Articles and 1 votes
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One of my articles has been on the receiving end of some 1 votes. The annoying part about this is that they didn't have the decency to explain why they felt that the article/code was so poor. So I'd like to suggest that it should be made compulsory to leave a comment when giving an article a 1 rating even if it is just to say "I gave you a 1 as I think your a tosser" "I think I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say huh?" - Buffy
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One of my articles has been on the receiving end of some 1 votes. The annoying part about this is that they didn't have the decency to explain why they felt that the article/code was so poor. So I'd like to suggest that it should be made compulsory to leave a comment when giving an article a 1 rating even if it is just to say "I gave you a 1 as I think your a tosser" "I think I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say huh?" - Buffy
My guess about some possible reasons for someone to do this (in general): * Author annoyed the voting member with some comment in the past, and this is a simple case of revenge. * Voter has a competing article in the same category and wants to vote the author down to lower their rating. Possibly related to ensuring their article or other articles they prefer instead to make it into the monthly article competition. * Voter thinks the rating is too high. They likely don't think the article is a 1. They just want to knock down the rating for no particular reason at all. Basically, I am saying that some people have an agenda when voting. They have some kind of bias. For example, I think some people will vote for an author higher, if they have something in common with the author (e.g., nationality). I'd like to see membership levels granted solely on the basis of article and message count, not length of membership. And restrict voting to members who have contributed something - messages and/or articles. People with 0/0 should not be allowed to vote. I'd also like to see a volunteer panel of CodeProject members/staff that ensures an unbiased component to the rating of any article.
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One of my articles has been on the receiving end of some 1 votes. The annoying part about this is that they didn't have the decency to explain why they felt that the article/code was so poor. So I'd like to suggest that it should be made compulsory to leave a comment when giving an article a 1 rating even if it is just to say "I gave you a 1 as I think your a tosser" "I think I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say huh?" - Buffy
The general consensus on this is that forcing people to comment on a "1" vote will mean you will have lots of: 1 - asdfsdfg comments. cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
do you ever feel like your life is missing that tiny little piece of paper that you fold up to put under the wobbly leg of the dinner table...
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The general consensus on this is that forcing people to comment on a "1" vote will mean you will have lots of: 1 - asdfsdfg comments. cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
do you ever feel like your life is missing that tiny little piece of paper that you fold up to put under the wobbly leg of the dinner table...
Although it certainly would not hurt to display some text to them when they do vote a 1 to the effect of "It is most helpful to the author if you post a comment explaining how the article could be improved" with an easy link or something so it's optional but reminded to them.
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