This is a edited version of a letter I have sent to the Admin. at Renderosity. I have removed the username I refer to in this email until the Admin. staff has a chance to look into this matter. I am posting this in the hope other artists may have noticed similar things like this happening or to watch for it happening in the future.

Hello,

 

My username on Renderosity is ccbig

 

I am writing because I am a bit concerned that somehow the ratings area in the galleries has been "hacked" or something.

 

I am aware of a person who makes comments on my positive comments on my images but rates them low on the 1-5 scale.

 

While this is somewhat disconcerting each of us has our own opinion. But this is what first brought this person to my attention.

 

In any case, I have been monitoring this person's gallery. The person I am referring to goes by the username edit

 

When I fist saw edit image titled edit this morning on Feb. 06, 2008 there were 4 comments. this image had a rating of 4.00 stars.

 

Looking again at this image this evening the image has 6 comments and the star rating is 5.00 stars.

 

I posted a image today in which I am confident edit gave a much lower then 5 star rating. I have watched my image rating all day as it continued to climb but it has never reached back to a 5.00 stars. How could his image have reached back to a 5.00 from a 4.00 with only 2 more positive comments/ratings?

 

I have also noticed at one point when I tried to score this person's image at a score below a 5 it had no effect on his image score average. That image never dropped below a 5.00 star rating despite my giving it a much lower score. It is my belief that something is going on here. How can we have faith in a scoring system if it is not secure?

 

Will someone please look into this matter? Can someone notify me that you will look into this?