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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
The voting system is completely retarded
I just can't wrap my head around this unmitigated, pure crap we use for voting. Here's a situation where I actually have to vote waaaay lower than it deserves, in order to increase a release's rating.
This is simply ridiculous.
"Hey, this release is really cool, I'll give it a tenner."
"WTF, the rating got lower?!? Ok, maybe it counts as an illicit upvote and it is filtered with some clever algorythm, let's go with 9 then."
"Damn, now it's way lower than it would be without my vote. Maybe an 8 will help?"
"Nah, this is getting worse, but let's see what happens if I vote with a 7."
"Shit, still no good, I'll jump to an ever lower number just for the sake of experiencing more of this shit."
"Oh great, now we're getting somewhere, one more try."
"YEY! I love this release, so it will get a 6 from me." |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quote: Mr. Ammo and Moloch raise a good point. The average rating calculation may be faulty, but so is peoples' voting habits. Any new release gets votes only in the 8-10 range routinely, with the few random "downvotes", unless it's somehow a crappy release. Anything below 8 is considered a downvote, apparently.
How well a release is received can in practice be judged by the number of nines and tens it receives, not by the (weighted) average rating.
I see biggest problem with compos held on CSDb with CSDb voting. In a compo voting I would like to use the full 1-10 scale to differentiate the entries from each other. But CSDb voting puts me off, because giving anything below 8 is "being an asshole".
Seems that the main culprit of the annoyance is that there's a voting statistic for the releases, so people can see when someone votes undesirably.
Why is this list of number of votes per value necessary at all?
Why are the votes of anonymous voters public anyway? |
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ilesj
Registered: Jun 2012
Posts: 27 |
IMO, seeing what kind of ratings are given, and how many, tells a lot more than the stupid weighted average. If there would be just the average rating without any details on the given ratings, that would tell absolutely nothing.
Why is the calculated average rating so important? |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quoting ilesjIMO, seeing what kind of ratings are given, and how many, tells a lot more than the stupid weighted average. Is it? When the majority votes with 8-10 anyway? That doesn't seem too useful to me. But I am not sure I'd be able to draw any conclusions from the votes even if they'd be more impartial, really.
Quoting ilesjIf there would be just the average rating without any details on the given ratings, that would tell absolutely nothing. This system as a whole tells absolutely nothing either, except from how many supporters/friends and/or haters you have on the scene.
Quoting ilesjWhy is the calculated average rating so important? It isn't, that's the point. |
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No-XS
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 79 |
Can I say something? I will anyway...
I never realized you could vote that way. I have always used the blue 'vote' button. And then it seems to work?!
So the 'rate this release' sidebar widget is broken. |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3186 |
Quote: Can I say something? I will anyway...
I never realized you could vote that way. I have always used the blue 'vote' button. And then it seems to work?!
So the 'rate this release' sidebar widget is broken.
uh? no, they are the same, what makes you think they act differently? Have you noticed differences using one or another? |
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No-XS
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 79 |
No. Like I said, I never used the voting from the sidebar. But by using the button, I never saw my voting go wrong. So I tested it. And When I vote 10, the number goes up. When I vote 1, the number goes down.
Now I tested it with the sidebar vote, and it also goes right for me.
So not sure then. Was trying to provide some more information. |
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Mr.Ammo
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2002
Posts: 228 |
Quoting GH/MSL/Toondichters@Mr Ammo: "Tyranny" because of some C-64 release at the age of 40+? I don't think so :D
Well, then stop arguing for banning anonymous voting. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086 |
or do it like on pouet, no point then to complain about voting :) thumb up or not. |
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Perplex
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 255 |
Quoting JailbirdWhy is this list of number of votes per value necessary at all?
It contains more information that any average score would.
If you don't like how the weighted average is calculated, you can use the statistical data to calculate your own average, weighted any way you like (or not weighted at all.) |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Or if you don't like your rating, just imagine all the votes you got are 10. Problem no more! |
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