How is the forum rating system doing?

[strad]

why can I not vote on this topic?
"Thermal protection coatings for motorsport applications"
I can vote on Lightntasty's reply but not the original post???????

[Pup]

There seems to be a time limit for voting on older posts now.

[Steven]

There seems to be a time limit for voting on older posts now.

Indeed, upon request from several members, I believe somewhere in this thread.
I don't know by heart what is the limit, but if it's counter-intuitive I'm open to changes, perhaps lengthening the period of allowed voting.

[Ciro Pabón]

I really haven't noticed any down voting out of spite but I haven't looked that hard.

I think the opposite happens far more often. I see some of the dumbest posts voted up just because someone agrees with the general argument.

Many of those posts being my own.

Self referential question: are those posts dumb enough to vote them up?

And, over all... what about this one?

Complementary question: is "vote up" a verb?

Intriguing question: why people with low ratings are absent from this thread?

Note to self: in representative democracies most people doesn't vote. Do they have low political ratings? Do they think they have low political ratings?

Agreed. Added on todo list

Have you noticed most people in this thread is worried about his rating? Of course, I´m not, so.... as usual, confusing and long post, there you go.

Theoretical question or Food for Thought:

1. Assume the true knowledge of a person can be measured.

2. Assume his true knowledge about a particular subject can be measured by his peers at this forum.

(...or maybe not. Is it true that as much as half the people are below average intelligence?)

3. For example, let's say Adrian Newey enters the forum.

4. Assume Newey's rating would be something like 100.000 in aerodynamics, but probably 1.2 in Caption Competition (I'm assuming, of course, he has a British Engineer sense of humour)

5.Thus, if Newey, stubbornly, insists on posting in Caption Competition for whatever reason (let's say he's daydreaming about competing in the Murika Cup, perhaps?) he could be expelled for being extremely British and way too much "Engineer Brain Damage".

Conclusion: perhaps ratings should be separated by forum, or maybe for Technical vs Non Technical (aka Fan Boy) threads.

I've put up with absolute jerks that really knew their trade in something, believe me... and not only in my professional life, but in this forum. Actually, some of them can be tamed.

If you don't take this confusing advice about "jerkiness and technical prowess" separation, dear Tomba, you risk losing Newey. He can be a moron for some things and a genius for other things, Sheldon Cooper's style.

Accept it, the only guy that specializes in everything is me: I've specialized in more and more things during my life until I know almost nothing of almost everything.

[Kiril Varbanov]

Something like that, Ciro?



BTW, can I also suggest the option to hide your rating number - for the people that don't really care. It should be visible upon profile visit, though, if someone is really interested.

[Pup]

Interesting idea, but I think it would just add a layer of complexity to something which really only serves as a point of pride/embarrassment for individual members, rather than as its intended shorthand for which members/posts are worth reading.

[SectorOne]

The current system is set up for being abused. A negative system will breed negativity.
A system with only positivity can only produce positivity. It´s not rocket science.

You could have two tags, informative and helpful.
blue stars and yellow stars would give people an idea of how informative or helpful this person is.
Or in other words, how valuable this persons thoughts and information is.

The moderator can handle the reported posts as it is in 99.9999% of all other internet forums on the internet.
Having a self-regulatory system is like Lord of the Flies. If you haven´t read the book or watched the movie, go do so.

[iotar__]

I really haven't noticed any down voting out of spite but I haven't looked that hard.

I think the opposite happens far more often. I see some of the dumbest posts voted up just because someone agrees with the general argument.

Many of those posts being my own.

Self referential question: are those posts dumb enough to vote them up?

And, over all... what about this one?

Complementary question: is "vote up" a verb?

Intriguing question: why people with low ratings are absent from this thread?

Note to self: in representative democracies most people doesn't vote. Do they have low political ratings? Do they think they have low political ratings?

Agreed. Added on todo list

Have you noticed most people in this thread is worried about his rating? Of course, I´m not, so.... as usual, confusing and long post, there you go.

