How reliable is the voting system
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
DeepWaters wrote:
250 in two months, thats impossible in my opinion, its just diffuclt to digest
why not ?? 250 votes out of 4000000 members is not that much.
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
Note that he's also got 51,143 views - that averages to about 2000 views per vote which is quite normal the first few weeks.
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
The particular article is an excellent one (there are no shortages of them on this site :-D), and it does not surprise me that it received that many votes. The number of votes is not questionable as mentioned by the other posters.
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Note that he's also got 51,143 views - that averages to about 2000 views per vote which is quite normal the first few weeks.
Regards, Nish
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Are you sure ? 51143 / 250 = 2000 ?[^] ;P
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
Articles that present useful GUI related controls and programs are usually well received.
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Are you sure ? 51143 / 250 = 2000 ?[^] ;P
DeepWaters wrote:
Are you sure ? 51143 / 250 = 2000 ?[^]
Oops - my mistake. :-O Hmmm, you are right. A rate of 200 views/vote while common for the first few days is definitely unusual over a 6 week period. But seeing that the author's other articles are also similarly high-rated, I am not too surprised and I do not suspect anything fishy.
Regards, Nish
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
Take a look at Sacha's other articles. He's getting himeself quite a reputation so when his articles are posted they can generate quite a great deal of interest.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
I think the voting system is Florida is more reliable. But just slightly. :) Marc
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Take a look at Sacha's other articles. He's getting himeself quite a reputation so when his articles are posted they can generate quite a great deal of interest.
cheers, Chris Maunder
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I do agree he is a great author and his contributions are impeccable, I started wondering when i saw most popular section[^]articles, i see articles for years there to get a vote count of around 250 If the votes etc are monitored and regulated, they can be completely reliable !
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
You'll recall that that article was on the front page for several days and is the current Editor's Choice (since yesterday). It's had a much higher profile than most articles so it makes sense it would get so many votes.
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I think the voting system is Florida is more reliable. But just slightly. :) Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smithhaha :laugh::laugh::laugh: What about california ?
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You'll recall that that article was on the front page for several days and is the current Editor's Choice (since yesterday). It's had a much higher profile than most articles so it makes sense it would get so many votes.
Does the current Editor's Choice NOT depends on the number of votes ?
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
Wow, Most articles authors would have broken that up into several pieces. Great article.
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Does the current Editor's Choice NOT depends on the number of votes ?
Well now that's a good question.. I have no idea. I assumed "Editor's Choice" meant an actual editor chose it.. would seem pretty silly for community votes to determine the "Editor's Choice" now wouldn't it!? :confused: But crazier things have happened..
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Does the current Editor's Choice NOT depends on the number of votes ?
Editor's choice is just that: while editing articles we randomly pick one that tickles our fancy.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
DeepWaters wrote:
Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest
As others have noted, it's a quality article. Now, you might argue that there are plenty of quality articles that never gain the popularity of this one, but that's only to be expected - there are many, many niche categories that will simply never appeal to the vast majority of readers. When an article shows up that demonstrates a technique or provides a tool that can be used by many programmers working in many different areas, then it will by nature become very popular (provided it is of sufficient quality, of course)! Consider the single most popular article on the site: .dan.g's ToDoList - everybody keeps one of those, even if just mentally. The potential appeal is off the charts - and so, when a good article and tool was provided, that potential was realized.
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
i can assure you that, the article is worth the votes, well back to your question, Don't rely on voting system completly, take it as a reference, make your own judgement best
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I saw an article lately This one [^] Prize winner, More than 250 votes in 2 months, 250 in two months, its just difficult to digest, i won't say the article is not good its above average and my compliments for the work to the author, very hard work and great article So is there anybody keeps a check on these things, what benefit is that to anyone ?
Wow, he's probably the most prolific author this year - most of his 19 articles are all posted since Jan. He's certainly hit the jackpot with that class diagram tool... and there I thought I was doing well reaching 100,000 visits after a year and a half. :doh: But he has written about something that has a wide appeal.
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