new "reason for vote" feature
-
All though I think this is a nice idea, I am not particularly fond of the fact that it seems to be mandatory for 1 and 2 votes, and is not aware of posts already made. Eventually I'll learn to remember a bout this and vote before I comment (so I can use this, and just change the post title by editing), but for now it is quite annoying, and causes my to leave dumb posts like "see below". I rarely low vote an article without leaving a post to explain why, and this seems overkill to deal with a few rude idiots. A "post already made" checkbox, in lieu of a programmatic check would be nice...
-
All though I think this is a nice idea, I am not particularly fond of the fact that it seems to be mandatory for 1 and 2 votes, and is not aware of posts already made. Eventually I'll learn to remember a bout this and vote before I comment (so I can use this, and just change the post title by editing), but for now it is quite annoying, and causes my to leave dumb posts like "see below". I rarely low vote an article without leaving a post to explain why, and this seems overkill to deal with a few rude idiots. A "post already made" checkbox, in lieu of a programmatic check would be nice...
Rob Graham wrote:
A "post already made" checkbox
But this would allow people to circumvent actually making a post and hence would defeat the purpose.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
-
Rob Graham wrote:
A "post already made" checkbox
But this would allow people to circumvent actually making a post and hence would defeat the purpose.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
True enough. Guess you'll just have to put up with a few duplicate posts from me, I'm a slow learner.
-
All though I think this is a nice idea, I am not particularly fond of the fact that it seems to be mandatory for 1 and 2 votes, and is not aware of posts already made. Eventually I'll learn to remember a bout this and vote before I comment (so I can use this, and just change the post title by editing), but for now it is quite annoying, and causes my to leave dumb posts like "see below". I rarely low vote an article without leaving a post to explain why, and this seems overkill to deal with a few rude idiots. A "post already made" checkbox, in lieu of a programmatic check would be nice...
I'm placing the vote control inside the 'Add a message' page so you can hit two birds with one stone.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
-
I'm placing the vote control inside the 'Add a message' page so you can hit two birds with one stone.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Thanks, Chris. That'll fix it for me!
-
All though I think this is a nice idea, I am not particularly fond of the fact that it seems to be mandatory for 1 and 2 votes, and is not aware of posts already made. Eventually I'll learn to remember a bout this and vote before I comment (so I can use this, and just change the post title by editing), but for now it is quite annoying, and causes my to leave dumb posts like "see below". I rarely low vote an article without leaving a post to explain why, and this seems overkill to deal with a few rude idiots. A "post already made" checkbox, in lieu of a programmatic check would be nice...
It's not very democratic to only expose low votes - it might cause some kind of psychological bias towards higher marks. You'll forgive me if I post low votes without providing a reason, right?
-
It's not very democratic to only expose low votes - it might cause some kind of psychological bias towards higher marks. You'll forgive me if I post low votes without providing a reason, right?
The voting system is meant to alert readers to the good stuff, and advise authors on where they need improvement. A vote with no message doesn't help an author. A vote and a 'this is why I voted bad' helps an author improve. A high vote is just a "Thanks - well done!" and doesn't really require a comment suggesting improvements.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
-
All though I think this is a nice idea, I am not particularly fond of the fact that it seems to be mandatory for 1 and 2 votes, and is not aware of posts already made. Eventually I'll learn to remember a bout this and vote before I comment (so I can use this, and just change the post title by editing), but for now it is quite annoying, and causes my to leave dumb posts like "see below". I rarely low vote an article without leaving a post to explain why, and this seems overkill to deal with a few rude idiots. A "post already made" checkbox, in lieu of a programmatic check would be nice...
I agree. This should be optionnal. I noticed that since the system has been in use, there are fewer 1 and 2 and much more 3. So instead of being able to note articles with 5 notes, we are actually only using 3. This will just have the side effect to artificially raise the note of recent articles, compared to older ones.