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01/16/2006 04:00:45 PM · #1
Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I just came across a profile with over 5500 votes cast and the average vote given was 3.31.


I know one that's close...

Votes Cast: 8011
Avg Vote Cast: 3.4029


I saw one with an average of 1!!! That's a solid 1 folks. At least this person is consistent.
01/16/2006 03:56:13 PM · #2
As alluded to earlier in this thread, what seems unsportsmanlike is the refusal to offer comments when voting very low.

Being new to the site, I've been trying to read the rules carefully and I've also noticed that rule-sticklers abound (dnmc etc). So it strikes me as odd that the following request in the challenge rules (quoted below) is widely ignored by those dealing out the lowest votes:

"If you feel a photograph deserves a vote of 1, 2 or 3, please include a comment with your vote explaining why you felt it deserved a "below average" score."

If a hypothetical person has a 3 average after thousands of votes and has offered drastically, drastically fewer comments, well, frankly, the word weasel comes to mind. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. ;-)

Those giving super-low scores + comments are at least taking responsibility and offering some rationale for their skew.
01/15/2006 09:08:03 AM · #3
While I am not really horrified at this thread, I fail to see what point the OP is trying to make.

Some people vote high, some people vote low, so what?

Most, if not all, of the generalizations posters have tried to make about people with a low avegae vote cast are totally unsupported, just wild guesses at best.

What I find more offensive is the way some posters have tried to cast voters in a negative light based on their average. Go back and read over the entire thread and you will see that some people have said some pretty meaningless, and even stupid, things about other users just because their average vote cast doesn't measure up to the poster's own personal idea of what it should be.

Trying to goad people into voting higher by attacking them for a low average is one way to try to raise your scores (along with everyone else's). A better way to raise your own scores is to enter better quality photos.
01/15/2006 04:56:32 AM · #4
mine is
Challenges Entered: 22
Votes Cast: 2124
Avg Vote Cast: 4.9054
Votes Received: 6583
Avg Vote Received: 4.9237
which made me smile as I recieve roughly what I cast.....but have been off the voting and entering for a while, but will start again soon.
01/15/2006 03:32:28 AM · #5
to go that low one must have a heart of iced rock!;-)
01/15/2006 02:31:52 AM · #6
above 4.5 is always good, but 3.3 after 5000 plus votes means that you are generally unsatisfied and you think that 70 percent of the images in challenge were either very low quality or DNMC.

Originally posted by petrakka:

4.69 ...I guess I'm medium stingy, though I feel I vote nice?
01/15/2006 02:12:38 AM · #7
4.69 ...I guess I'm medium stingy, though I feel I vote nice?
01/15/2006 01:40:45 AM · #8
i also got to him when he commented on my entry.

Originally posted by northrop3:

Originally posted by zxaar:

Challenges Entered: 29
Votes Cast: 5572
Avg Vote Cast: 3.3137
Votes Received: 7174
Avg Vote Received: 5.2837

i think i have bumbed upon the same profile, as you mentioned.

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Whew, I'm not calling out any names here, but I just came across a profile with over 5500 votes cast and the average vote given was 3.31. Never seen that low for that many votes. Can anybody beat that?


This may or may not be the same person. I received a comment from him/her this week:

Challenges Entered: 30
Votes Cast: 6106
Avg Vote Cast: 3.3000
Votes Received: 7458
Avg Vote Received: 5.3024
01/12/2006 08:55:43 AM · #9
Mines pretty close
Challenges Entered: 4
Votes Cast: 1940
Avg Vote Cast: 4.1567
Votes Received: 917
Avg Vote Received: 4.7317

Mostly cuz, I sux. Also, when I first started scoring, I really didnt have a pattern, I was one of those "emotional voters", if I liked it, it scored well, period. Now, however, I am begining to look more at the technical aspect of the image. I believe everyone that meets the challenge starts at 5, then, based on technical aspects, appeal of the image and excitement I may get from viewing the image, I go up or down. Example. If its a bird challenge and someone takes a great picture of a whale. Well it doesnt meet the challenge so that drops it to a 3, but technically its beautiful, that bumps it to a 4. If it were a whale challenge, and the same image was submitted it might be a 8 or 9. VERY few images get 10s from me. I am tough, but fair. (now at least, before, I was just a moron)
01/12/2006 08:40:29 AM · #10
Originally posted by zxaar:

Challenges Entered: 29
Votes Cast: 5572
Avg Vote Cast: 3.3137
Votes Received: 7174
Avg Vote Received: 5.2837

i think i have bumbed upon the same profile, as you mentioned.

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Whew, I'm not calling out any names here, but I just came across a profile with over 5500 votes cast and the average vote given was 3.31. Never seen that low for that many votes. Can anybody beat that?


This may or may not be the same person. I received a comment from him/her this week:

Challenges Entered: 30
Votes Cast: 6106
Avg Vote Cast: 3.3000
Votes Received: 7458
Avg Vote Received: 5.3024

Message edited by author 2006-01-12 08:42:56.
01/12/2006 06:34:27 AM · #11
Challenges Entered: 1
Votes Cast: 1001
Avg Vote Cast: 5.6943
Votes Received: 304
Avg Vote Received: 5.6316
01/09/2006 10:34:30 PM · #12
Challenges Entered: 29
Votes Cast: 5572
Avg Vote Cast: 3.3137
Votes Received: 7174
Avg Vote Received: 5.2837

i think i have bumbed upon the same profile, as you mentioned.

