I am always a fan of seeing a ton of yellow blocks above one of my pics but I never really vote on anyone elses pics and there are some where I can't believe how low they are rated. The comments are what I really pay attention to so I voted to get rid of the rating. If my pic sucks tell me why don't just click a box.

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Can't decide. How's that for contributing nothing?

I'd say that 1-5 scale is too limited. It means an above average photo is good and a below one is bad...hardly seems accurate. I've been more a 10 point scale person.

I vote If we do keep the rating system, that there is a clause in it like a comment box that explains your rating if its 3 or under just for the critique sake. But I don't know if that can be done, I know nothing of php and html for websites. The ratings don't bother me, yes I do believe they might discourage some people but I am of the mindset that if someone says great shot but lose the stands or lose the light i'll retake it for learning purposes or do it better next time. Its all fun and games but we're here for many reasons. We choose joes dios because its one of the best, if not the best site for joe pictures and dios. To me I want to learn from the great builders and photographers on here and get better at something I love doing. I honestly don't get my ratings even used half of the time and when I get a 5 I'm amazed people think its worth a five and sometimes when I get a 3 I think the reverse. As well I think some of the low ratings will help the younger kids or newer members out. Why? I think that a lot of us on here take hours to set up for shots and take hours to build certain dios so credit goes were credit is due. Give a five to something that looks good clean and well though out, with good posing and a great set. while a 2 or 3 sometimes is deserved because maybe people get excited and just want to start shooting flicks and dont realize for an amazing shot it takes time and patience which I am still trying to achieve. I learned that myself by recieving some low ratings! Time equals quality which equals better pictures. Isn't that what we are here for cool pics of joes and others joe verses. But I do agree if people can't behave just throw it out. Itll only bring more problems in the long run. By the way is this part of the down fall to getting a bigger joe dio verse. I remeber talking about joe dios getting bigger and the + and - about it. those are my two cents! cheers dread

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My friends, my dear bros,
I really do not like the rating sistem now.
I always rate other pics "excellent" or "good" when I like them.
If I do not like other pics I do not comment them or vote for them.
Recently some stupid voted all my pics "terrible". Almost all! Why?
I prefer public post reply, so I can read other congrats or critiques: I think it is much more democratic.

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I voted to remove the rating system, not really because of people abusing it, but more because I don't see it serving a purpose without some kind of "guide" to rate by. What does five stars mean? Wheres the line between five stars and four stars?

Not just that, but I've been a member here for awile now and I just learned we had a rating system.... I feel no loss by having it removed.

It's far too subjective and unnccessary. It's obviously become a fairly big issue and I think we could just do without them so I voted yes.

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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.

I voted to ditch the ratings as they stand. Not that it really bothers me, personally, but I can see how it does others. It's certainly a bit arbitrary, a photo with 5 views and a 5 star rating versus an image with nearly 100 views and a moderate rating. In that example, the rating for the second photo seems more valid because of a higher view population. Then again, maybe the first photo was pushed off the index by someone uploading 10 images of a MARS Neo-Viper and nobody saw it.

Feedback is really the best system for criticism. If a ratings scale were connected to the feedback replies, and tallied for the image, it might be somewhat useful. But I also don't reply to every photo I view. I could think a photo is okay without replying to contribute to it's score. Similarly, if three posters have already offered advice to someone (please focus better next time), I'll skip adding my same 2 cents on top of that.