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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5017 |
Random topic closures
"Adam summed things up nicely and now another pointless thread about voting at CSDb comes to a close.
(read: Things aren't going to change)"
I am tired too about that topic, but just because *you* dont like it, its no reason to close it. This moderator function is abused way too much. |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1576 |
Like I wrote earlier, it's the usual "if you don't think about it, it's not a problem" way of solving things around here.
Ostrich policy. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2893 |
The endless discussion about the voting system in 25+ threads hasn't solved a single thing. Any discussion at this point is not going to bring anything new to the topic.
But please, open another thread about voting - lather, rinse, repeat |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1576 |
Actually, quite a lot of issues were solved after long discussions and we have made steps in the right directions during these debates. But yeah, just close the threads, it's definitely easier to cope with controversial subjects that way. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2893 |
No, nothing has changed about the CSDb voting based on these pointless discussions.
... and yes, I'll continue to close topics as needed |
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hedning
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 4594 |
The mods can't do shit about the voting system, and I am not sure the guy who can do anything about it even reads these posts. |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
It might be a pointless discussion to some, but I was actually getting closer to understanding why so many people oppose public votes. I hadn't heard the argument that the ones in favor of public voting only wanted it so they could harass the downvoters. I hadn't even thought about it that way, since harassment isn't in my nature. My idea was just that it would reduce downvoting because most people don't want to look like unreasonable little babies in public.
But of course I know that you can't retroactively make the private votes public, so it's more of a theoretical discussion. |
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Zirias
Registered: Jan 2014
Posts: 48 |
Quote: The mods can't do shit about the voting system, and I am not sure the guy who can do anything about it even reads these posts.
That's a) good to know and b) unfortunate. But I still don't think it's a very good reason to just close the topic. Some further info would be interesting, like, who *could* do something about it and how to contact this person?
Of course, as the now closed thread showed, there's no consensus (yet?) about what should best be done to "fix" the voting, so it's at least possible that further discussion could be good for something... |
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Zirias
Registered: Jan 2014
Posts: 48 |
Quoting Cruzer[public voting] My idea was just that it would reduce downvoting because most people don't want to look like unreasonable little babies in public.
I'd phrase it the other way around: It would shift the range actually used further upwards, because many people try to "be nice" when their vote is public. I think it's already a problem that anything below 8 is taken as an insult instead of an honest vote. |
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spider-j
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 443 |
Quote:I think it's already a problem that anything below 8 is taken as an insult instead of an honest vote.
I doubt that. Of course everybody can have a bad day / being over sensitive once in a while, but in fact I can count the people I remember repeatedly complaining about votes with one hand - and most / if not all I can recall right know have been banned from this site anyway for various reasons. |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
I had my votes public for the longest time, but as of late i decided to hide them.
A while back, a fellow scener had the nerve to tell me via pm how he and his buddy downvoted me as a musician
(although he admitted that he liked some of my shit) in retaliation for my vote on one of their musicians, i kid you not.
He openly admitted that he didn't agree with my vote and that i needed punishment for not voting the way he felt i should have.
There is too much entitlement going on here and too many fragile egos. A lot of people just cant handle the truth. |
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