Shoutbox

Should anonymous votes be allowed in the new reputation system? The old one was completely anonymous, but the new one will not be... either all votes will show who gave them, or it will be optional on a per-vote basis.

One option I was thinking about was only allowing anonymity if you don't leave a comment. That way, you can't flame someone anonymously.

For those who haven't seen it yet, attached is an image Guido made that shows what the new "reputation report" will look like...

I've voted "Yes, but only when there's no comment.*", but I can change my opinion to the first option depending on who will be allowed to vote. If only elites and above are allowed, then I think .............

wait... i'm not very sure.... nah! ok, I think now I have a better idea about that. It shouldn't be allowed giving anonymous votes. I don't see any reason on why someone would like to give an anonymous vote. If someone want to vote s/he has to say who is.

I really don't like the idea, but i chose no to anonymous vbotes, that way we know who the hell rated us

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Originally posted by Choli
I've voted "Yes, but only when there's no comment.*", but I can change my opinion to the first option depending on who will be allowed to vote. If only elites and above are allowed, then I think .............

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Oh, good point... I suppose I should have handled that issue first...

Currently, I'm planning to allow everyone with more than 100 posts to vote. Since there are fewer voting opportunities with the new system (you can only vote for each user once) there should be more people allowed to participate. At the moment there would be about 240 members allowed to vote.

i think not. People should be able to stand behind their vote. They shouldn't be able to hide behind it. a person has a right to know who votes against them.


just my $0.02

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Originally posted by bach_m
i think not. People should be able to stand behind their vote. They shouldn't be able to hide behind it. a person has a right to know who votes against them.

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Yep, I suppose you're right.

However, some people might like to "get revenge" on those who give them a negative vote... blah

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Originally posted by WDZ
I'm planning to allow everyone with more than 100 posts to vote

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NO!! That would be unfair and would increase the spam, IMO.

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Originally posted by WDZ
you can only vote for each user once)

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in that case, people would be able to undo and chage their votes, right?

plainly no. i'd have like 0 as reputation

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Originally posted by Choli
NO!! That would be unfair and would increase the spam, IMO.

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Are you only saying that because you're Elite?

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Originally posted by Choli
in that case, people would be able to undo and chage their votes, right?

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Yep, that's already coded... you can easily update or delete your votes.

Although WDZ is right about revenge issues that might appear, I think it's worse to let it anonimous and free for spamming.

Reputations could be moderated following sane mods criteria, but that would be much too much work.