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05/19/2010 08:07:24 PM · #126
Originally posted by Prash:

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by coryboehne:

LOL.. I'm probably the "troll" above..

And yes I suppose I am a troll, if honesty counts as trollish. Oh, my average vote cast? 5.47- Pretty darn trollish huh?

I actually vote a broad spectrum, and really do use the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and ! 10 scores.. Yes, as it works out most shots are average, why??? I vote on a bell curve, many middle score, and a few outliers, some are low, some are high...

You're just whining because you got one of the low ones. Bah, go figure out why I gave you that score. Or message me, I'll explain... Hell I'll even answer you if you call out one of my comments in the forums :)...


nope -- don't worry about it. If your average is 5.4, you can't qualify as a troll.


Like Wendy said, you are a troll (in my books) ONLY if:

Your average vote cast is less than the average vote you received ;-)

Avg Vote Cast: X
Avg Vote Received: Y

YesNo IsTroll(X, Y)
{
if (X return NO.
}


hmmm... that would mean that IreneM would have to give an average vote of 6.4...

What makes me curious is the people with voting averages less than 5.0 -- then the majority of people on the site are worse than average photographers. It's fine if they really think that, but I think I'd get bored with a site at which the majority of people suck.

Message edited by author 2010-05-19 20:09:56.
05/19/2010 08:16:47 PM · #127
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

If you want to be a troll hunter, you go to community>who's online and open up the bottom 20 to 30 people in separate tabs. You can see what their average vote cast is and look to see who generally votes low (ie. avg below 5.0). If you hit F5, it updates in real time so if the vote average and # change, they are actively voting. Some samples of the total and average can easily figure out an average of what votes they are currently handing out.

It's not hard to do and I've found a few trolls that way.


Ohh, okay. I had all that figured out except for the part about the real-time updating. I didn't realize DPC had gone live with those statistics.

Sounds awfully energy-intensive! Someone needs to write a script :P
05/19/2010 08:19:26 PM · #128
Originally posted by vawendy:

What makes me curious is the people with voting averages less than 5.0 -- then the majority of people on the site are worse than average photographers. It's fine if they really think that, but I think I'd get bored with a site at which the majority of people suck.


Because I'm in a slightly nitpicky mood, I'd just like to issue a friendly reminder that the average vote is actually 5.5 ~_~
05/19/2010 08:21:00 PM · #129
I've got a favorite! :) (my first) and a nice comment, but my score is still pretty lame....

Votes: 54
Views: 95
Avg Vote: 4.6296
Comments: 1
Favorites: 1
05/19/2010 08:28:22 PM · #130
Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by Prash:

Originally posted by vawendy:

Originally posted by coryboehne:

LOL.. I'm probably the "troll" above..

And yes I suppose I am a troll, if honesty counts as trollish. Oh, my average vote cast? 5.47- Pretty darn trollish huh?

I actually vote a broad spectrum, and really do use the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and ! 10 scores.. Yes, as it works out most shots are average, why??? I vote on a bell curve, many middle score, and a few outliers, some are low, some are high...

You're just whining because you got one of the low ones. Bah, go figure out why I gave you that score. Or message me, I'll explain... Hell I'll even answer you if you call out one of my comments in the forums :)...


nope -- don't worry about it. If your average is 5.4, you can't qualify as a troll.


Like Wendy said, you are a troll (in my books) ONLY if:

Your average vote cast is less than the average vote you received ;-)

Avg Vote Cast: X
Avg Vote Received: Y

YesNo IsTroll(X, Y)
{
if (X return NO.
}


hmmm... that would mean that IreneM would have to give an average vote of 6.4...

What makes me curious is the people with voting averages less than 5.0 -- then the majority of people on the site are worse than average photographers. It's fine if they really think that, but I think I'd get bored with a site at which the majority of people suck.


Good point. In that case, let me rephrase it:

Avg Vote Cast: X
Avg Vote Received: Y

YesNo IsTroll(X, Y)
{
if (Y<=6.0 && X return NO.
}
05/19/2010 08:46:10 PM · #131
Originally posted by mycelium:

Originally posted by vawendy:

What makes me curious is the people with voting averages less than 5.0 -- then the majority of people on the site are worse than average photographers. It's fine if they really think that, but I think I'd get bored with a site at which the majority of people suck.


Because I'm in a slightly nitpicky mood, I'd just like to issue a friendly reminder that the average vote is actually 5.5 ~_~


yup, I realize that -- but I'm also a forgiving person :)
05/19/2010 09:18:14 PM · #132
Originally posted by mycelium:

Originally posted by vawendy:

What makes me curious is the people with voting averages less than 5.0 -- then the majority of people on the site are worse than average photographers. It's fine if they really think that, but I think I'd get bored with a site at which the majority of people suck.


