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02/08/2007 08:17:50 PM · #1 |
Maybe I missed it somewhere as I am fairly new here, but is there a voting guidelines somewhere? If something like that doesnt exist, can someone who has been around a while make one? For example, define a 1 as the worst possible blurry/dirty/aweful photo you could imagine and give a thumbnail example? That could be done for the whole spectrum of numbers. I know personally that I only give scores that are 1's,2's and 3's when an image is just technically aweful, but for some reason most images (even ribbon winners) get some.
The second suggestion I have is to do something like the in the olympics where your highest and lowest vote are cast out. That'd get rid of some erroneous scores. |
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02/08/2007 08:19:04 PM · #2 |
Yeah your new here....
ALl i have to say is .....TROLLS!
There are people that go around purposly giving out 1's
The system scrubs out scorer's scores if they didn't score at least 20% of the images and i believe theres some other trolling scripts too but not sure.
Message edited by author 2007-02-08 20:20:08. |
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02/08/2007 08:20:57 PM · #3 |
People are welcome to vote anyway they want, this site is about opinions more than technicals.
If a person hates the color red and loves yellow they are welcome to vote every picture with red in it a 1 and every picture with yellow a 10. |
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02/08/2007 08:21:21 PM · #4 |
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02/08/2007 08:38:01 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by navyasw02:
Maybe I missed it somewhere as I am fairly new here, but is there a voting guidelines somewhere? If something like that doesnt exist, can someone who has been around a while make one? For example, define a 1 as the worst possible blurry/dirty/aweful photo you could imagine and give a thumbnail example? That could be done for the whole spectrum of numbers. I know personally that I only give scores that are 1's,2's and 3's when an image is just technically aweful, but for some reason most images (even ribbon winners) get some.
The second suggestion I have is to do something like the in the olympics where your highest and lowest vote are cast out. That'd get rid of some erroneous scores. |
The voting guidlines are here:
Voting Guidlines
By site definition 1 is defined as "Bad" and 10 is defined as "Good". The individual voter decides what those scores actually mean to them beyond that.
You will find that DPC voters tend to be very harsh in their assessments.
First place blue ribbon winners typically will only achieve an average score about 7.3 and the average submission overall will only get an average score of 5.3, about 2 points below. There is not much range between the average blue ribbon winner and the average image overall.
These numbers have been pretty static since the start of DPC and are unlikely to change. Accept them as they are or buck the trend and vote differently.
Message edited by author 2007-02-08 20:38:25.
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02/08/2007 08:45:45 PM · #6 |
vote only on the 1's or the 10's
it gives life to the Rants section. |
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02/08/2007 08:50:36 PM · #7 |
| I saw the voting guidelines, but it doesnt really give voters a standard by which we should use for judging. What really makes a 3 a 3? Is it based on technical merit or subject matter? I would recommend that at least we have a standard that for votes less than 3 or 4 that it be based on some technical reason instead of subject matter. |
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02/08/2007 08:55:59 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by navyasw02:
I saw the voting guidelines, but it doesnt really give voters a standard by which we should use for judging. What really makes a 3 a 3? Is it based on technical merit or subject matter? I would recommend that at least we have a standard that for votes less than 3 or 4 that it be based on some technical reason instead of subject matter. |
it doesn't matter what makes 3 a 3.
it's about personal taste. treat it as taking a survey where you are asked to rate something from 1-10, where 1 is "hate it" to 10 "love it"
isn't that easy enough? who said you must vote according to technical stuff? |
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02/08/2007 09:00:40 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by navyasw02:
I saw the voting guidelines, but it doesnt really give voters a standard by which we should use for judging. What really makes a 3 a 3? Is it based on technical merit or subject matter? I would recommend that at least we have a standard that for votes less than 3 or 4 that it be based on some technical reason instead of subject matter. |
Site definition gives a general description for the meaning of 1 and 10. It allows the voter to decide for themselves the specifics for each numerical value that can be assign an image. Most prefer it like that.
Some voters get very elaborate about their voting schemes, others do not. Despite a lot of discussion, the actual numerical results have varied little in the 5 years DPC has existed.
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02/08/2007 09:18:33 PM · #10 |
First of all Welcome Ashley!
One of the great things about the site is that there is no guide for what makes a 3 a 3. It up to you. You'll see in time that there are many voting theories and styles. I think of the mixture of those styles like the blending of voices in a choir. Sometimes the lower voices may be bit louder than the high ones but you always get to hear the entire range of the choir.
And usually the high and low values already average one another out so there's really no need to throw out the high and low values. The 1, 2 & 3s that may or may not be justified are usually balanced with a nearly equal number of questionable 8, 9 and 10s.
Don't get too hung up on what the norm should be develop your own voting style. I do recommend that you use the entire range though. Some people don't like to vote less than a 5 or keep their votes only between 3 aand 8 or some other limiting scheme. Using less than the entire range limits your ability to differentiate between what you think is good or bad.
My last piece of advice is to be consistent. You may take a while to develop what works for you but once you have apply it consistently. When we do that the averages tend to take care of themselves.
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