Article Voting
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I suppose there's no solution to this, but I thought I would mention it any way. About a year ago when I would publish an article it would do well and then some one would come along and give it a 1/5 vote without explanation. It seemed to be habitual and I thought it was being done by a univoter. I got confirmation when CodeProject made a change that required some one to leave a comment when they made a vote of one. When I got the next 1 vote I looked at the user's messages and saw that he was routinly going through articles that were doing well and giving one votes. I asked him why he was doing this and received no response. Since then when ever I publish an article it starts off doing well then all at once I receive multiple 3/5 votes. 3/5 is significant because it is the lowest vote that one can give without disclosing their identity. With my latest article the first 21 votes were 5 out of 5 and then 6 votes showed up within a few minutes of each other with 3/5 votes. The low votes can really hurt ones score and lower it's visibility. I get the feeling that the vote is from the same person (but using multiple accounts) as the low votes cam in with rapid succession. I was wondering if any one else ever encountered this same thing.
Joel Ivory Johnson
Meet my dev team: RDA Architecture Evangelist Team Blog
My site: J2i.net
Twitter: J2iNet
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I suppose there's no solution to this, but I thought I would mention it any way. About a year ago when I would publish an article it would do well and then some one would come along and give it a 1/5 vote without explanation. It seemed to be habitual and I thought it was being done by a univoter. I got confirmation when CodeProject made a change that required some one to leave a comment when they made a vote of one. When I got the next 1 vote I looked at the user's messages and saw that he was routinly going through articles that were doing well and giving one votes. I asked him why he was doing this and received no response. Since then when ever I publish an article it starts off doing well then all at once I receive multiple 3/5 votes. 3/5 is significant because it is the lowest vote that one can give without disclosing their identity. With my latest article the first 21 votes were 5 out of 5 and then 6 votes showed up within a few minutes of each other with 3/5 votes. The low votes can really hurt ones score and lower it's visibility. I get the feeling that the vote is from the same person (but using multiple accounts) as the low votes cam in with rapid succession. I was wondering if any one else ever encountered this same thing.
Joel Ivory Johnson
Meet my dev team: RDA Architecture Evangelist Team Blog
My site: J2i.net
Twitter: J2iNet
Sometimes some things can be done, especially when the patterns are clear.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Sometimes some things can be done, especially when the patterns are clear.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Wow, I guess something can be done! I see the votes that cam in with rapid succession are now gone. Thanks!
Joel Ivory Johnson
Meet my dev team: RDA Architecture Evangelist Team Blog
My site: J2i.net
Twitter: J2iNet
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Sometimes some things can be done, especially when the patterns are clear.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
exactly!