Because I'm in a slightly nitpicky mood, I'd just like to issue a friendly reminder that the average vote is actually 5.5 ~_~


Oh, I know that. I was giving the 5.0-5.5 voters a break. You aren't a troll in my eyes in that range. Really the trolls are 4.5- voters. In that little sweep I found a 3.6 voter, but he wasn't voting. Real trolls have an average like 1.6.
05/19/2010 09:23:36 PM · #133
Votes: 54
Views: 96
Avg Vote: 4.8519
Comments: 1
Favorites: 0
Wish Lists: 0

as long as it is above my base prediction of 4.5 it is alright.

I won't say it is troll voting, my image is not everyone's taste.
05/19/2010 09:51:00 PM · #134
Votes: 64
Views: 113
Avg Vote: 5.4531
Comments: 0

It came down. It is now no longer my Personal Best. Sob Sob
05/20/2010 12:09:15 AM · #135
A 3? seriously? damned troll!
05/20/2010 12:36:23 AM · #136
4.6.... I have to say I'm surprised, I thought it was at the very very least a 5.5 image...but oh well
05/20/2010 01:02:01 AM · #137
I did what you suggested and I also looked at the voters received averages and I realized that there is nothing wrong with the voters' votes, it is my entry that sucks! Back to the drawing board for me.
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by mycelium:

How would you know who's voting and what votes they're giving?

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by basssman7:

oh oh.....the grumpy trolls are up and about....


Go look to see who is voting...

EDIT: I looked through about 30 people and found 1 voter. He was mainly giving out 4s and 5s though. Not 1s and 2s.


Magic powers of math. :)


If you want to be a troll hunter, you go to community>who's online and open up the bottom 20 to 30 people in separate tabs. You can see what their average vote cast is and look to see who generally votes low (ie. avg below 5.0). If you hit F5, it updates in real time so if the vote average and # change, they are actively voting. Some samples of the total and average can easily figure out an average of what votes they are currently handing out.

It's not hard to do and I've found a few trolls that way.
05/20/2010 02:23:39 AM · #138
Would be awesome if my photo makes it to my profile page.. or get the coveted :D

Votes: 76
Views: 122
Avg Vote: 5.7237
Comments: 0


05/20/2010 10:40:03 AM · #139
Mine is heading South, since the USA woke up a few hours ago, in what is effectively a Free Study challenge...
Still anything above 5 in said "Free Study" is good right?
05/20/2010 11:40:48 AM · #140
I just discovered that if I click the Update button enough, it will force my score to go up.
05/20/2010 11:50:44 AM · #141
Originally posted by mycelium:

I just discovered that if I click the Update button enough, it will force my score to go up.


I just found your theory wrong!
05/20/2010 03:52:44 PM · #142
Votes: 90
Views: 148
Avg Vote: 5.5000
Comments: 3

05/20/2010 04:12:50 PM · #143
Votes: 100
Views: 174
Avg Vote: 6.2800
Comments: 2
Favorites: 1
Wish Lists: 0
Updated: 05/20/10 04:10 pm

I'm still happy....
05/20/2010 09:06:01 PM · #144
100 vote check in.

Votes: 100
Views: 169
Avg Vote: 6.4500
Comments: 7
05/21/2010 01:39:19 AM · #145
Votes: 100
Views: 166
Avg Vote: 5.5500
Comments: 0

100 vote check in.
Its pretty decent, but I wish I had a comment or two. And I wish I could score a 6 on this site already ;-)
05/21/2010 01:48:05 AM · #146
Originally posted by Fiora:

Its pretty decent, but I wish I had a comment or two. And I wish I could score a 6 on this site already ;-)


Be careful what you wish for. lol

On my 10th entry here I scored a 7.29 and it did not ribbon. I have not been able to beat that score in over 100 challenges since. That was in Oct 2006! That is extremely frustrating. someday....maybe, although I think I am destined to have that photo at the top of my profile forever.
05/21/2010 02:01:58 AM · #147
The starting was joyous. I thought this would be a personal best for me.

then it went really lower. Now it has started climbing back. It is still not my PB yet.

Will it rise to the occasion or will it not?

Votes: 103
Views: 174
Avg Vote: 5.5340
Comments: 0
05/21/2010 12:15:39 PM · #148
Someone cast one more vote on my Bokeh entry. I'm sitting at a lifetime total of 29,999 votes received and hanging on this precipice is making me tense. Or that could be the coffee. Or the weird techno music I'm listening to.
05/21/2010 12:21:43 PM · #149
Looks like you are good to go now!

Originally posted by mycelium:

Someone cast one more vote on my Bokeh entry. I'm sitting at a lifetime total of 29,999 votes received and hanging on this precipice is making me tense. Or that could be the coffee. Or the weird techno music I'm listening to.
05/21/2010 12:57:09 PM · #150
Yep, all set!

Fortunately, I am not committed to keeping the nice even 30,000. I'll be perfectly happy with 30,001 on up.

Originally posted by salmiakki:

Looks like you are good to go now!

Originally posted by mycelium:

Someone cast one more vote on my Bokeh entry. I'm sitting at a lifetime total of 29,999 votes received and hanging on this precipice is making me tense. Or that could be the coffee. Or the weird techno music I'm listening to.
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