Anyone who stays at a page for more than one minute regardless of what it is their doing there are showing an interest in it whether it be for study, pleasure, or even flat out decyphering what is written...
Think about this for a second... Do you really stop to decypher another language when the information you're most likely looking for is almost certainly written in your language?
Why besides decyphering an article if you have an eigth grade average reading want to read something written for twelfth graders? My point is if something is beyond someone yet they stick to it they're showing a genuine interest which in turn means the article is most likely doing its job...
If it takes 5 minutes to read the article but the user spends 20 minutes on the page no problem... cap the time at 5 so if someone stays their for 20 days the article still gets a real simple 5 star rating for that one user...
As for those who stop at the page and print it out quickly spending only less than 15 seconds on the page... Hope they vote manually...
For those who click, bookmark and leave, try to somehow keep track of them... theirs many ways to track someone so keep adding the time for that person until that reacj the time limit for that article...
It might be beyond programming but I believe the time rating is one the most successful rating schemes available because in a sense it tells more than a click and tells more than those who dont vote...
Its just an Idea... I respect ratings and would like to see a rating enhancment regardless of how the Geeklog staff decides to work with it...
Wheres my change?