Votes and Comments - DPChallenge Forums

06/19/2003 05:30:55 PM · #1

I see a lot of tit-for-tat voting talk in this forum, so I think the process of rating could be improved by making scores and comments invisible until the challenge is over. This would prevent tactical and unnecessarily harsh voting. There seems to be too much emphasis on the score sometimes, whereas it's the comments that are really useful. What do you think?

Having said that I wouldn't mind a blue rosette! ;-/

robsmith

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG for Canon

06/19/2003 05:35:06 PM · #2

I've not been entering that long but I've definitely noticed my average starts to fall after the first couple of days. Makes you wonder if people vote late and low in an attempt to bump their pic up the ratings? Don't mind people scoring low for a valid reason but low voters rarely leave comments.

06/19/2003 05:36:35 PM · #3

Originally posted by Jon Lucas:

Checking our score is what gets us to actually come to the site 42 times a day. :)

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

06/19/2003 05:37:33 PM · #4

Originally posted by robsmith:

Absolutely. It's nice to get postive feedback but the negative stuff can be just as useful.

Message edited by author 2003-06-19 17:38:54.

FranziskaLang

Nikon D100

06/19/2003 05:38:46 PM · #5

Only 42 times ???? ;)

Originally posted by hbunch7187:

Checking our score is what gets us to actually come to the site 42 times a day. :)

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Olympus

06/19/2003 05:40:12 PM · #6

Originally posted by FranziskaLang:

Only 42 times ???? ;)

Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Checking our score is what gets us to actually come to the site 42 times a day. :)

Actually, I only check mine about 2 times a day...for 5 hours at a time. lol

StevePax

Canon PowerShot S50

06/19/2003 05:45:36 PM · #7

Originally posted by FranziskaLang:

Only 42 times ???? ;)

Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Checking our score is what gets us to actually come to the site 42 times a day. :)

I only come once. It's at 8AM. Then I leave, around 5PM. I guess DPChallenge is like work, really. I only go once a day, but it's for the whole day. Sometimes I put in some overtime at night, too.

eloise

Sony DSC-P7

06/19/2003 05:51:45 PM · #8

Originally posted by hbunch7187:

Checking our score is what gets us to actually come to the site 42 times a day. :)

I know I wouldn't be keeping up with the fora as much as I am if I weren't hitting 'update stats' about once every 45 minutes throughout my workday. :->

inspzil

Olympus E-510

06/19/2003 05:57:13 PM · #9

Originally posted by eloise:

I know I wouldn't be keeping up with the fora as much as I am if I weren't hitting 'update stats' about once every 45 minutes throughout my workday. :->

Wow, you can wait 45 minutes? I wasn't so engulfed in it in "ye olde days" of DPC when you only got an update every hour. With the "update stats" button, it can be hard to get away from when you don't have TOO much to do at that exact moment.

autool

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

06/19/2003 06:05:43 PM · #10

Hey, I think they ought to develop a page that will show us how many times someone updates their stats. That would be a kick.

ozdick

Sony DT 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Super Wide Angle Zoom

06/19/2003 06:39:23 PM · #11

You could be right - I wonder how many people get family and friends to log on to score their pic 10 and rate others low?
Anyway, by the end of the challenge I think these kind of votes will have very minimal effect on the overall score (unless of course you get 150 friends to do the above ;)

Message edited by author 2003-06-19 18:56:58.

JPR

Sony Alpha a55

06/19/2003 06:47:18 PM · #12

yeah, I have hundreds of friends lined up to help me get a self esteem boosting ribbon that isn't actually worth anything at all. Forget learning. Winning is what's really important isn't it?

I thought not showing the current score until the end of the challenge was a good idea until i read this post and got reminded that that's how they keep the traffic up. What a good idea!

ozdick

06/19/2003 06:58:25 PM · #13

And don't forget that you can always turn it off in your preferences, in case you don't want to know the score until the end

Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Olympus

06/19/2003 07:00:36 PM · #14

Originally posted by ozdick:

These kinds of votes will be thrown out by the illegal vote thrower outter thingy, so they will have NO effect on overall scores.

inspzil

Olympus E-510

06/19/2003 07:23:14 PM · #15

Originally posted by autool:

Hey, I think they ought to develop a page that will show us how many times someone updates their stats. That would be a kick.

Yea, maybe they should do this. I could get first place every week I had a picture entered. I'm getting better though. I try to wait at least 10 minutes MOST of the time. :)

Gotta go... time to update.

ozdick

06/19/2003 07:42:59 PM · #16

By the way - where do you go to do the "update stats"??

06/20/2003 01:48:04 AM · #17

Originally posted by JasonPR:

I agree that the traffic's important, so instead we could get a live update of our own rank/position only. It still keeps it exciting, and that way you still couldn't tactically alter scoring because others' ranks would not be visible and you wouldn't know the average score. What do you reckon - or shall I go and get a life?! ;-/

06/20/2003 01:53:09 AM · #18

Originally posted by Jon Lucas:

Originally posted by JasonPR:
yeah, I have hundreds of friends lined up to help me get a self esteem boosting ribbon that isn't actually worth anything at all. Forget learning. Winning is what's really important isn't it?

I thought not showing the current score until the end of the challenge was a good idea until i read this post and got reminded that that's how they keep the traffic up. What a good idea!

I agree that the traffic's important, so instead we could get a live update of our own rank/position only. It still keeps it exciting, and that way you still couldn't tactically alter scoring because others' ranks would not be visible and you wouldn't know the average score. What do you reckon - or shall I go and get a life?! ;-/

We DO only get a live update of our own scores. Where are you seeing other people's scores?

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

06/20/2003 03:44:31 AM · #19

Originally posted by hbunch7187:

We DO only get a live update of our own scores. Where are you seeing other people's scores?

Good point! I wrongly assumed that paid-up members must see more scoring data than me, as the scores and comments are always being publicised on the forums during challenges.

bod

06/20/2003 04:03:10 AM · #20

Originally posted by ozdick:

By the way - where do you go to do the "update stats"??

This is a members only feature :p

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

06/20/2003 07:04:31 AM · #21

Just finished voting and made 38 comments. Hope some of them are useful/ give more feedback to some of you who've not had much.

Of course, I am also commenting on those that strike me most so... who knows?

robsmith