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AuthorTopic: Karma
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Lifecrafter
Member # 6403
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 11:09 Profile #0
How do you change ratings?

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The Stew Boy
Infiltrator
Member # 2836
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 11:20 Profile #1
If you've already rated a member, I don't think you can change your rating.
Posts: 587 | Registered: Tuesday, April 1 2003 08:00
M.
Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:01 Profile #2
I love Karma topics. And not being able to change your rating does suck; there are tons of people I gave 5 stars that I wish I could take back. This is why I’ve stopped rating unless someone really deserves it.
Btw, I've never given anyone other than 5 starts and 1 starts. Does anyone actually give 2 and 3 starts?
Then again, does it really matter? Does it make any difference whatsoever? NO, so why do we worry about it? I mean, realistically being an evil priest sounds way cooler than a high priest or whatever 5 starts is.
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Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:04 Profile Homepage #3
Spiderweb karma is changed only through rebirth.

Creating a new account, that is.

I have made some very regrettable ratings, both ways. Back in the day I was pretty quick with that button. Sorry David. Sorry Alec. Sorry XYZ. Sorry Frozen feet, as well.

Edit: Come to think of it, there aren't any high ratings I particularly regret (although some make me wonder "who the hell is this, and why did I rate them at all?"). Of course, if there were, I wouldn't say. I'm tactful like that.

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Or else o'erleap.
Law Bringer
Member # 335
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 12:50 Profile Homepage #4
Imban will be giving 1 star to everyone who posts in this topic. Don't say you weren't warned.

I believe about 25% of my votes are one star, 25% are five stars, and 50% are distributed evenly among the other three values. I didn't check this, though, and I haven't actually voted on anyone in the last few years. I may actually have to vote now.

—Alorael, who will no longer pretend that he'll ever turn karma votes off. While he doesn't particularly care for the value, he's proud of having more karma votes than anyone else. Either he makes people feel strongly or he just posts so much that everyone eventually cares.
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Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 13:21 Profile Homepage #5
I may adapt the endeavor script next month to include the number of votes people have. That'd be a one-time feature though - I don't want karma-spotting to become a habit. It also would only count votes, not the actual karma itself...

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Ash Lael
E Equals MC What!!!!
Member # 5491
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 13:26 Profile Homepage #6
Let's just see you try and rate me. :P

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Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 15:25 Profile Homepage #7
Dikiyoba notices that most of those who choose to disable karma tend to cause problems (the exception is Ash Lael). So Dikiyoba doesn't hand out too many one-star ratings.

Edit: Grammar.

[ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 15:30: Message edited by: Dikiyoba ]
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Sturg
Master
Member # 4614
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 17:32 Profile Homepage #8
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

Let's just see you try and rate me. :P
insert into karma_votes (rater, rated_member, score) values (75, 5491, 1) Anyway, I have 80 votes, most of which are 1 star. But anyway, it's probably pretty safe to assume that anyone that would otherwise rate me now has already done so.

[ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 17:32: Message edited by: the benalizer ]

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VCH
Shaper
Member # 247
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 22:12 Profile Homepage #9
Yes, I gave you a customary one-star rating. Nobody escapes me. ;)

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Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, February 28 2006 22:54 Profile Homepage #10
quote:
Originally written by the benalizer:

quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

Let's just see you try and rate me. :P
insert into karma_votes (rater, rated_member, score) values (75, 5491, 1) Anyway, I have 80 votes, most of which are 1 star. But anyway, it's probably pretty safe to assume that anyone that would otherwise rate me now has already done so.
Don't tell me you've managed to hack ironycentral's database server. :P

Edit:

quote:
From the Spam thread:

Why not hit the mod alert button instead of the reply button?

—Alorael, who doesn't need to explain this one.
Many people check these boards more frequently than their email (I certainly do).

Or do you have some kind of wireless emergency communicator that beeps whenever someone sends an alert? :P

Edit: That, and sending a mod alert doesn't increase your post count.

[ Tuesday, February 28, 2006 22:58: Message edited by: Arancaytar the Grey ]

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Spring
Shaper
Member # 5450
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 00:12 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Joined Tomorrow:

Imban will be giving 1 star to everyone who posts in this topic. Don't say you weren't warned.
He isn't the only one.
IMAGE(http://www.ipsb.net/Additional%20Webs/PHS%20Web/STAR.gif)

(Not really a vote topic, but hey, its the title that counts. :P )

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Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 04:02 Profile Homepage #12
Since I have posted in this topic, my vote count has gone up by 1, and my weighted average has increased from 4.13 to 4.14. I conclude that I have received a five-start vote.

Now, I don't suggest a causal relationship.

[ Wednesday, March 01, 2006 04:03: Message edited by: Left Outer Join ]

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ReMeMbEr
Agent
Member # 6581
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 04:36 Profile Homepage #13
There isn't a way that allow you to see the votes that others member given to you?

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M.
Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 05:01 Profile #14
quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

There isn't a way that allow you to see the votes that others member given to you?
Now that would be disaster
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Redstart
Shock Trooper
Member # 6666
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 05:32 Profile #15
Oh, I don't know. It might be interesting to see who rates who. It gives opportunity for confrontation as well.

My rating for instance came right after I got a little too involved with the E.D.F. That in mind, I'm quite sure I know who gave me the one star rating, but the two star rating is a bit of a mystery (though I have my suspicions).

Oh, and changing the votes would be real great - it'd make the ratings much more mobile.
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Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 07:40 Profile Homepage #16
quote:
Originally written by Amelia:

quote:
Originally written by MagmaDragoon:

There isn't a way that allow you to see the votes that others member given to you?
Now that would be disaster
Some people would kill me...

(Although I gave 5 stars to you Marlenny :P )

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Nikki.
Shaper
Member # 3442
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 09:08 Profile Homepage #17
I've only ever rated 1 or 5 stars. And only then to people that really deserve it. Spidweb got a 5. Alorael got a 5. Aran got a 5. And that's all I can think of right now.

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Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00
M.
Too Sexy for my Title
Member # 5654
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 10:24 Profile #18
quote:
Originally written by Left Outer Join:
(Although I gave 5 stars to you Marlenny :P )
Oh I'm sure. We all know how much you loved me back when every topic on General was started by me, especially after that "Alorael's Sign" topic. I was an annoying newbie, but as Alec said "the nowb kinda wore off" (or so I hope).
I'm fairly happy with all my ratings, except for one. I gave someone a 1 Star when he/she clearly deserves a 5, not mentioning that the person is one of my fav members now. But anyhow
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Jumpin Salmon
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Member # 5755
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 11:04 Profile #19
User #6056 received a 1 star rating from me. It turns out we are in a long standing predator-prey relationship and I couldn't support that member.

Edit - Each subsequent rating receives less weight than all previous ratings. By way of example,
Karin.exe began with a 1 star rating from 1 rating
that ticked me off, so I rated her a 5.
Her new rating was 2 star, where it will remain for a long, long, long time.

[ Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:23: Message edited by: Jumpin' Salmon ]

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quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

Well, I'm at least pretty sure that Salmon is losing.
Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00
Redstart
Shock Trooper
Member # 6666
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 11:17 Profile #20
...Grizzly R. Bear? I understand.

Also, since posting on this thread I've received one new rating, changing my average rating from 1,6 to 1,92. How is the weighted score calculated anyway? No three ratings return an average of 1,92 - are some members' ratings worth more than the others'?

Edit: In response to Salmon's edit above.
A hypothetical: Something I post earns me the ire of a sensitive pre-teen. He gives me one star. Because of this, in order to get a respectable average of three stars I would need multiple five-star ratings? Bummer.

Okay, that last edit didn't go down well. Just got another one star. I'll shut up now.

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Sticky
Infiltrator
Member # 4256
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 11:26 Profile #21
Its been discussed before, and if I remember correctly, the significance of each new rating declined.

I did some experimentation myself, after I posted in one thread and got 8 new ratings, by creating 2(I think, or was it 3) new accounts,(so yeah, I'm a multi-accounter, sue me) and having them rate eachother. My observations did not really illuminate anything though, and thus I can now postulate that the impact of any given rating depends on the present opinion of RW.

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BANNED
Member # 6655
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 12:00 Profile #22
You got that right AxB. Your karma score's rubbish.
Anyway, a karma score doesn't mean anything. Whats the point worrying about it?
:(

[ Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:07: Message edited by: HACKeR 001X (extractfile.zip ]
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Dikiyoba
Councilor
Member # 6600
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 14:44 Profile Homepage #23
My karma went down. Imban must be serious...

Then again, it was probably my recent behavior in a different thread, not this one, that earned me a lower score.

Originally by HACKeR 001X (extractfile.zip:
quote:
You got that right AxB. Your karma score's rubbish.
Anyway, a karma score doesn't mean anything. Whats the point worrying about it?
Generally, if your score is really high, you're doing something right and should continuing doing whatever you are doing and if your score is really low, you're doing something wrong and should change. But people's reactions to your posts is also a good indication of how you're fitting in.

Dikiyoba.
Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00
Sticky
Infiltrator
Member # 4256
 written Wednesday, March 1 2006 15:00 Profile #24
Eh, well considering I haven't gotten a score in quite a while, and I had 4 stars with the few votes before I posted in a topic like this one and got rated badly for it, I don't think I'm that bad of a guy. It just isn't too smart to post in places like this, if you actually care what happens to your Karma.

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