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9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #1 by Kristin Darken
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    • I've added a voting feature on stories. I'm not sure if it works for people who aren't logged in... I DO know that it won't let me vote more than once on a given story... and I'm hoping that is tied to the IP address (which would lock guests into a single vote too, if guests are allowed to vote at all). The best part is that it would allow for a more reasonable indication of hits/tracking and opinion. As we can see both the total number of votes and the average vote made. We'll give it a try... see how it works. If you all vote my stories at 1 star, I'm turning it back off. ;)
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #2 by Domoviye
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    • Thanks.
    Just tested it, i can only vote once whether I'm a guest or logged on no matter I try.
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    9 years 1 month ago #3 by Astrodragon
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    • Are the results going to be publicly visible, or just for the staff to analyse?
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #4 by Kristin Darken
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    • you can see the stars rating at the top of the story. supposedly
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    9 years 1 month ago #5 by Sir Lee
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    • I'm not big on online voting of anything, and I tend to read stories offline, therefore... I don't really see myself doing much voting. So this won't affect me much one way or another. But...

    IP address aren't quite fixed for most people. I do know that my fibre Internet reboots midnight sharp every night, and it sometimes the DHCP server will give me a new address. My old cable Internet also tended to change IPs periodically. And that's for fixed connections. People on mobile Internet change IPs several times an hour, if they are moving.

    Another problem of relying on IPs is that sometimes you have more than one user under the same IP -- say, behind the same firewall.
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    9 years 1 month ago #6 by Kristin Darken
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    • I suspect it'll pan out about as well as the Kudo's do on BCTS. About 1 in 100 reads will garner a vote (if it syncs up with BCTS results)... given that the comment section at the foot of the stories gets about 1 in 600... and the forums get about 1 in 600 (with about a 50% overlap between the comment posts and the forums posts)... it might have some value. If not, *shrug* it doesn't cost us anything but the time it took me to set it up.
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #7 by Phoenix Spiritus
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    • Other then the story page itself, is there anywhere else the ratings show up?

    Also, just because I thought it was funny, "Heaven and Hell: The Recruiter" now has 666 views :twisted:
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    • I have to admit I'm going to abstain. If I didn't, I'd end up giving my stuff all 5's. :)
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    • Nagrij wrote: I have to admit I'm going to abstain. If I didn't, I'd end up giving my stuff all 5's. :)


    And what's wrong with that? :lol:
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #10 by DanZilla
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    • elrodw wrote:

    Nagrij wrote: I have to admit I'm going to abstain. If I didn't, I'd end up giving my stuff all 5's. :)


    And what's wrong with that? :lol:


    It's certainly better than if you wanted to give all of your stuff 1's...
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    • DanZilla wrote:

    elrodw wrote:

    Nagrij wrote: I have to admit I'm going to abstain. If I didn't, I'd end up giving my stuff all 5's. :)


    And what's wrong with that? :lol:


    It's certainly better than if you wanted to give all of your stuff 1's...


    It's ego-boost. Feel down? look - Oh, GEE - my stories are all rated 5 :)
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #12 by Sir Lee
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    • Hey, how do you know if the people doing the rating are not equating the number of the stars with the rate? Like, 1 = 1st rate, 5 = 5th rate...
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    • Sir Lee wrote: Hey, how do you know if the people doing the rating are not equating the number of the stars with the rate? Like, 1 = 1st rate, 5 = 5th rate...
    :evil: :twisted:


    Good point.
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    • Nagrij wrote:

    Sir Lee wrote: Hey, how do you know if the people doing the rating are not equating the number of the stars with the rate? Like, 1 = 1st rate, 5 = 5th rate...
    :evil: :twisted:


    Good point.


    Three stars all around!!!
    ... . . -.- / .--- ..- ... - .. -.-. . .-.-.- / .-.. --- ...- . / -- . .-. -.-. -.-- .-.-.- / .-- .- .-.. -.- / .... ..- -- -... .-.. -.-- / .-- .. - .... / -.-- --- ..- .-. / --. --- -.. .-.-.-
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    • Nagrij wrote:

    Sir Lee wrote: Hey, how do you know if the people doing the rating are not equating the number of the stars with the rate? Like, 1 = 1st rate, 5 = 5th rate...
    :evil: :twisted:


    Good point.


