give you here is the one in November 2006 and I can't promise you that this information is correct after several months. ...read more