gagnonrich opened this issue on Jan 06, 2008 · 47 posts
svdl posted Mon, 07 January 2008 at 9:35 AM
Just an idea: if you divide the total rating by the number of views, you'd probably get a better indication of quality.
This would also mean that the most viewed images (typically images of nude women) wouldn't get as highly rated as they are now - a well done landscape in Vue/Bryce, with 60 views and 3 ratings of 5, would get a score of 35/60=0.25, while a pinup with 2000 views and 20 ratings of 5 would only get 205/2000=0.04.
In the current art chart system, the pinup could be present while the landscape would definitely loose out. In this ratio system, the landscape would win out over the pinup.
As far as ranking systems go, for me a simple "thumbs up" would do (rating 0 or rating 1).
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter