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"oh, HE wrote a review. HE's an idiot, I'm going to weight my opinions fully against his review and downvote him."
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Download admins should remove those.
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Also when you have a rating system based on a person's input, it puts pressure on that person which could cause them to withhold their opinions in fear of being harshly judged negatively.
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Again, admins.
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As an alternative to a user-based rating system, why not a review-based rating system? If a review is, in your opinion, invalid, click the thumbs down button. If it is, click the thumbs up button.
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It took me a while to understand what you mean. I'd prefer the global rating system.
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Those reviews may not mean anything to the reviewer's overall present-day review quality, so would it be fair to use that against them? (I have no opinion on that matter, you decide)
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Yes, this is the problem with the system. Maybe the system should be based on reviews that are newer rather than every review being the same value?
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I also second Unknown Rabbit's response. That would create a mess... And initially, ratings will definitely be bouncing all over this place if this system were to be enacted. |
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I think part of the reason that's not currently done is that it would mean ratings would be recalculated a lot more frequently.
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How about making the rating based on the 'rate value' of the reviewer at the moment he makes the review? That would save you from recalculating.
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And one more thing; There should be a forced comment about the review, if an user clicks the helpful/not button. This would help admins decide between a proper comment and an hateful negrep.
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