Changes to Voting System

[mrchad9]

Wow! I like their 'Partners' interface. Can anyone vouch for it being effective (or not)?

[Josh Lewis]

Speaking of Partners section, I didn't touch it because I was not sure if it would be still supported.

[Bubba Suess]

I can't see the point of this. Why again do we need to change this?

So what if 96.3 percent are 10s...

I guess I don't see any reason to change this system. I can't see how 8 extra numbers causes anyone any harm. I actually kind of prefer giving things on a scale of 1-10 even if I don't usually use 2-9.

I'd prefer we just leave the system as is.

-Swithich

PS I'll not that I have a personal displeasure for facebook, so any changes that make me think of facebook I find displeasing. I also don't see why everything needs to be simplified down to yes and no even if the majority of people choose to answer in a form of yes and no (good or bad, good or evil, 0 or 1, + or -, etc...).

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[mrchad9]

I can't see the point of this. Why again do we need to change this?

So what if 96.3 percent are 10s...

I guess I don't see any reason to change this system. I can't see how 8 extra numbers causes anyone any harm. I actually kind of prefer giving things on a scale of 1-10 even if I don't usually use 2-9.

I'd prefer we just leave the system as is.

-Swithich

PS I'll not that I have a personal displeasure for facebook, so any changes that make me think of facebook I find displeasing. I also don't see why everything needs to be simplified down to yes and no even if the majority of people choose to answer in a form of yes and no (good or bad, good or evil, 0 or 1, + or -, etc...).

Still have 1-10... nothing to worry about. 6-10 raises a pages score, and 1-5 lowers it.

[Josh Lewis]

A 5/10 does damage. Hmmm... was this on purpose? I expected it to do nothing. I guess it has to do with the vote weight.

[Bubba Suess]

A 5/10 does damage. Hmmm... was this on purpose? I expected it to do nothing. I guess it has to do with the vote weight.

I have had some 6/10's do damage too.

[mrchad9]

1-5 lowers a score, 6-10 raises it... so yes a 5 does damage... but very little.

Note that 5.5 is in the middle of 1-10, since we don't have a 0-10 system. So this was the design.

6s can lower a score by an insignificant amount (0.01% or so) in certain situations (such as if a user with less than 10 power points voted a 10/10 and everyone else voted a 10/10 too and then you come along and vote a 6). If you are seeing something different that is concerning let me know.

[Bubba Suess]

I am not worried. I just noticed it occurred a couple of time while trying things out.

[mrchad9]

Now for me to go stir things up by giving a bunch of ok but not perfect pages some 7s and 8s!

[Josh Lewis]

Rock em out Chad! I encourage everyone to join us! 10/10's are supposed to be special.

[visentin]

I like the new presentation, just one minor issue: in many pages authors have used links in the legends of photos. Links are dark and so are the picture frames, which makes them not very visible. Easy to correct I think.
And yes, the issue of publishing pages is top priority. I've been writing it for years too: going through custom objects isn't user-friendly, there should be a "publish" option.
It would also reduce a lot the rubbish in the objects lists like unfinished pages of new users who never came back.

[yatsek]

That's a breakthrough. Thanks a lot guys. Will a PM be sent off to the membership about the changes to the voting system?

[lcarreau]

The new server seems to be super FAST, which is very good. I'm giving three thumbs up for the changes so far.

[Diego Sahagún]

What are those changes