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Originally Posted by Pit Viper v2
I voted to keep it. There may be people abusing it but to be perfectly blunt I think some people are just butthurt that others don't have the same taste as them.
[QUOTE=Jay]Isn't that also an argument to ditch them?
Giving out poor ratings to someone who used, say, ninjas in their pic as opposed to straight-up military?
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Please see the earlier threads regarding this poll. I would like to confirm that the removal of the ratings system is
NOT because other people have different tastes. The removal is simply because the ratings system is widely open to abuse and continues to be used by someone else to downgrade photos for their own agenda.
Most of the vets have choosed to ignore this, hoping that whoever took the time to register a dummy account and go about downgrading photos would stop it and get a life... obviously that plan is now scrapped.
The bottom line is if everyone was willing to post up what they thought of the photo after rating it badly.. we wouldnt be at this stage.
I could rate a photo 1* if I didnt like it.. but i choose not to.. infact If I dont like something because of the style or choice of figures I simply wont comment on it but thats just me... commenting on a picture... out of focus, poor figure selection or posing... and giving constructive criticism is obviously what we are looking for.
Similarly if i posted what i thought was a good photo and someone rated it 1* because they didnt like it.. but commented 'i dont like this character and the angle is bad' I'd have to accept it was their taste.. hey everyone has different tastes.
We're trying to create an open community where by people can share their pictures and work. If it was simply a case of people thinking your picture was bad and stating it.. we again wouldnt be having this poll.
Our best interests are at the community as a whole and more particularly the newer fanbase questioning why the ratings system is so out of consistency with better pictures and/or being abused.
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Originally Posted by troopsofdoom
There is no abuse of ratings going on. Half the photos posted should be getting an Average (3) rating just by simple definition of the word Average. The ratings are almost all 5, sometimes a 4. The rating system is not being used to attack other members, if anything people are being too nice with it's use.
I voted to keep the ratings. It's a lot of work to start altering the site just because some people think they deserve a perfect rating all the time.
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I completely disagree. Abuse of ratings has gone on for some time now.
As you'll see above its not down to people not accepting the ratings on the photos simply because they 'think it deserves better' it comes down to people downgrading great pictures without saying why...
