Sally's editorial on ratings
Monday, March 10, 2003 by Delicious | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Oh No! 
Since Jafo posted my skin ratings I have been perplexed. The rating work like this: If there are two ratings, a 1 and a 10 then the skin is rated 5.
This curve is OK I guess.
It would seem more beneficial if there was something coded into the web page by the rating thing to spur more ppl to make a rating.
Like, Please take the time to rate this skin to assure an overall accurate rating.
]Opinions expressed in this thread are not necessarily those of a sane person.[
Since Jafo posted my skin ratings I have been perplexed. The rating work like this: If there are two ratings, a 1 and a 10 then the skin is rated 5.
This curve is OK I guess.
It would seem more beneficial if there was something coded into the web page by the rating thing to spur more ppl to make a rating.
Like, Please take the time to rate this skin to assure an overall accurate rating.
]Opinions expressed in this thread are not necessarily those of a sane person.[
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mossedmoon
Reply #62 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:24 AM
Reply #62 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:24 AM
Like your grid, paxx, except for one critique: Personally, I'm willing to sacrifice a small degree of resources for, let's say, animation; the only place this can fit under is your originality section, which encompasses even a low resources skin, which means a low resources skin can get two marks whereas an animated moderate resourses skin can only get one mark. Do you see what I'm trying to say?
paxx
Reply #63 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:51 AM
Reply #63 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:51 AM
mcackerson: note that the question reads "Is the skin optimized as much as it should, does it require too much resources on your system compared to similar skins?"
An animated skin should not be compared to one that isn't. One much compare apples with apples.
An animated skin should not be compared to one that isn't. One much compare apples with apples.
Koasati
Reply #64 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:25 AM
Reply #64 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:25 AM
My biggest annoyance with ratings is the fact that anyone with $20 can have the ability. Ratings became truly meaningless when subscribers were given that privilege. 
jebland
Reply #65 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:42 AM
Reply #65 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:42 AM
Re: Paxx's comment about "0" ratings...That absolutely amazes me. You would think that people were competing for a million dollar prize or something. I have seen several skins that I thought were rated too high, but not being an artist, I assume there are attributes that I miss. I have upped the rating on skins that I thought were too low...Case in point, one time when I was browsing skins by Gillion, I found a number of them that were rated "1" I use her stuff, and like it a lot, so I raised the ratings on them. I don't think I have ever lowered the rating on a skin. If I don't like it, I don't download it or rate it.
paxx
Reply #67 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:17 PM
Reply #67 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:17 PM
mcackerson: so you did... hehehe! Is that good or bad? 
Delicious
Reply #69 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:41 PM
Reply #69 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:41 PM
Since the rating system is stuck in time, What if an author puts in the skin comment not to judge the skin by the outdated/flawed ratings that the skin shows. This being for the new ppl or the ones that don't know better.
or is that area censored to protect the reasoning behind leaving the system the way it is.
I would wager a guess it remains the way it is for bandwidth reason.
or is that area censored to protect the reasoning behind leaving the system the way it is.
I would wager a guess it remains the way it is for bandwidth reason.
BoXXi
Reply #70 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:44 PM
Reply #70 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:44 PM
Jebland: those ratings on Gillons skins were probably given by a "competitor", trying to "eliminate the competition". Sad but true, and the main reason I don't like the rating system.
BoXXi goes to check who rated Gillon's skins so low...............
BoXXi goes to check who rated Gillon's skins so low...............
BoXXi
Reply #71 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:56 PM
Reply #71 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:56 PM
Hmmm... nothing too bad in the ratings except for one, which will come as no surprise to the other admins here...
sig101
Reply #72 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:45 PM
Reply #72 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:45 PM
I rather doubt users pay much attention to the ratings. The pic is what's predominant. Either they like a skin well enough from how it looks to download it or they don't.
I've seen skins I like with thousands of downloads, maybe a couple ratings (not necessarily spectacular) and few or no comments. So I don't think ratings deter someone from trying out a skin if they like the way it looks.
(The only exception of course is if the rating is so low visitors can't see it, which I understand is the case.)
An alternative: let only skinners of a certain level rate skins and/or display the raters with the ratings they gave, either to the public or the skinner. (OK, hard to say if the second would make people more mature in their behavior or less so. )
I've seen skins I like with thousands of downloads, maybe a couple ratings (not necessarily spectacular) and few or no comments. So I don't think ratings deter someone from trying out a skin if they like the way it looks.
(The only exception of course is if the rating is so low visitors can't see it, which I understand is the case.)
An alternative: let only skinners of a certain level rate skins and/or display the raters with the ratings they gave, either to the public or the skinner. (OK, hard to say if the second would make people more mature in their behavior or less so.
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jebland
Reply #73 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:56 PM
Reply #73 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:56 PM
I agree with sig101, Sally. I don't think anyone downloads according to the rating. It is just whether it is visually appealing to the person or not.
And BoXXi, do you mean there was ony one skin with a 1 rating or only one person who rated them like that? I'm pretty sure I found 2 or 3 that were rated 1. But it's been a while, so I might be mistaken.
And BoXXi, do you mean there was ony one skin with a 1 rating or only one person who rated them like that? I'm pretty sure I found 2 or 3 that were rated 1. But it's been a while, so I might be mistaken.
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Reply #61 Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:09 AM