Rating Idea
Ever since SFX was redesigned, and the rating system changed, it seems like the number of blogs being rated has gone down, Maybe it just seems that way because the end user does not see the stats, or maybe in part due to the design. I think the stars could be redrawn to be less ambiguous. Instead of having all the stars the same color and size why not gradually make them bigger and have the rating you are giving appear in a different color?
Example:
The rating you want to give it would be a brighter color, and the lower ratings would be darker and smaller stars.
Now that I am looing at it maybe it would be better to have the outlined stars in black and white from smallest to biggest, and on hover, they would be invisible and replaced by your rating.
Let me know what you think... at the very least I think making the stars scale in size would make someone more likely to click and in the right spot.