    By it being posted somewhere that 1 being the least and 5 being the best or have it labeled as such I suppose.
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    • I don't think defining what the stars mean is really necessary... I've NEVER seen anywhere with a star rating system where less was better. It's an understood convention.
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    • DanZilla wrote: I don't think defining what the stars mean is really necessary... I've NEVER seen anywhere with a star rating system where less was better. It's an understood convention.


    Dan, your post gets one star. I found it confusing; I mean, who are you to say what I understand or not?!? Maybe I'm drunk, you ever think of that?!?!?

    (hint: I'm totally not.)
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    • Nagrij wrote:

    DanZilla wrote: I don't think defining what the stars mean is really necessary... I've NEVER seen anywhere with a star rating system where less was better. It's an understood convention.


    Dan, your post gets one star. I found it confusing; I mean, who are you to say what I understand or not?!? Maybe I'm drunk, you ever think of that?!?!?

    (hint: I'm totally not.)


    So you say and I give you 5 stars for being able to stand up to that.
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #19 by Kettlekorn
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    • There are not many situations where fewer stars is better, and most of them involve ninjas or intergalactic travel.
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    9 years 1 month ago #20 by Sir Lee
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    • Or knocks on your head, if you are a toon.
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    9 years 1 month ago #21 by E. E. Nalley
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    • When attempting to cast a 2nd vote the error gives is not you cannot vote again. The error is:

    You already rated this Article today!

    FYI
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    • Sir Lee wrote: Or knocks on your head, if you are a toon.

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    • If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)
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    9 years 1 month ago #24 by E. E. Nalley
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    • elrodw wrote: If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)


    Shenanigans! I don't believe it!

    :evil:
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    9 years 1 month ago #25 by Valentine
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    • elrodw wrote: If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)


    Is that Elrod definitions of nice, or the dictionary definition of nice?

    Also what would be enough?

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    • E. E. Nalley wrote:

    elrodw wrote: If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)


    Shenanigans! I don't believe it!


    I agree. But if you did? These jokers would rate the 'nice' story with 1 star.
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #27 by Domoviye
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    • elrodw wrote: If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)

    And if we rate it at 1, she gets the usual treatment or worse?
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    • Domoviye wrote:

    elrodw wrote: If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)

    And if we rate it at 1, she gets the usual treatment or worse?


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    • elrodw wrote: If enough people rate my Kayda stories at 5, I'll write a story where I'm NICE to her :)


    In other words, something like The Zica Encounter . I second the call of shenanigans. But I still enjoy the stories.
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    • E. E. Nalley wrote: When attempting to cast a 2nd vote the error gives is not you cannot vote again. The error is:

    You already rated this Article today!

    FYI

    So maybe its possible to vote once per day?
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #31 by Domoviye
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    • It is possible to vote on the same article each day. I just did As a test.
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    9 years 1 month ago #32 by Kristin Darken
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    • Speaking of counting things. You (Dom) are at the top of the forums posts list. Followed by me and Elrod... and then Ibi. I'm looking forward to people seeing/reacting to the ranks and rank graphics above Master... Dom's only a couple hundred out from it... most people are still seven or eight hundred away.
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    • Being under employed has its benefits. :sad:
    Fortunately that's now behind me.
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    9 years 1 month ago - 9 years 1 month ago #35 by E M Pisek
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    • Domoviye wrote: Being under employed has its benefits. :sad:


    That's still the case for some of us. :sad: :-(

    Oh and I'm very happy for you Dom. :) Don't want to be a downer.
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    • Kristin Darken wrote: Speaking of counting things. You (Dom) are at the top of the forums posts list. Followed by me and Elrod... and then Ibi. I'm looking forward to people seeing/reacting to the ranks and rank graphics above Master... Dom's only a couple hundred out from it... most people are still seven or eight hundred away.


    Well I think you promised me that if I were to ever get that high enough in the ranks I would get a free re-roll at trying for it a second time.
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    9 years 1 month ago #37 by Kristin Darken
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    • There are currently three ranks ABOVE Master. With a possibility that I'll add more before you even get above Master if I decide on the names soon enough.
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    • So, as a guess, above "Master" is "Mistress"?
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    • Heh, maybe everywhere else... but there are more scary things above Master on the Whateley site... :)
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    • Let me see... "Sidhe?" "Elder God"? "GOO"? "Outer God"?
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    • elrodw wrote: missed one.

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    • Valentine wrote: Eric Mahren

    That would be "Range Bastard."
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    • ..."Jobe".

    Or maybe just "Crown Prince/Princess of Karedonia".

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