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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbbb: Quote:
Quoting Astrakan:
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Yeah, the stars are related to forum posts only.
To get stars you have to create a huge virtual collection. Then vote yes to each and every contribution, but, and that's the important thing, with a remark like "OK", "Oki", "Good", "Very good", "thx", "thanks", "thank you", "nice job", "excellent job", "good job again", "looks fine", to activate the clickable rating symbol. The stars will come from their own.
Please be creative, you can also do combinations, eg "Oki good job thx". Just don't bore the contributor. ... and FWIW I've given (and received) quite a few Greenies for Contributions where I've No voted and let the user politely know what error they have made and how to fix it... it's not just a feedback system for saying thanks! | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 |  Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kathy: Quote:
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Not entirely forum only - a contributor can give +/- to votes too.
In case you don't know how this is done: On the voting page, underneath "Neutral", "Yes" and "No" there is a white piece of paper. This will take you to the page where you can give positive or negative feedback. Thanks, never knew that. | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 | | Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
Quoting Kathy:
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I think my stars are because of my cute baby panda. 
Damn, I knew I did something wrong.  Well, just for this one, a greenie for you too.  | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 | | Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: I'm the opposite. I'm fine with stars from our forum posts. They're just a silly little thing and don't cause much harm. I agree. It's just about the forum posts in here. Nothing to do with the contributions. Those two things should be seen separate from each other. btw. I give the most greenies in the 'lolcat' board, as they make me smile the most | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've had at one point in time, around 25 yes clicks, no reds, have had hundreds of other greens, never one red arrow, and still I'm "Normal Rating". Forum Posts: 1394 Accepted Profile Contributions: 1560 Accepted Image Contributions: 765 I gave up on that star thing ever going up, it's fine, I know I'm good. |
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
...But I'm not as much of a fan of contributions being able to earn stars. I don't what to see a system where people who contribute a lot get stars and those who don't contribute don't get stars. That would lead to competition and to some less scrupulous users manipulating the contribution system to earn their stars. For example breaking up a big contribution into many tiny contributions.
As it is to the other users to give the ratings, I think such attempts would earn no/less positive ratings, so this would get balanced. Quote:
... Also, there are more ways to contribute than just profile contributions. Some people contribute profiles. Others contribute links, plug-ins, help in the forums plus other helpful things like sites hosting data others may wish to grab. ... Some do it one way, some do it another way. So it would just be fair to get the same chance for all to get a positive rating. |
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| Registered: April 16, 2009 | | Posts: 141 |
| | Posted: | | | | Seems I may as well jump after all! | | | | Gonna jump...gonna jump... |
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| Registered: May 2, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 490 |
| | Posted: | | | | Seeing how people reason here and how I myself feel about the current rating system, it's looks a bit like "fascism". I mean, why is it seen as a more valuable input for this community to comment on contributions and to make special forum posts, than it is in general to for example contribute correct data, improved scans, etc?
You can't even vote for a contribution itself...
But only actually the other way around; the person who gives you a "go-ahead" for your contribution and also types some random text, can get a positive vote. What's up with that?
Either way, the system as it is today is no fun at all and only those who really have time to sit here on a daily basis or really, really try hard to "contribute" are likely to get better ratings than normal. |
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have given out many green arrows to members of the community who still don't have any stars. The value of the community members are not represented by those stars. I joked around about my cute panda but I really have no idea why or how they end up showing up. I know I got my first one for posting a really cool video - but after that I have no idea...maybe it is the cute panda!  | | | | Last edited: by Kathy |
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 | Blair | | Resistance is Futile! |
| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting MikaLove: Quote:
You can't even vote for a contribution itself... Yes you can... it's just not in an obvious place: on the contribution notes page. Look for this icon (  ) on the far left of the entries of the Pending Updates List or on the far right underneath the "Vote No" image inside of a pending contribution. Either of these takes you to the contribution notes page where you can see the green and red arrows for voting the pending contribution... but only for the first two days just like for posts on the forum. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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| Registered: May 2, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 490 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Blair: Quote:
Yes you can... it's just not in an obvious place: on the contribution notes page.
Look for this icon () on the far left of the entries of the Pending Updates List or on the far right underneath the "Vote No" image inside of a pending contribution.
Either of these takes you to the contribution notes page where you can see the green and red arrows for voting the pending contribution... but only for the first two days just like for posts on the forum. You learn something new every day. I found it, but yes indeed it is in an odd and inconvenient place! First of ally you have to know about it to be able to give your vote and second of all you have to give a damn to spend the time and give that vote. I don't think very many people either know about it or care about it. Regardless of which, I don't see any point in having a rating system on this site. It creates an unnecessary hierarchy. It's not actually fair, people get jealous and maybe also put down despite their efforts with contributing as much as they can. Another thing that I see as a reason is that some people may have lots of friends giving each other votes as well as there might be less popular people or less charismatic people that rarely gets a vote. |
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| Registered: April 16, 2009 | | Posts: 141 |
| | Posted: | | | | Grrrrr. I guess that means you can't be 'bought' then?
Another thing that I see as a reason is that some people may have lots of friends giving each other votes as well as there might be less popular people or less charismatic people that rarely gets a vote. | | | | Gonna jump...gonna jump... |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EdwinK: Quote:
I give the most greenies in the 'lolcat' board Yeah, forgot about that. Cute pet pictures are useful, too. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbbb: Quote:
Quoting EdwinK:
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I give the most greenies in the 'lolcat' board
Yeah, forgot about that. Cute pet pictures are useful, too. I find it a little bit sad that most greenies seem to go to such threads, which albeit funny and cute, have little to do with the core business here. I'd rather give my greenies to people who contribute, make valuable remarks in their notes and add to the headshot database. But, that's just me ... | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nah.... not just you Taro! I agree. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | As I do.
What's the point a cat picture doesn't help no one.... Not that I really care about the system. The only thing that make no sense to me is the fact a user who contribute full profile usually don't get a single positive vote (note : I don't talk about changing one name in a cast or any simple thing like that). When I was a contributor I did full audit for TV season set without getting a simple green and to be honest it's frustating when some people give them for a photo that is just a cut and paste job. |
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