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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Only upvotes isn't a measure of quality, only popularity.
Which is mostly what 5-votes are now -- members simply high-fiving their countrymen regardless of the actual quality. (E.g. "Nice one!" -- that's not helpful.)
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Indeed, the lowering of the quality of the articles is my biggest issue here.
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Where is the third option?
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That requires Mitch Rapp.
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Adding a reason for all votes.
I don't know how big difference it would make though.
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I thought about that. I guess it would be at the same time fair and annoying.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Discuss You're channelling Barbara again!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Hey, how about third option - anonymous (down)voting?
It would be basically the same as it is now, the user needs to provide reason, just that the name would be hidden. So community still can purge rogue votes, but it will prevent retaliation for those who downvote.
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That's an interesting one!
(However I am cringing at the if-then logic I'd have to pollute the code with!)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Much as I dislike the "like" system FB started, I think a simple "like" and "don't like" counters would be sufficient.
Marc
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That would offend my critical powers.
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I don't vote lower than 4. Too afraid some douche author (and they aren't all like that) will downvote everything I have destroying my life's work!
In fact I know an author here on CP who does just that, and I believe he is a platinum author himself... I can't remember his name, but some people may know whom I speak of (I believe he even got banned a few times). And my thoughts go a bit like this: if this was a nice guy he would've written a good article, but he hasn't so he's probably some jackass who can't take criticism and will downvote me for downvoting. I guess I have some issues too
Besides, if an article already has x votes of 4 and 5 then my vote of 1 will simply be ignored. People won't be alarmed about the quality of the article and I will look like an a**hole for voting 1 (and take the risk of being downvoted myself). That's just not worth it!
Some people obviously try their best. Sometimes I vote 3 and explain how it would be better. But that's rare.
Then I believe there are just too many bad programmers out there who can't really value an article for what it's worth. Take an article that shows an example of how to get data from the database. The author doesn't know about the pitfalls of not disposing and not parameterizing himself and shows only bad practices. Now here's the deal. Many people don't know about these issues and actually think it's a great article! After all, it get's the job done, they get data from the database. And there's your vote of 5!
I value CP as a source of information and there are many great articles on here. But you can't trust the voting system. You'll have to use your own judgement to see if an article is worth the read. For some authors, I hope including myself, the read is just always worth it. For others you have to take a bit more caution. It's just too bad you already have to know your way around code to know which is bad and which is good.
That said, if I could anonymously vote 1 I would certainly do so on a lot more articles I see! And if more would do that then maybe the 1's wouldn't be ignored because of all the uninformed 5's.
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I hate my inability to express myself properly, I'm simply not lingually gifted.
Thanks for expressing my views better than I could myself.
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I know the author of whom you speak He's even been known to create shill accounts to continue his revenge.
Saying that, I do downvote articles. If an article is poor quality then I owe it to other readers to explain why I think the article is poor. I generally try to offer advice on how to improve the article but, in some cases, I can see no redeeming features.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I know the author of whom you speak He's even been known to create shill accounts to continue his revenge. I believe he's still around only because his articles are valuable to the community. Hard to think that someone who creates such value can be such an a**hole
Well, I guess we all have our flaws.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Saying that, I do downvote articles. If an article is poor quality then I owe it to other readers to explain why I think the article is poor. I generally try to offer advice on how to improve the article but, in some cases, I can see no redeeming features. I agree, I did that a few times, but the people after me still continued to vote 5's. Then I got downvoted a few times and now I'm cured of such beliefs
The only people on here that I'd dare to give my vote 1, people like you, don't deserve 1's
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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There's a couple of articles by a fellow MVP that I have voted 1 on because they are dangerously wrong, yet others have still voted 5. Sadly, if they follow the advice they are given, they are going to have nothing but trouble later on.
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I was lucky enough to have great criticism with my first couple of articles - they were absolute stinkers. I took the criticism on the chin, and have managed to progress in some small way.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: managed to progress in some small way You're to modest! You're a legend in my book!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Not only in yours
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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There are MVP still spread wrong information here as well as elsewhere too. The others gives reason saying "I'm in exam, we change it other time." And never see it changed based on your comment. Soon they get the platinum status and spoil the community by down voting. Not being ashamed of what they wrote as an article.
I'm new but it just frustrating to see here.
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When I voted (and I haven't since the need to supply a reason was put in place) I only voted 1 or 5; I see no reason for the 2, 3, or 4.
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You said it!
I think any voting system where you can't vote negatively is worthless - it's just becomes meaningless noise.
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