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Whew, I'm not calling out any names here, but I just came across a profile with over 5500 votes cast and the average vote given was 3.31. Never seen that low for that many votes. Can anybody beat that?
01/09/2006 09:15:13 PM · #13
Originally posted by jrjr:

Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

Originally posted by jrjr:

The question that everyone of us has to ask themselves is, "Would I score my own picture on the scale that I am using for others?" Perhaps Brent ward wouldn't score any of his own above a 5 either.


I only enter challenges were I feel that my photo is a 9 or a 10. Why enter if it's not your best? ;o)

You must be very disapointed by the scores of your two entries.
--jrjr


I was hoping to get above an 8 on my last one, but it was a rushed entry and not as sharp as it could of been.

I was very dissappointed with my free study entry.
01/09/2006 09:11:12 PM · #14
Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

Originally posted by jrjr:

The question that everyone of us has to ask themselves is, "Would I score my own picture on the scale that I am using for others?" Perhaps Brent ward wouldn't score any of his own above a 5 either.


I only enter challenges were I feel that my photo is a 9 or a 10. Why enter if it's not your best? ;o)

You must be very disapointed by the scores of your two entries.
--jrjr
01/09/2006 09:03:00 PM · #15
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by MQuinn:


Brent I have a question, how come its shows on your profile 3 challenges entered and only 2 show up?


That means he's in a current challenge...


I DQ'd my first entry.
01/09/2006 08:57:02 PM · #16
The overall quality of photography on this site is pretty darn impressive, right?

When I see one of those low voters (it seems that most often they are male, had you noticed that?), I can't help but wonder why they think they are God's gift to photography compared to the rest of us around here.

My average votes cast is at 5.57, and I keep reminding myself that that is only average, whilst surely the standard on DPC is higher than that.
Of course it always depends on just exactly who/what we are comparing it to.
01/09/2006 08:45:51 PM · #17
Originally posted by MQuinn:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by MQuinn:


Brent I have a question, how come its shows on your profile 3 challenges entered and only 2 show up?


That means he's in a current challenge...


Nope I noticed before the roll over

Edit: I was just wondering if it was a a DPC errata


Think about it Quinn. :) There's always a "current" challenge. Before and after the rollover.
01/09/2006 08:43:29 PM · #18
One thing i found is that many finishing at low end of the challenge tend to vote lower also...NOT always...but some-maybe bitter?
01/09/2006 11:55:00 AM · #19
Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by MQuinn:


Brent I have a question, how come its shows on your profile 3 challenges entered and only 2 show up?


That means he's in a current challenge...


Nope I noticed before the roll over

Edit: I was just wondering if it was a a DPC errata

Message edited by author 2006-01-09 11:58:53.
01/09/2006 11:52:50 AM · #20
Originally posted by MQuinn:


Brent I have a question, how come its shows on your profile 3 challenges entered and only 2 show up?


That means he's in a current challenge...
01/09/2006 11:50:34 AM · #21
Originally posted by Brent_Ward:

Originally posted by jrjr:

The question that everyone of us has to ask themselves is, "Would I score my own picture on the scale that I am using for others?" Perhaps Brent ward wouldn't score any of his own above a 5 either.


I only enter challenges were I feel that my photo is a 9 or a 10. Why enter if it's not your best? ;o)


I do the same, but I'm just learning how to get better, and I love comments Good bad or other wise. But what I think is a good photo vs. do I think it will do well on DPC is a whole other question. Currently I have a photo in a challenge thats doing ok, but I'd be willing to bet 75% of voters have no idea what it is. I personally would give it a 9 I could make it a 10 if it was advanced editing to get rid of a simple flaw. I vote according to the challenge description, technicals, and yes the "cowbell" factor. Do I give out 10's yes, but it has to be perfect, do I give out 1's yes, it has to be pretty bad on all accounts. Brent I have a question, how come its shows on your profile 3 challenges entered and only 2 show up?
01/08/2006 07:12:37 PM · #22
Originally posted by Riggs:

My stats are goofy......

Challenges Entered: 119
Votes Cast: 26775
Avg Vote Cast: 5.3715
Votes Received:
Avg Vote Received:

I dont have the bottom two. :(


I think it because you're hugging a bottle of detergent in your profile pic...
01/08/2006 05:37:27 PM · #23
Originally posted by John White:


My voting system is
Poor - 5
Average - 6
Good - 7
Excellent - 8
Inspirational - 9
and those shots that it is impossible to give less than 10 -10


John, I'm really interested about 1-4's not being in your voting book. You have obviously thought about it, may we ask? For example what happens to Poor+DNMC? Is nothing bad enough to earn 4?

Brett

Message edited by author 2006-01-08 17:38:29.
01/08/2006 04:56:08 PM · #24
My current figures are

Votes Cast: 1045
Avg Vote Cast: 6.5445

My voting system is
Poor - 5
Average - 6
Good - 7
Excellent - 8
Inspirational - 9
and those shots that it is impossible to give less than 10 -10

This is just a rough guide for me and as you can see my average vote cast is halfway between average and good.

I feel the numbers dont really matter as long as the system is fair (the same voting method is applied to all photos by the voter)

Just my 2 cents worth!

Message edited by author 2006-01-08 17:36:48.
01/08/2006 04:41:35 PM · #25
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I'm curious that a couple of comments here have disparaged those whose average cote cast is lowish and who do NOT have a "good track record" in producing high-scoring images.

R.


For the record...if you were refering to me: my statements are only general and I was refering to comparative image quality and not the numbers, however the numbers should be an indicator or a wake-up call to that, taking and not giving atittude.

I see this thread not as a "whose qualified to judge" topic but a discussion as to the degree of judgement. Maybe I'm wrong.
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