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First off I realize that nobody is going to read this, but I felt like posting it anyway.
My first observation is that even if a guide has all upvotes and is on the front page of the general guides it may never be read by even a thousand people. Most guides get stuck at about 71% or below. I believe the cause of this is that most people refuse to look at anything under 85%. This means that even if you have 5 votes and are at 71% (That means you have 100% upvotes) to most people your guide still looks like it has a bad rating and isn't worth reading even though everyone who has read it liked it so far. I'm not saying the system itself is flawed as it makes sense to me why they did it, but I am saying that most people don't understand that a 71% actually equals a 100% in upvotes.
Secondly Even though for the most part this is a great community (My favorite so far on the internetz) there are some people who will downvote a guide and then give you specific complaints about why they downvoted (This is a good thing), but here comes the bad part. Most will never check back to see your response as to whether these points you made where valid or not, and they will never see if you made these changes they called for. This will mean that you will always have that -1 even though even by the downvoter's logic you don't deserve it anymore. I love this community, I just think they need to realize that they need to check a guide frequently after they give advice to see if the maker makes the changes you asked for.
All in all these are minor. I just noticed them and thought I'd share my points to anyone who cares.
Edit: Woah. This has been viewed nearly 300 times.
Edit #2: over 300
My first observation is that even if a guide has all upvotes and is on the front page of the general guides it may never be read by even a thousand people. Most guides get stuck at about 71% or below. I believe the cause of this is that most people refuse to look at anything under 85%. This means that even if you have 5 votes and are at 71% (That means you have 100% upvotes) to most people your guide still looks like it has a bad rating and isn't worth reading even though everyone who has read it liked it so far. I'm not saying the system itself is flawed as it makes sense to me why they did it, but I am saying that most people don't understand that a 71% actually equals a 100% in upvotes.
Secondly Even though for the most part this is a great community (My favorite so far on the internetz) there are some people who will downvote a guide and then give you specific complaints about why they downvoted (This is a good thing), but here comes the bad part. Most will never check back to see your response as to whether these points you made where valid or not, and they will never see if you made these changes they called for. This will mean that you will always have that -1 even though even by the downvoter's logic you don't deserve it anymore. I love this community, I just think they need to realize that they need to check a guide frequently after they give advice to see if the maker makes the changes you asked for.
All in all these are minor. I just noticed them and thought I'd share my points to anyone who cares.
Edit: Woah. This has been viewed nearly 300 times.
Edit #2: over 300
I haven't really seen you around much, but I'm sure to some people you are :P
:c
Am I a big name yet? :P
Matt is a pretty cool guy. He makes websites and doesn't afraid of anything.
I haven't really seen you around much, but I'm sure to some people you are :P
Matt is a pretty cool guy. He makes websites and doesn't afraid of anything.
What do you mean by big names? jhoijhoi by herself, or just green people? Because it's mind boggling if you meant people in the green. I still haven't grasped the fact that people think that 'veterans' are 'big people'. :D
Anyways, I like your outlook on things, I hope you become a permanent part of this community. ^^
By "big names" I meant people who most people know and respect (or who at least I do). Jhoijhoi, castermaster, Mikuroo, and now you. I didn't even expect anyone to read this, let alone people whose words are pretty much taken as biblical so I was just surprised. Now if we can get psiguard over here... (I love his Noc guide.)
And thank you. I plan on it.
Anyways, I like your outlook on things, I hope you become a permanent part of this community. ^^
Matt actually listens to everyone, no matter how much rep they have, or how new/old/young/aged they are. He's a really great Admin.
You could always make a post in the Support Forum about it, get some ideas flowing - but as you said, make sure it doesn't sound like you're QQing ^^
Unarchived the Voting Guide because of you :P
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