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11/07/2012 11:34:50 PM · #1 |
Just hit 115 votes in the last 10 minutes.
Remember that some who view, both during the voting period and post challenge, do so twice. I always look at all entries twice, usually three times or more during voting. And I usually look at the top ten at least twice, too. So I've never been surprised by the roughly 2:1 viewing:voting ratio - though I am sure there are those who go through once, vote, and never look back.
I am one who votes on every entry I haven't seen in every challenge I enter. I understand (or try to) the viewpoint of those who just as regularly and deliberately do not do so, but I actually don't even think about my own entry while I'm voting. |
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11/07/2012 11:22:40 PM · #2 |
 crowis Mike I understand all of that, I'm playing Devil's advocate here. Imagine if all of those that viewed the Top Ten (and naturally the Top Three) post roll over voted...Imagine if all of the 201 that viewed my image not just the 119 that voted also clicked a number from 1-10 in their screen...sure some might be "registered" and not "members" who can't vote in FS.
Anyway I went from 1 comment to 8 in the past day...and my score has stabilised more or less where I expected/hoped. |
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11/07/2012 09:19:29 PM · #3 |
Votes: 108
Views: 218
Avg Vote: 6.1204
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1
decent enough, can't complain for a FS! |
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11/07/2012 09:15:44 PM · #4 |
| I too am at 115 votes now... which I'm happy about. Also happy about the ever so slight increase in score too... better than the alternative. |
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11/07/2012 07:21:50 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
Voting has been decent today...up to 115 votes.
Venser, if you still need some more votes, you can have all mine below a score of 5. |
I'm still not above 100.
Don't understand the complaints about low votes, at least someone thought something about your photo. |
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11/07/2012 06:56:35 PM · #6 |
Voting has been decent today...up to 115 votes.
Venser, if you still need some more votes, you can have all mine below a score of 5. |
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11/07/2012 04:46:34 PM · #7 |
Drop of 0.08 since this morning, not sure if I'll be able to hold onto the 6.
Votes: 107
Views: 190
Avg Vote: 6.0093
Comments: 6 |
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11/07/2012 04:10:27 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by HarveyG:
I understand why some don't vote but imagine if we all felt that way and no one who entered actually voted? Or the rules prevented those who entered from voting... The other anomaly is look at an old challenge, FS or not. The amount of views the top three get vs the votes...are those members or are those stats merely page hits? It's often 3-4 times the amount of voters. |
The amount of views that an image gets begins a re-tally after the challenge closes, and of course the top three are going to get a jillion hits as they are displayed on the front page of the site. My sole top 10 entry cruised past all of my images (even ones that were years old), as many of the fans of the site like to view the top ten after a challenge. Now, during a challenge many get views and no votes. . .I think this is caused by a combo of people who want to look and not vote, the phenomena of some looking at images and only voting on some, and others who are just viewing what is out there. Now, the number of entrants and voting in challenges has dipped and there have been a thousand fights as to why that has occurred, but as I said earlier. . .if we are still getting a hundred votes on a challenge I think the winners can still consider themselves well represented by the sites opinion.
Message edited by author 2012-11-07 16:10:40. |
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11/07/2012 04:00:44 PM · #9 |
| I understand why some don't vote but imagine if we all felt that way and no one who entered actually voted? Or the rules prevented those who entered from voting... The other anomaly is look at an old challenge, FS or not. The amount of views the top three get vs the votes...are those members or are those stats merely page hits? It's often 3-4 times the amount of voters. |
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11/07/2012 03:42:56 PM · #10 |
I was impressed by the level of images in this FS. Some crackin' good landscapes and other genres were represented.
No complaints regarding score on my end--holding up nicely. :) |
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11/07/2012 03:04:35 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by HarveyG:
I've moaned about the FS vote participation vs image entries in the past. ATM the stats show an average of 44% of those who entered actually take part in voting the Free Study. (A)patheic really. Some use the excuse of not voting as they may be biased. We aren't talking about corruption or nepotism here! It's a virtual ribbon for goodness sakes and you know guess there's some collusion/bias/trolls here anyway. Your vote could easily negate the trolls!