Theoretical question or Food for Thought:

1. Assume the true knowledge of a person can be measured.

2. Assume his true knowledge about a particular subject can be measured by his peers at this forum.

(...or maybe not. Is it true that as much as half the people are below average intelligence?)

3. For example, let's say Adrian Newey enters the forum.

4. Assume Newey's rating would be something like 100.000 in aerodynamics, but probably 1.2 in Caption Competition (I'm assuming, of course, he has a British Engineer sense of humour)

5.Thus, if Newey, stubbornly, insists on posting in Caption Competition for whatever reason (let's say he's daydreaming about competing in the Murika Cup, perhaps?) he could be expelled for being extremely British and way too much "Engineer Brain Damage".

Conclusion: perhaps ratings should be separated by forum, or maybe for Technical vs Non Technical (aka Fan Boy) threads.

I've put up with absolute jerks that really knew their trade in something, believe me... and not only in my professional life, but in this forum. Actually, some of them can be tamed.

If you don't take this confusing advice about "jerkiness and technical prowess" separation, dear Tomba, you risk losing Newey. He can be a moron for some things and a genius for other things, Sheldon Cooper's style.

Accept it, the only guy that specializes in everything is me: I've specialized in more and more things during my life until I know almost nothing of almost everything.

It's beyond silly but:
I'm surprised anyone would you even consider discussing internet points' shades, I guess it's human psyche, some might even think their words have more value if number next to their name is appropriate. Or pushing the button proves their point, is substitute for posting or "dislike" of reality will change anything.

Starting (and ending really) point should be: you don't have to read a post to down or up vote. Technically you you don't have to have ability to read or write, visual representation of your thoughts known as typed language is not required. If you write something it can be right or wrong, based on facts or not but it's for everyone to see, every lack of merit can be pointed out. Voting is by definition valueless, mindless pushing of a button and it doesn't take "Newey" (shoot me...) in any field to realise that. Going into details like: "a single post can consist three different subjects multiplied by three different directions" is not required after that realisation.

If you're thinking about segregation of votes between silly racing and serious technical (aka "let's throw every possible idea and if one turns out to be true - group success by statistics") than it's going to work as well as separating threads that include voting and don't. Guess what, you can run to other thread and down-vote random post instead the one you can't, not that anyone's doing it. You'd really need descriptions like "estimates wrongly teams' strength balance for 10 races" and "finds 3 shadows on cars" plus weighing, equivalent would be -5 and +15 points. That is in case someone confuses "value" using simple mathematics.

[horse]

I seem to have been the victim of some malicious up-voting. As in, getting no votes for providing factual evidence whilst those producing opinion and incorrect facts are up-voted because they are on the popular side of the argument. It feels a bit like bullying.

[olefud]

I’m a rather limited user of the forum and haven’t paid much attention to the rating system. However, I did click on “my votes” to find that something appears to be robo-voting for me. Is this common? Or did I unleash some unintended cascade by perhaps a key mistake?

[Steven]

What do you mean with robo-voting?
I checked your reputation changes and I have yet to find anything strange. Everything looks fine and a lot of different members are voting on your posts.

[olefud]

What do you mean with robo-voting?
I checked your reputation changes and I have yet to find anything strange. Everything looks fine and a lot of different members are voting on your posts.

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There's the distinct probability that I don't know what I'm seeing, but under Reputation Changes the following is an example;



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Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:37 am +1 ChangeMclaren MP4-29 Pre-launch Speculation
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Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:15 am +1 ChangeF1 Quiz Chain
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[olefud]

The menu option "View my votes" is very misleading, it just shows recent voting activity throughout the entire forum. To see why your reputation is what it is you have to click on your name as it sits next to one of your posts, then next to "Reputation" click "View changes."

Thanks. This is an area I only occasionally visit to see if I’m annoying too many people.

[Richard]

View my votes shows the posts you voted for.

My reputation shows votes you have received for you posts

[marcush.]

I go with Ciro on this matter
My view is the system has not any benefit for me it does not make the forum more or less attractive.cool topics do .My 2013 favorite is my friend Xs baby-and that in the light that i´m not really into engines anymore these days...