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06/11/2011 01:33:52 PM · #1 |
Since I first heard it, I have often thought about 5.5 being the middle of the scale 1-10. It is correct mathematically, but doesn't seem intuitive when using the scale. A vote of 5 is not a vote of 50%, it's slightly less than 50%. It's as far away from 50% as 6 is from 50%.
Often, I am stuck deciding how much of the scale to use. Do I make the worst image in the challenge a 1 and the best a 10? Or are those votes saved for those rare images that are either so grotesque or so amazing that they only come along every few challenges and my 1 and 10 buttons are left getting dusty?
Other times, I am stuck deciding whether a vote deserves a bump up in either direction as it seems it may be "slightly above a 6" but "not quite a 7." This is especially true when I think to myself "but I just voted that other image a 6 and this is definitely better than that."
Introducing...
The analog voting scale.
Click in the scale where you think the image lies on a scale of 1-10.
The jpg is overlaid with coordinates and the vote cast according to the location of the click on the x axis inside the image.
This allows for much more intuitive voting and since votes are averaged here to the X.XXXth place, it would help to have a voting system that allowed you to also vote with that much accuracy.
The farthest left and right portions, however rarely used, are the only places where the "whole" vote of a 1 or 10 is given.
Another idea is to overlay "info boxes" that popup on mouseover that show you your current location on the continuum. Mouseover somewhere in the right three-quarters and the small yellow info box pops up and says you are somewhere around 7.069. "They deserve a bit more," you think, and slide it up a bit. 7.692
*click* |
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06/11/2011 02:01:14 PM · #2 |
Now that is a unique take, I like it. I can see the threads now...forced comments for any vote of 3.5386. ;)
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06/11/2011 02:15:38 PM · #3 |
Ugh. Why do people have so much of a problem with 1-10 and picking a number.
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06/11/2011 02:18:57 PM · #4 |
We can't get an update to our profiles behaviour in a decade, and now we're asking for ultra fine-grained voting complete with mouseovers of score ranges to three decimal place precision?
I have to say, I don't see it happening. |
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06/11/2011 02:19:39 PM · #5 |
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06/11/2011 02:27:24 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Louis: We can't get an update to our profiles behaviour in a decade, and now we're asking for ultra fine-grained voting complete with mouseovers of score ranges to three decimal place precision?
I have to say, I don't see it happening. |
I have to say I was thinking this as I wrote this post. At least now I can stop thinking about it!
/clocks out
//goes home |
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06/11/2011 02:33:17 PM · #7 |
Hmmmm.... I see more complaints about voters with uncalibrated monitors...
"Dude, can you actually tell the difference between a 6.1 and a 6.2?"
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06/11/2011 02:59:55 PM · #8 |
"I gave this a 6.27 because it is clearly inferior to the image I gave a 6.275..." |
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06/11/2011 03:05:52 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by adigitalromance: Introducing...
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I see some space to the left of the 1. Does that mean negative votes are possible? Please say yes. |
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06/11/2011 03:14:24 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by yanko: Originally posted by adigitalromance: Introducing...
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I see some space to the left of the 1. Does that mean negative votes are possible? Please say yes. |
Balanced by the "Spinal Tap" setting to the right of the 10? |
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06/11/2011 03:19:34 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE: Originally posted by yanko: Originally posted by adigitalromance: Introducing...
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I see some space to the left of the 1. Does that mean negative votes are possible? Please say yes. |
Balanced by the "Spinal Tap" setting to the right of the 10? |
Sure. A 10.07 pulls you in. A 10.06 leaves your feet sticking out of the monitor. |
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06/11/2011 05:35:34 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by adigitalromance:
Introducing...
The Gradient Tool
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...wait, I can't make fun of my own idea. |
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