Anyway I just hit 100 votes with 9 hours to go. |
Harvey, I refuse to vote in any challenge I participate in. I feel (for me only) bias would be unavoidable in that situation. I agree that the ribbons are virtual, but a lot of members of DPC highly value their accolades and scores. That being said, I did not manage to get a shot in this month and have made sure to vote in the challenge. Also, a pool of a hundred people should fairly be able to represent enough varied taste/experience to be pretty accurate I would imagine. . .mayhaps I am wrong. |
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11/07/2012 02:30:18 PM · #12 |
At this rate I won't hit 100 votes unless 10 more voters turn out. Really sad if you ask me.
Just vote 1 or 10 depending if you like the image or not in one second. No analysis, no further thought, just fire away. |
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11/07/2012 02:25:54 PM · #13 |
100 vote check in (finally):
Votes: 100
Views: 163
Avg Vote: 5.5000
Comments: 2
Can't get much more meh than that :)
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11/07/2012 02:12:26 PM · #14 |
I've moaned about the FS vote participation vs image entries in the past. ATM the stats show an average of 44% of those who entered actually take part in voting the Free Study. (A)patheic really. Some use the excuse of not voting as they may be biased. We aren't talking about corruption or nepotism here! It's a virtual ribbon for goodness sakes and you know guess there's some collusion/bias/trolls here anyway. Your vote could easily negate the trolls!
Anyway I just hit 100 votes with 9 hours to go. |
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11/07/2012 11:59:19 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
222 entries, less than 100 votes on the morning of the last day of voting. That's a fundamental problem. |
The last 200 challenges.
The blue values are free studies, the worst across the board.
The solid line of blue at the bottom is because Excel 2010 is acting up and my cygwin gnuplot didn't want to export this morning. |
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11/07/2012 11:19:17 AM · #16 |
| Didn't get a chance to submit to the FS this month, but I did go through all the images, and there were some fantastic shots there, not just in the physical sense, but in the emotive arena as well. Regardless of what your scores were, the group who entered this month should give themselves a "well-played" badge. |
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11/07/2012 11:15:15 AM · #17 |
"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."
-- Vince Lombardi |
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11/07/2012 11:09:05 AM · #18 |
| i took a look at the 5 previous months and the vote totals for the first page entries range between 125 to 108. looks like the amount of votes have been trending down recently. |
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11/07/2012 10:49:04 AM · #19 |
I'm surprised, too. I actually have more votes on Windows than FS and there's one more day of voting left there.
I'm at 97 votes on FS. |
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11/07/2012 10:14:57 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by androgeus:
Originally posted by hahn23:
222 entries, less than 100 votes on the morning of the last day of voting. That's a fundamental problem. |
Occurs once every four years... |
The research proves you correct, as the FS challenge underway four years ago only averaged 132 votes per entry.
Previous Election Day was on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Free Study 2008-10
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11/07/2012 10:08:59 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
222 entries, less than 100 votes on the morning of the last day of voting. That's a fundamental problem. |
Occurs once every four years... |
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11/07/2012 09:09:07 AM · #22 |
| 222 entries, less than 100 votes on the morning of the last day of voting. That's a fundamental problem. |
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11/07/2012 07:39:47 AM · #23 |
my score sucks...
but, I got a FAVORITE!
what?
was that an accident?
that's the FIRST time ever I've gotten a favorite during a challenge.
that DEFINITELY makes up for the low score. it resonated with SOMEONE.
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY |
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11/07/2012 07:20:24 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by Neat:
Originally posted by vlado:
At the rate my score us falling I'll be in the 5s tomorrow and in the mid 5s by end of voting. |
lol, I Always find Saturday voters the harshest, ever since I've been here!
FS was on 6.02 yesterday, now 5.88, 1 extra comment, 1 fave, but score dropped ;( |
Ever think that on the weekends the voters have more time to truly analyze the merits of an image and have the opportunity to re-visit the image on several occasions.
Most people I would think are a lot more generous when voting on impulse as opposed to those instances where critical analysis falls into play.
I could be very wrong, but I do believe that my this theory might have some merit.
Ray |
Well that must mean I really stink ;) |
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11/07/2012 01:18:07 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by androgeus:
Originally posted by vlado:
My only complaint... one day to go and still haven't broken 100 votes. |
The votes are going to Obama and Romney rather than DPC |
Well, now that's over, perhaps we'll see some action here... |
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