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01/03/2007 03:45:57 PM · #26 |
Votes Cast: 63455
Avg Vote Cast: 5.1172
Votes Received: 20687
Avg Vote Received: 5.1197
I am also a tough voter! However I have not voted since way back in October, just dont have enough time these days
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01/03/2007 03:47:46 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by mk:
That's not snark. That's just the best possible answer to a request for explanation. I guess I could have said something about those folks being trolls who are so insecure with their own photos/lives/existance that they vote others low to feel better about themselves and then we could get into a long, drawn out conversation about people's right to vote as they see fit and when it should or shouldn't be justified and the value of honesty and intention and pure hearts and love for our fellow man but really, they just vote lower. Let's not care. |
*sigh* If you'd tried harder you might have gotten the thread locked before it headed off down this same predictable path. woe is us.
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01/03/2007 03:52:45 PM · #28 |
I'm more concerned about people that don't give information about themselves in their profile. No age, no location. Or even worse, a false age and location. I guess they want to be anonymous which is of course their right - but This is a great community - regardless of how high your voting average is, it's nice to know a bit about hte photogrpaher eh!
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01/03/2007 03:53:28 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by sodoff:
If someone has submitted a cellphone type picture in an advanced challenge then I will reluctantly give a 3, but this is very, very rare. |
I'm always curious about this - so you don't think there are ever any bad photos? (given that the voting rules say 1=bad) and at least imply that we are supposed to vote using the whole scale. I.e., this bit
You must rate entries on a scale of 1 to 10. A score of 1 is a âbadâ photo, and a score of 10 is a âgoodâ photo
Obviously you get to vote how you like and it is entirely subjective too, but just like voting all 10s, would compress the scale in a meaningless way, I don't see the point of throwing away 20% of the available options. Is just taking the time to enter an image always worth a 30% score ?
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01/03/2007 04:06:03 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by dmadden:
Somebody with an average vote cast of 4.5 at roughly 1600 votes. Does this mean this person gives a lot of 2's and 3's?
Maybe i need to get my average down. But i can't seem to give a good image a bad vote. |
You are correct. DPC is plagued with a whole lot of yokels that will vote low for the most inane resons, like "I don't like yellow", or "I hate bees", reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the image. The same people vote high on other images for similar reasons that also have nothing to do with image quality. It is a special feature of DPC.
Message edited by author 2007-01-03 19:30:28. |
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01/03/2007 04:09:05 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by mpeters:
... But opinions are like armpits... |
they stink?
;-)
(that was a joke) |
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01/03/2007 04:09:15 PM · #32 |
I admit - I usually only hit the 1 or 2 when an image is sooo bad that I am actually upset that I've wasted 4 seconds looking at it.
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by sodoff:
If someone has submitted a cellphone type picture in an advanced challenge then I will reluctantly give a 3, but this is very, very rare. |
I'm always curious about this - so you don't think there are ever any bad photos? (given that the voting rules say 1=bad) and at least imply that we are supposed to vote using the whole scale. I.e., this bit
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01/03/2007 04:14:20 PM · #33 |
Votes Cast: 1502
Avg Vote Cast: 4.8562
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I do like Rex!
Originally posted by rex:
Votes Cast: 11573
Avg Vote Cast: 4.8993
Here is how I vote. I start with 5.
If it stands out it gets a 6,7,8,or 9 accordingly.
The ones that are too small get a 2.
The others get a 5.
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01/03/2007 04:14:44 PM · #34 |
Gordon, the fact that someone is trying to improve their photography in the early stages of starting a new hobby, or coming to grips with a new camera could easily explain a poor photo. A bad photo, is in my opinion, very rare here, I think what some would call bad...I would call poor. This is why I only rarely drop below 4.
Someone has taken the effort to try and take a photo to enter into a challenge and it is so discouraging for a struggling beginner to be at the bottom all the time. This is why I use the scale from a rare 3 to a 9. I reserve 10 for something that is in my view exceptional. In the Harsh Environment Challenge I gave four 10's!!
I occupy a position about a third of the way off the bottom most of the time. I am not useless, I admit some of my entries have been boring to say the least. But, and this is why I vote the way I do...it is the spirit of the site, Encourage where it is due, appreciate the effort others put in and keep plugging away.
