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Element 49

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Ra
Rate

Say how good it was, where it can be counted.

stars · thumbs · likes · votes

First known

Corrected

1970Murray Turoff's computerized Delphi conference tallied votes on desirability, feasibility, importance and confidence.

See also: Like buttons: Vimeo 2005, FriendFeed 2007, Facebook 2009.

Popular firsts: Facebook's Like and Digg's votes. Rests on Turoff's own undated post.

The popular first is later. This one comes from a source someone opened. The source.

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Specimen № 49 — operate freely

Give both places the same stars. Then change your mind.

Fig. 49 — Rate

000 readings · idle

Down the Adjust column

  1. it followsDDial
  2. it targetsRzResize
  3. it remembersSbScrub
  4. it connectsRaRate
  5. it guessesTkTweak
  6. it actsPcPace

Read down and Dial gets heavier: each step is the same act, on a machine that keeps track of more.

Bodies

The act stays put while the hardware changes. These are some of the forms Rate takes.

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