Skin Rating Solution
Tuesday, July 22, 2003 by SelfExiled | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #3 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 8:33 PM
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Reply #7 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:00 PM
Chas...the way the current rating system works there is no way that 'politics' can affect the rating system at all....an 'admin' or 'moderator' has one chance to post a rating, just like any other site member who can also rate. Proof that 'politics' never enters into the equation is that even from time to time when a person slips off the rails and becomes somewhat 'obnoxious' towards the site and/or its administration his works are still approved [or not]....rather than just rejected out of hand.
"politics' would more easily have the person removed from the site....and you'll agree that in reality those that have been removed clearly justified their removal...eg the Scott Sproats of this world.
Politics in ratings is not an issue....what WAS an issue was 'certain' individuals cheating the [old] system, including exploiting an old 'bug' and rating their own works...[yes, it's sad]...but all that is solved, which is clearly evident by the improved dynamics/transience of the Top Authors listing...
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:44 PM
Hmm. We have friends and family who are customers of this site and though we don't know if they rate us we'd think that would be kind of cheating. Wouldn't it? And how does one rate themselves?
Reply #11 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:57 PM
e-bros...the self-rating 'bug' was squashed a long time ago....but the evidence still exists on some of the works...and remains an eye-opener for those who have seen it/them.
As for 'friends'....provided they have rating access..and do not 'blindly' prejudice the issue and give reasonable critique via the rating then well and good....but either way, as long as more people rate a piece a 'real' average reflecting a work's qualities will emerge...
Reply #12 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:01 PM
Reply #13 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:18 PM
So, why do moderators have to rate a skin or wallpaper at all? Let the community do it. That question still hasn't been answered.
Reply #14 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:20 PM
Because moderators are members of this same community.
Next question?....
Reply #15 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:23 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:31 PM
Chas I appreciate people making suggestions and ratings has been a contentious issue since the site went up. We've changed the system several times to address user input and try to make it more acceptable. The problem with your idea is we can't have pieces that aren't rated for a few reasons;
1- The ratings are used for sorting, anything without a rating would be either invisible or at the end of the section.
2- Very few people leave ratings. There's a good probability under your idea that most submissions would never get rated.
So maybe a better idea would be to just have an admin rating and no user ratings. Or maybe have two rating categories, site rating and user rating (like Deskmod does)
Personally I don't care for ratings either but I don't know of any skins site that doesn't have them. When you have a huge database of individual works it's a necessity.
Reply #17 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:35 PM
Reply #18 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 10:40 PM
....[did I get all the key-words?]...Reply #20 Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:15 AM
Do you think it is funny making ChasUGC look like ignorant?
ChasUGC has make a suggestion with good will, it is obvious that he doesn't know exactly all the facts, but as he said "Make fun of people who propose an idea" is not a good idea!
I am sorry about it ChasUGC and the rest of you people who I am sure that you didn't intent to do it, but you did it again
People are avoiding to post in threads and make propositions because of this kind of laughs etc so they end up with the thought, "who cares!", why should I?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:46 PM
Do you know how the current system works?