So, if I don't use the full range, that's tough, it isn't my way. |
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01/03/2007 04:40:49 PM · #35 |
I use the full range. It's just that I don't see that many photos that - in my view - warrant less than a 4.
Maybe if, one day, someone submitted a postage-stamp sized photo of some indistinct, blurry, object in 16 colours, I might give out a 1.
Instead, I tend to reward more the photos that I think excell. I normally vote by doing a first pass, then bumping up the ones I think best to 9 or 10. I've learnt that if I leave my favourite photos as 6 and 7 then my vote won't count as much. |
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01/03/2007 04:41:29 PM · #36 |
Having a voting average in the 4.x range doesn't mean you give out lots of 2s & 3s!
It could just as easily mean the majority of your votes fall in the 4-5 range - like me. As a matter of fact, I hand out 1s, 2s & 3s less frequently than 8s, 9s & 10s. I've probably only given one '1' in my 5762 votes but I've given dozens of '10's...
Message edited by author 2007-01-03 16:42:04. |
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01/03/2007 05:02:31 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by ElGordo:
DPC is plagued with a dearth of yokels that will vote low for the most inane resons, like "I don't like yellow", or "I hate bees", reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the image. |
I think you mean "surfeit"; a "dearth" is an insufficient quantity or number; a "surfeit" is its opposite.
R.
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01/03/2007 05:35:31 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by dmadden:
P.S. may KARMA bite u in the arsse :) |
ain't nothing doing, dude. i stopped biting years ago. . .
:) |
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01/03/2007 05:46:13 PM · #39 |
| Personally, I don't think the 1's and 2's hurt as much as the 4's. If you have 15 or 20 4's it's going to hurt. two or three 1's won't. |
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01/03/2007 05:52:18 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by nards656:
and stop trying to be a turd just for fun. |
Wasn't that a thread somewhere around here???? Hmmm.
No. Now I remember..... it was about being a dick. Different thing entirely.Being a dick.
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01/03/2007 06:00:42 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by metatate:
I'm more concerned about people that don't give information about themselves in their profile. No age, no location. Or even worse, a false age and location. |
Is that your real name, age, and location Tate? All kidding aside, you have some nice work lately. Congrats.
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01/03/2007 06:05:06 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by ElGordo:
DPC is plagued with a dearth of yokels that will vote low for the most inane resons, like "I don't like yellow", or "I hate bees", reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the image. |
I think you mean "surfeit"; a "dearth" is an insufficient quantity or number; a "surfeit" is its opposite.
R. |
I love it. The DPC word for today is surfeit. And it ain't sumpin you eat!
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01/03/2007 07:26:54 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by dmadden:
P.S. may KARMA bite u in the arsse :) |
ain't nothing doing, dude. i stopped biting years ago. . .
:) |
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They're referring to my poor dog. Since she doesn't HAVE an ass, she bites a lot of them, in compensation.
R.
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01/03/2007 07:31:42 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I think you mean "surfeit"; a "dearth" is an insufficient quantity or number; a "surfeit" is its opposite.
R. |
Thanks, Dude! I corrected the error. |
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01/03/2007 07:34:55 PM · #45 |
for rizzle, mah nizzle. sometimes called t8
thanks. feel free to come and kill me ;P
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Originally posted by metatate:
I'm more concerned about people that don't give information about themselves in their profile. No age, no location. Or even worse, a false age and location. |
Is that your real name, age, and location Tate? All kidding aside, you have some nice work lately. Congrats. |
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01/03/2007 07:38:24 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by ElGordo:
DPC is plagued with a dearth of yokels that will vote low for the most inane resons, like "I don't like yellow", or "I hate bees", reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the image. |
I think you mean "surfeit"; a "dearth" is an insufficient quantity or number; a "surfeit" is its opposite.
R. |
I actually read that to mean we don't have enough yokels who hate yellow bees.
...DOWN, Karma! Down girl!
edit to add: For the benefit of us lay folks and assorted yokels, let's stick to words like "buttload" or something along those lines. :)
Message edited by author 2007-01-03 19:42:04. |
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01/03/2007 08:20:34 PM · #47 |
| Thanks Art, I understand "buttload". |
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