Why can contributors Rate their own Stuff?
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I've seen some pretty odd articals out there with 1 vote for a 5. Then I noticed the radio buttons appear on my own articals for me. I didn't try it but presumable I could rate my own artical a 5. I know that if the artical stinks the average brings down the self inflicted 5 but it will skew the results.
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I've seen some pretty odd articals out there with 1 vote for a 5. Then I noticed the radio buttons appear on my own articals for me. I didn't try it but presumable I could rate my own artical a 5. I know that if the artical stinks the average brings down the self inflicted 5 but it will skew the results.
Tad McClellan wrote:
Why can contributors Rate their own Stuff?
So people don't create dummy accounts to vote their own stuff up... oh wait.
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I've seen some pretty odd articals out there with 1 vote for a 5. Then I noticed the radio buttons appear on my own articals for me. I didn't try it but presumable I could rate my own artical a 5. I know that if the artical stinks the average brings down the self inflicted 5 but it will skew the results.
I see it as a limited weapon against asshole voters. The voting system works fairly well in the long run, but the short run is a bit "luck based". (I rather have it this way than the other way 'round). One suggestion to balance the short term behavior: Every article starts out with one or two "3" votes.
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I've seen some pretty odd articals out there with 1 vote for a 5. Then I noticed the radio buttons appear on my own articals for me. I didn't try it but presumable I could rate my own artical a 5. I know that if the artical stinks the average brings down the self inflicted 5 but it will skew the results.
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I've seen some pretty odd articals out there with 1 vote for a 5. Then I noticed the radio buttons appear on my own articals for me. I didn't try it but presumable I could rate my own artical a 5. I know that if the artical stinks the average brings down the self inflicted 5 but it will skew the results.
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Two remarks come to mind:
- Why can presidential candidates vote in the presidential elections? ;P
- It really still is representative of the opinions of CPians because, after all, the person who wrote the article is a CPian too. ;P
Usually, I do like the articles I wrote very much!
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Tad McClellan wrote:
Why can contributors Rate their own Stuff?
So people don't create dummy accounts to vote their own stuff up... oh wait.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Tad McClellan wrote: Why can contributors Rate their own Stuff? So people don't create dummy accounts to vote their own stuff up... oh wait.
OTOH, you'll never get the real picture when you do that. :suss:
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Usually, I do like the articles I wrote very much!
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Uwe Keim wrote:
Usually, I do like the articles I wrote very much!
:);):laugh:
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Tad McClellan wrote: Why can contributors Rate their own Stuff? So people don't create dummy accounts to vote their own stuff up... oh wait.
OTOH, you'll never get the real picture when you do that. :suss:
Roland Pibinger wrote:
OTOH, you'll never get the real picture when you do that.
Well of course. I was being sarcastic, as in I can't think of a good reason it's allowed.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Usually, I do like the articles I wrote very much!
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