manleystanley opened this issue on Dec 18, 2004 ยท 21 posts
JavaJones posted Sun, 19 December 2004 at 8:54 PM
Attached Link: TOS changes
I think making the H20 opt-in would be a good "quick fix" and would probably take care of most of the issues with it, at least for those who don't hang their life on their H20 placement. Another possible solution, though one likely to be less popular, would just be to get rid of it altogether, as many others have suggested. I'm fine with either approach. I have also posted a more technically sound approach to improving H20 accuracy previously, essentially boiling down to creating an aggregate system that counts and weighs much more than simply votes, similar to how Google ranks pages (a system that seems to provide very good search results, although even it is somewhat susceptible to foul play). This approach might give us the best of all worlds - keeping the H20, but making it more fair - however it would take much more time and effort to implement, and time to work out the best approach through trial and error. So I don't expect such a thing any time soon. Regardless of how it's solved, it's clear it needs some addressing. I also think the TOS may need some changing, in order to address the desire for artistic integrity and development in addition to "being nice". I think artistic integrity is at least as important to foster and even enforce in an "art community" as is keeping foul language, personal attacks, etc. off the forums. See forum thread at attached link for further thoughts. - Oshyan