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Post by acoolie530 on Jan 25, 2006 21:19:42 GMT
Not sure if it is possible, but if so, you should make it so members are unable to view the topics, only post in them for the awards. Many members are voting for someone because others are. Doesn't make much sense to me, especially since some members don't even know who they are voting for.
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Post by Xephra on Jan 25, 2006 21:25:45 GMT
Not sure if it is possible, but if so, you should make it so members are unable to view the topics, only post in them for the awards. Many members are voting for someone because others are. Doesn't make much sense to me, especially since some members don't even know who they are voting for. "Bandwagon Voter" (adj.) =P There's not much you can do really. |
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Post by eternity on Jan 25, 2006 21:42:18 GMT
I had thought about votes by pm to prevent that but that would've brought complications with changing votes and incorrectly labelled votes etc. Its easier this way, though it is a shame about the band-wagon effect
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Post by Josh on Jan 25, 2006 22:27:38 GMT
I know. Everyone is copying off of me.  Couldn't you do a hide function? Or make the font in the board F3F3F3 and change the main posts to the right color? That would be a pain to though. Guess it is fine for now. |
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Post by Ovi on Jan 26, 2006 3:40:23 GMT
I disagree. Most of them are experienced members.
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Post by Luke on Jan 26, 2006 3:50:46 GMT
I disagree. Most of them are experienced members. I agree with Ovi. You really can't pervent this from taking place.  |
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Post by Xephra on Jan 26, 2006 4:18:00 GMT
I disagree. Most of them are experienced members. I agree with Ovi. You really can't pervent this from taking place. Just because you say that they're experienced members doesn't mean they wont bandwagon vote. Though it may be true you can't do anything about it, you're generalizing. |
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Post by Ovi on Jan 26, 2006 4:23:50 GMT
Anyways, the awards has already begun. So, I don't think there is anything to be or should be done.
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Post by Luke on Jan 26, 2006 4:23:54 GMT
I agree with Ovi. You really can't pervent this from taking place. Just because you say that they're experienced members doesn't mean they wont bandwagon vote. Though it may be true you can't do anything about it, you're generalizing. Yes, true. But I think he means the ones that really are experienced, that have been here for years. Its all how you seize it.  |
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Post by Necropedophile on Jan 29, 2006 4:40:56 GMT
I disagree. Most of them are experienced members. What's your definition of "experienced"? Years being a member doesn't really count since I've been here for like 2 years, but even I don't know alot of people from awhile back(except for Peter and Alan pretty much). And post count doesn't make you experienced since there are people(igi for example) who have 700+ posts, but have only been here for less than a year. Since neither of those really count, only about half the voters are "experienced". |
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Post by Ovi on Jan 29, 2006 5:20:53 GMT
I disagree. Most of them are experienced members. What's your definition of "experienced"? Years being a member doesn't really count since I've been here for like 2 years, but even I don't know alot of people from awhile back(except for Peter and Alan pretty much). And post count doesn't make you experienced since there are people(igi for example) who have 700+ posts, but have only been here for less than a year. Since neither of those really count, only about half the voters are "experienced". Igi is experienced enough to know who he is voting for. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 29, 2006 10:12:00 GMT
You don't need to be experienced to vote for someone, one person may have recieved help from one person at anytime and decide to vote for a few people.
There is nothing we can do about the current situation.
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Post by Assassinator/Young Everest on Jan 29, 2006 10:35:07 GMT
The only thing I'm annoyed about is when less experience members go in there, don't know what they're doing and just vote for the most voted for member. What's the point?
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Post by Happy! on Jan 29, 2006 16:59:39 GMT
If you are talking about experienced members, Ovi, Iggi, even my self are not one of them. The experienced members are the people who know the history of the SSD like Oliver, josh, Eternity, and such.. people over 1.5 staying in SSD would be experienced members.
but I agree with Oliver it does not matter who votes, However you should inform the new members when they vote they have to first know the members than vote, not just pick it up from the air.
That's what I think they should do.
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Post by Necropedophile on Jan 29, 2006 17:07:36 GMT
What's your definition of "experienced"? Years being a member doesn't really count since I've been here for like 2 years, but even I don't know alot of people from awhile back(except for Peter and Alan pretty much). And post count doesn't make you experienced since there are people(igi for example) who have 700+ posts, but have only been here for less than a year. Since neither of those really count, only about half the voters are "experienced". Igi is experienced enough to know who he is voting for. No he's not. Three times he's already voted for something he wasn't around for because everyone else was. I'm not gonna mention them since this isn't meant to be an attack on igi, but rather to prove a point that post count is by no means a way to define "experienced". But, it really doesn't matter. Since these people are voting for whoever's been voted for the most, they'll probably win anyway. So even if these "inexperienced" people bandwagon voted, it really isn't changing the final outcome. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 29, 2006 20:41:31 GMT
You can't generalize, just because someone is new, doesn't mean they haven't lurked around the forums before. Either way you could debate this forever and you aren't going to get anything changed.
Locked.
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