|
| Author | Thread |
|
|
02/23/2004 11:08:10 PM · #26 |
Would be interesting to see a plot of your own votes...I'd bet my votes track a bell curve more or less - probably lumps me into the central tendency category. I use 1's and 10's very sparingly. 2's and 9's sparingly. 3's and 8's more frequently. 4's and 7's frequently, and 5 and 6 probably most of all. Not a conscious decision, just they way things strike me when I'm voting.
With so many photos I think the full range of 1 to 10 is necessary. |
|
|
|
02/24/2004 04:59:07 PM · #27 |
The only real prize on this site is the learning experience (well, OK, bragging rights too). In that context, the numbers are largely meaningless. Still, it would be nice if a vote of 1 required a comment. I have no problem with getting a 1, but I'd certainly like to know why the viewer found my effort so horrible. That way, I can either learn from the experience or dismiss the voter as a lunatic, as appropriate. ;-)
Sure, I know that comments are encouraged for low votes, but not everyone follows recommendations. Few images on this site really merit a 1, so imposing a requirement there shouldn't add much effort on the voter's part, nor should it skew the results- if I feel a photo deserves a 1, I'm darn well going to give it... and an encouraging comment or suggestion. A required comment for 10 isn't necessary because you'll probably get one anyway, and what greater compliment could there be?
Fringe benefit: if a voter accidentally hit 1 when clicking for the "back" arrow or somehow thought that 1 was the "best" score, then a pop-up "Please comment on this particularly low vote" or similar message would alert the viewer to the mistake. The entire 1 - 10 range is still there, and should be used, but a vote of 1 would be less of a blind learning experience.
Patents4u- My votes probably follow the same bell curve.
Louddog- I largely agree with your comment on what consitutes average on this site, yet it is open to everone, not just pros or advanced amateurs. Considering entries from enthusiastic beginners, students, or those who can only afford low-end cameras, I'd say the average photo might not be quite as stellar as you imply. |
|
|
|
02/24/2004 05:51:37 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by boomer:
Originally posted by ScottK:
A modest proposal...
We could use the scale given us (yes, that means every score from 1 to 10), vote as we see fit (which is really the only fixed criteria for voting) and accept the fact that everyone has some reason for how they vote (even if you think it's stupid/judgemental/narrow-minded/unfair/overly-literal/underly-literal/etc./etc./etc.). |
I couldn't agree more. It's a ten point scale, folks, so I use it. All of it. I don't throw around 1's and 2's, OR 9's and 10's, with careless abandon, but I DO use the whole scale. I want the score on my entry to reflect the whole scale, too, not be artificially inflated because people are afraid to hurt feelings by rating an entry low. |
Ditto and ditto.
And I'm happy to give a 10 - for me it doesn't mean perfection in absolute terms - it means that it's an image that I think is really wonderful and deserves a 10 compared with the other entries in the challenge. I am voting entries against each other not against every photo ever taken in the world.
Likewise when I give a 1 I feel the image is pretty awful but not necessarily the worst picture ever taken in the world. One of the poorest I've encountered on DPC perhaps, but that's it.
|
|
|
|
Current Server Time: 08/24/2025 11:29:41 AM  |
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 08/24/2025 11:29:41 AM EDT.
|
