Should we get rid of the 1-10 scale?
 

First off a 1 to 10 rating scale is inconsistent. It can never be a solid measurement of a persons skill level or progression when 1 mans 10 is another mans 5 is another mans 4 is another mans 2 is another mans 8 ect ect ect.

Thanks to this arbitrary system you can see someone post well thought out witty and intricate lines lose out on a hotlist place to some one due to the more critical voters being attracted to the better writers and voting lower due to their more critical voting.

While the lazier writers /beginner level writers get a spot on the hotlist due to the more knowledgeable/critical voters not voting on them because they don't want to read garbage while the people on that same simple level vote anything from 7's to 10's in their droves because it's easier for their lower level confined thinking to get. But when they vote on a more accomplished writers battles they vote lower because they don't get it or they see the more accomplished voters getting critical and feel the need to follow suit on some sheeple shit.

Not only that. But because we have this 1 to 10 scale. People tend to focus on the score more than the feedback. Especially if it's a low score.. You take away the scoring system and it breaks down that emotional barrier that is a low score and opens up a route to the feedback.

The system is dated and counter productive and causes more problems than it solves.

Remove the rating scale and replace it with a simple click to vote for winner. And for tracks a like or dislike tab

Hotlist requirements should be based on 2 thing.

1) The amount of votes a battles gets.
2) The total accumulated VP.

It's a lot easier to receive a dislike as 1 mans preference than it is to receive 1 out of 10. Just as it is easier to take someone simply voting for the other guy rather than them voting for the other guy THEN to add insult to injury hand you a 1 out of 10

No more bitching about low rates. No more inconsistency's of seeing a dope verse get a 5 and a really shitty 1 get a fucking 10.

You vote your winner, leave your feedback. nobodys got cause to complain. Nice and simple. Nice and clean. straight to the point. no imaginary meter judging your skill level.

This is an excellent idea, and I've seen it thrown around before.I feel like, since with the voting system it is the removal of something in battles, it would be a much easier change than a recoded voting system entirely. And I assume the addition of like, or dislike options would be a simplistic coding change also, but, I have no knowledge of computer sciences.

I quite like the idea. That or scale down the voting options to a 1-5 instead of 1-10.

If I add a poll would you be willing to vote? who knows if enough people vote we might be able to make it happen.

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tha 1-5 is golden aswell, less room to bitch about. some type off grading scale is needed.

Just C wants to get rid of the whole site lol

But yea I can agree with that

I like the idea.... a diff rating system for tracks would be cool

i like the 1-5 thing

Voted.