Voting - one more idea
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Most suggestions on correcting the voting system (as seen in the recent thread) are focused on cutting the "random" votes. May be we should go another way - and encourage voting? So all "random" votes will be (statistically) screened by the fair ones. Many readers that e-mailed me are even unaware that they could vote for the article. I think that placing something like: "If you find this article useful - please login and vote for it (voting form is in the end of the article text)." at the top of every article will help a lot. Best regards, - Dmitry.
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Most suggestions on correcting the voting system (as seen in the recent thread) are focused on cutting the "random" votes. May be we should go another way - and encourage voting? So all "random" votes will be (statistically) screened by the fair ones. Many readers that e-mailed me are even unaware that they could vote for the article. I think that placing something like: "If you find this article useful - please login and vote for it (voting form is in the end of the article text)." at the top of every article will help a lot. Best regards, - Dmitry.
------------------------- Don't worry, be happy :o)
Dmitry Khudorozhkov wrote:
"If you find this article useful - please login and vote for it (voting form is in the end of the article text)."
Or, maybe, just fix the voting form such that it's always on-screen...
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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Dmitry Khudorozhkov wrote:
"If you find this article useful - please login and vote for it (voting form is in the end of the article text)."
Or, maybe, just fix the voting form such that it's always on-screen...
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
As I understand the idea of voting form now (being below the article) - the user is expected to vote after reading the article. I think that the ever-on-screen voting form will rage (some) users rather than promote voting...
------------------------- Don't worry, be happy :o)
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As I understand the idea of voting form now (being below the article) - the user is expected to vote after reading the article. I think that the ever-on-screen voting form will rage (some) users rather than promote voting...
------------------------- Don't worry, be happy :o)
Dmitry Khudorozhkov wrote:
I think that the ever-on-screen voting form will rage (some) users rather than promote voting...
Some users are just never happy. :) Personally, i like things to be available when they're relevant. It irks me to scroll hunting for the voting, bookmark, "articles by this author" etc. links - i'd much rather they were always ready-at-hand. But that's me - others have notably different opinions on this... ;)
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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Dmitry Khudorozhkov wrote:
I think that the ever-on-screen voting form will rage (some) users rather than promote voting...
Some users are just never happy. :) Personally, i like things to be available when they're relevant. It irks me to scroll hunting for the voting, bookmark, "articles by this author" etc. links - i'd much rather they were always ready-at-hand. But that's me - others have notably different opinions on this... ;)
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It appears that everybody is under the impression that I approve of the documentation. You probably also blame Ken Burns for supporting slavery.
--Raymond Chen on MSDN
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