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The first survey, regarding multi-author stories, can be found here:
http://www.protagonize.com/group/protagonize/topic/355
The second survey, regarding completed stories, can be found here:
http://www.protagonize.com/group/protagonize/topic/356
The third survey, regarding moving poetry into its own section, can be found here:
http://www.protagonize.com/group/protagonize/topic/358
Howdy folks.
This one should be pretty straightforward. I know there's been a lot of debate about it, so I'm going to use the new "like/dislike" option to let you guys vote on this one directly.
I'm of the opinion, personally, that "own votes" are stilting the hot stories and top rated authors quite a bit these days, especially with stories that span dozens of chapters by the same person. I'd like to see it be a little less easy to manipulate those rankings, but I figured I'd ask you guys to see what you thought about it first.
I'll take input here, and make a final decision myself based on the feedback. If you have a specific argument for or against it, please feel free to post it in the comments below.
Should we prevent people from rating their own work?
*** Please use the Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down on this post to vote! ***
Cheers,
-nick
- Voting "for" the change (LIKE) = People should NOT be able to rate their own work
- Voting "against" the change (DISLIKE) = People should be able to rate their own work
So... a positive number would mean we go ahead and make the change and remove own votes. A negative total would mean you guys don't want me to make the change. Clear as mud? Good. ;)
I've updated the question and the post title to reflect this.
:} Elorithryn
And I think a few people voted before I clarified how the votes would work. Please read my 2nd post and make sure you voted the right way. ;)
But wait... still...
3....
minus 1....
equals...
1.
nevermind, I'll just assume you've got it under control ;)
Maybe you're seeing something cached, but that's what I see.
As nick said in his intro, authors could indeed 'bump' their ratings and screw with the ratings system. This website is for peer-review, not I-review-my-own-work-and-screw-with-the-system-review.
Any questions?
The question is 'Should we prevent people from rating their own work?''
If you don't think self-rating should be allowed, your answer should be 'yes', not 'no'. Is that what you meant?
Off with the self raters heads!
*less than 5
However, I have no qualms about "liking" my own discussion post. (Nice new feature, Nick!)
Edit: Drat! You saw my headlights in the tunnel, didn't you? I can't "like" my own post. Well, I do like my own post, but I can't "like" it.
Edit of the Edit: I decided to "like" Tasha's post instead.
Thank you for liking my post. I like yours too :)
I'll leave this survey open for a little longer, but right now I'm definitely leaning in the direction of disabling (and removing existing) own-votes.
Of course, I've been asking about removing votes for awhile now and saying I probably don't deserve my spot for even longer, so it's nothing I didn't see coming :P