Montana Matt wrote:Redwic wrote:I have definite concerns that the recent changes, especially the vote scores, will take away some of that individuality and creativity.
Why would you come to that conclusion?
Let me put it into a sample scenario:
PERSON A makes a Mountain page. The mountain might not have an eye-catching name or be in a familiar region, but PERSON A spends many hours to make certain the page is full of useful information, including routes, driving directions gear, etc.
PERSON B makes a Mountain page, too. The mountain has an eye-catching name or is in a familiar region, but PERSON B spends a little time making the page with only basic information provided.
PERSON A's page gets little attention despite being a thorough and helpful page, and only musters two votes.
PERSON B's page gets more attention despite being a page with less usable content but with a lot of eye-catching photos, and musters 15 votes.
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My concern is that the website is
too point-driven... and with the revised voting-weight, perhaps now more than ever.
I do not know if or how it can be possible, but it seems like the way to "improve" the contributions on SummitPost are by rewarding contributions that have certain criteria reached. When a page contribution is being created, there are certain categories already in place as a starting point. Is there an overview? Are driving directions given? Is there any red tape? Stuff like that. Then the initial page-score is determined by the criteria/sections being checked off, rather than being completely vote-driven. By doing that, you can create a "standard" for SP while maintaining creativity and a sense of fairness (at least initially). And then the votes will build up the contribution scores from that point, based upon (in theory) the quality of the criteria reached and other pertinent information provided.
(Of course, this could only apply to pages for Areas, Mountains, and/or Routes, not pages for Images, Lists, or Articles.)Again, I am just putting ideas to the masses for discussion. There is no perfect way of doing things.
There is no question you guys have improved the website.