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Well there goes a great joke ruined.
I was just about to post a big treatise on how positive thinking promotes creativity and goodwill towards others, how red is typically associated with aggression (and appetite - notice how all the fast food joints are red?) and that in these stress filled times, and considering the amount of angst that has gone on in Lounge over the last week, a more positive outlook was needed, hence the change from angy red to positive, Go! green.
But no. The joke has passed.
The real reason is that way, way back, I was using red to highlight "hot threads". It was all very hip and '90's. However, for the past hundred years or so we've been using red to denote popular and up-voted items, not "hot" threads (in the sense of "lots of action" instead of just popular). We also use green to denote good answer and red to denote bad answer so it was blatantly inconsistent.
On a different topic I removed the joke icon and instead opted to include the rant icon because I figured on a bugs and suggestions forum people were more likely to yell at me than crack jokes. The fact that I've seen no rants other than "bring back the joke icon!" is telling 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Imho, using a different color to signify a highly rated post is not the best way to go. While red made it difficult to differentiate between a read (no pun intended) post and a highly rated post, green on a light tan background is pretty hard on the eyes.
Usability studies have indicated beyond the shadow of a doubt that humans identify icons much more easily than colors. I urge you to instead use a different icon (e.g. one with a small star overlay) to identify highly-rated posts.
Thanks,
/ravi
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I totally agree. Especially for people with color blindness. But I still like the green.
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I'm actually deliberating going subtle. There's a place for bells and whistles and icons, and there's a place for a subtle indicator to give a little more info for those who care without being critical to site operation.
I have tested this with a Deuteranope, Tritan and Protanope simulator and the green highlight had a decent contrast. The top (green) menu is the issue - but that's a different issue.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I personally like the green. No joke!
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Hans Dietrich wrote: I personally like the green.
Whoever suggested green has good taste. 
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Chris Maunder wrote: But no. The joke has passed.
Wouldn't have worked anyway - no joke icon 
Oh I understood the reasoning, I just thought I'd take the opportunity to be on the <expletive> other side of the conversation for once.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Chris Maunder wrote: The fact that I've seen no rants other than "bring back the joke icon!" is
telling
Irony hurts when it hits you in the head like a metal 2x4...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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It's sh*t, put it back.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Thank you for you input. CodeProject values and respects the feedback we get from our members and your message has entered the queue and will be reviewed by the first available Customer Satisfaction Manager.
Where it will be filed appropriately. 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Thank you for you input. CodeProject values and respects the feedback we get
from our members and your message has entered the queue and will be reviewed by
the first available Customer Satisfaction Manager.
Where it will be
filed appropriately.
You complete prick you.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I'm going to be a typical user now and argue with you over the choice of colours, changing the highlight from red to green, someone has either been reading a psych book or decided green is positive and red is negative, go figure.
... and I'm going to post an answer just too see a new sexy quotation frame. aaach... 
Greetings - Jacek
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What does the 'Mew' & 'Sigma' means/signify in the votes panel in Q&A. When I take my mouse over stars, we see bars and below some value related to 'Mew' & 'Sigma'... was new to me... seeing it from two days now. Anyone?
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I'd say it it is the mean (µ) and sigma is the standard deviation[^], but I also may be wrong and the hamsters are trying to tell us something completely different!
Cheers!
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Mean and standard deviation. Used to filter outlier votes.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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So you mean it is intentionally put up and displayed to us?
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Yep - for those of us who love stats.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Oh great! Thanks.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Yep - for those of us who love stats.
 I suppose with almost 8 million users there have to be a few of them, but do we really need to openly acknowledge their existence?
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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How did this this guy[^] even get this account created?
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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whatwhat? 
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Greetings - Jacek
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With help from CPAM3, I did the math and my net rating change on articles was +7.55 rating points, and tips went up by 0.68. Five articles went down in rating, 30 articles went up, and five tips went up.
The change was not so dramatic as to cause any concern.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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