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 02/02/2012 05:17:45 PM · #26
+ eleventy billion.

Originally posted by Ja-9:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:


+1
02/02/2012 05:19:26 PM · #27
How about this?
02/02/2012 05:30:15 PM · #28
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


yes.
 02/02/2012 05:50:51 PM · #29
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


lol..

Joking aside i like the voting as it is..
 02/02/2012 06:06:49 PM · #30
they need to add a 0
 02/02/2012 06:22:20 PM · #31
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


That scale makes me feel much better about giving 4s.
 02/02/2012 06:31:46 PM · #32
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?
I like this one!!! Let's do it!!
 02/06/2012 05:22:06 PM · #33
Perfect.
The first one is obvious.
Not sure the meaning of the yellow flag or Pi

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?
02/06/2012 05:23:48 PM · #34
Originally posted by PGerst:
Not sure the meaning of the yellow flag or Pi

Just like the current voting scale, they can mean anything you want them to. ;-)
 02/06/2012 05:53:23 PM · #35
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Another idea aimed to eliminate trolls would be to have a curve like in grammar school where the SC eliminates as many ones from your score as the entry with the least amount of ones.


Grammar school???? Are you kidding? I'd be getting solid Ds if they didn't do this in college also. XD
Sorry off topic.

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


This.

Message edited by author 2012-02-06 17:54:03.
 02/06/2012 07:30:20 PM · #36
Originally posted by Cinnabear:
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Another idea aimed to eliminate trolls would be to have a curve like in grammar school where the SC eliminates as many ones from your score as the entry with the least amount of ones.


Grammar school???? Are you kidding? I'd be getting solid Ds if they didn't do this in college also. XD
Sorry off topic.


Sorry, My lawn-mower racing trophy sits where my GED should've went...
 02/06/2012 07:33:20 PM · #37
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?

++++1
 02/06/2012 09:17:04 PM · #38
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


Where are those buttons on my keyboard tho.....?
 02/06/2012 09:35:12 PM · #39
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Sorry, My lawn-mower racing trophy sits where my GED should've went...


Not everyone has a lawn-mower racing trophy. Mad props.
 02/06/2012 09:57:28 PM · #40
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


What??? pi on the lower end?!?

What were you thinking...

BAN ART!
 02/06/2012 10:04:24 PM · #41
Originally posted by vawendy:
...BAN ART!


He will be in a live interview next week. You sure can ask him how to do that ;)
 02/06/2012 10:10:18 PM · #42
Ah.....
Yellow = caution, approaching crap
Pi = I've got nothing witty.

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by PGerst:
Not sure the meaning of the yellow flag or Pi

Just like the current voting scale, they can mean anything you want them to. ;-)
02/06/2012 10:16:18 PM · #43
I think it is pi because it is close to 3 - elementary, Watson. And very clever of Art/Ken
 02/06/2012 10:33:07 PM · #44
lets remove the 5 and have a default value which would be 5 means if you didn;t vote 5 would be default ;) I see lot of views on photo entry but not many votes so I guess we will have 100% voting ;)
 02/06/2012 10:55:42 PM · #45
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
How about this?


So what would your average be if you got a 4, 3, 1 and a 5?

An unhappy Pirate, MEH!

Message edited by author 2012-02-06 22:57:34.
 02/06/2012 11:09:15 PM · #46
One major problem with scoring on an absolute scale is the fact there is no agreed upon criteria for what that scale represents. A score of 4 means something different to each voter. A better measurement IMO is to measure the relative distance from the voters top rated image.
For example, if you had five images submitted (A,B,C,D,E) with four voters:
Voter 1 scores A=10,D=4,B=3,E=3,C=1
Voter 2 scores C=10,E=8,A=2,D=2,B=1
Voter 3 scores A=3,B=3,C=1,E=1,D=2
Voter 4 scores D=10,A=5,E=4,B=2,C=1,

Average results would be:
A=(10+2+3+5)/4=5
D=(4+2+2+10)/4=4.5
E=(3+8+1+4)/4=4
C=(1+10+1+1)/4=3.25
B=(3+1+3+2)/4=2.25.
The problem is that C scores higher than B even though voters 1,3,4 all scored B higher than C but because of the absolute scale C comes out higher due to voter 2 giving it a 10.

Instead one could look at the relative distance from the top rank on a per voter basis. Thus scoring the top image 0, next best images 1, next best 3, and so on. So for voter 1 it would be A=0,D=1,E=2,B=2,C=3. Then the image with the lowest average score would be the top ranked image and results would come out
A=(0+2+0+1)/4=0.75
D=(1+2+1+0)/4=1
E=(2+1+2+2)/4=1.75
B=(2+3+0+3)/4=2.0
C=(3+0+2+4)/4=2.25.
Under this system image B is higher ranked than image C because it is an aggregation of relative rankings on a per voter basis. The voting scale could even be increased to 0-100 to allow for fewer images with the identical distances from their respective top ranking.

Just a thought..
02/06/2012 11:44:30 PM · #47
Yeah...I know..I was looking for a deeper meaning.... :)

Originally posted by MargaretN:
I think it is pi because it is close to 3 - elementary, Watson. And very clever of Art/Ken
02/07/2012 01:10:19 AM · #48
Let's not fix something that isn't a problem.

And Art Roflmao for emperor!!!!!! Or failing that ... for Corporate Jester.
 02/07/2012 01:37:34 AM · #49
Originally posted by MargaretN:
I think it is pi because it is close to 3 - elementary, Watson. And very clever of Art/Ken

Bingo. Where I would normally give a 3, I would now give a Pi, thereby artificially inflating the ego of the entrant and avoiding hurt feelings.
 02/07/2012 01:41:40 AM · #50
Originally posted by Dr.Confuser:
Let's not fix something that isn't a problem.

And Art Roflmao for emperor!!!!!! Or failing that ... for Corporate Jester.

Well thanks, but I have been running for Senate or something for the past 5+ years and I'm not about to give up.
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