Maurice wrote:I would rather see a change in the voting/poll system.
What sort of change would you like to see?
Maurice wrote:I would rather see a change in the voting/poll system.
Andreas wrote:Hmmm ...who can tell me why anybody should change his mind ?
Once i have seen and decided i stand by my vote .
It can only be personal Reasons like Paul said .
Francesco Giova wrote:1. Peter's idea is intriguing but could be simplified for the sake of simplicity: half of the competitors go to the following round, of course the most voted ones.
Francesco Giova wrote:2. Every voter must remember the basic idea behind voting: VOTE FOR THE FIGURE YOU LIKE BEST, not for the one of the painter you like best, or the one of the person you are more friend with, or the one of the person who could vote yours in exchange. It is sad but true: this happens everywhere, but when it happens, the entire voting system and therefore the competition looses credibility and appeal.
Francesco Giova wrote:3. Voting only permitted to active users (of course after having decided what one has to do to be considered "active").
Francesco Giova wrote:4. In mounted figures and single figures competitions, NO BASING AT ALL.
Francesco Giova wrote:5. We could consider if moderators and/or best painters (former golden brush winners ?) could have some sort of "heavy" vote.
Paul wrote: The last one...I think not. How would then a multiple winner be re-warded?? Would they get say 10 votes to play with??
Francesco Giova wrote:Paul wrote: The last one...I think not. How would then a multiple winner be re-warded?? Would they get say 10 votes to play with??
Just think what Thomas could do No, I was thinking one win - one "heavy" vote . I don't know how, it's only a vague idea to work upon
Peter wrote:Paul, just for your information. We have 128 registred non-active members
Having 50+ votes in the competition is actually quite an achievement. When we started the competitions there were about 200 members and there were some 20 votes in each poll. Just because we have almost 500 members doesn't mean they're all active and on the forum all day every day. Most check the forum once a month or once a week, join for one discussion and then forget about the forum, or read the forum and only take part in topics they find interesting. Of course there are several more reasons why people aren't "active". I'm registered at multiple forums too and usually don't post or check them out regulary. Most of the times I forget to visit them because I'm busy with this forum or other stuff. I also more of a reader than a poster and I'm sure there are more like me out there. It's normal that about 50% of the members almost never visit a social community they are registered at.Paul wrote:On some forums, members are only considered active when they have made a certain number of posts, ie; they have taken part....a lot of "members" here haven´t posted anything and some others have just disappeared...maybe with the last categorie, after 6 months they get a reminder PM and then a bye bye PM. I mean, look how many members there are registered and the total of votes is always about 50 + .
This is just a rank for those who haven't posted anything yet. They might be active on the forum without posting anything.Peter wrote:We have 128 registred non-active members
Benno wrote:I don't think there's much that can be done against people who vote for their friends or anything like that. I've thought about this before but couldn't come up with anything to counter this. If you have an idea, please share.
Benno wrote:I don't really see the "heavy" vote thing working. They could have to much influence on the voting which might discourage others from voting.
Francesco Giova wrote:Benno wrote:I don't think there's much that can be done against people who vote for their friends or anything like that. I've thought about this before but couldn't come up with anything to counter this. If you have an idea, please share.
In fact it is difficult to do anything about it, only REPEAT and REPEAT and REPEAT that it should not be done
Paul wrote:Francesco Giova wrote:Benno wrote:I don't think there's much that can be done against people who vote for their friends or anything like that. I've thought about this before but couldn't come up with anything to counter this. If you have an idea, please share.
In fact it is difficult to do anything about it, only REPEAT and REPEAT and REPEAT that it should not be done
Maybe it could be controlled once or twice...see what the voting patterns are???