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Watch Out, It's a Drive-By!

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Watch Out, It's a Drive-By!

from WinCustomize Forums

No, not that kind, but this one is just as shady as the real ones.

Every once and a while we get "drive-by" raters as we call them.  These are people who are either regular or new users who just instantly give low ratings for whatever reason.

In some cases it's done because of "competition" and that is pretty low in my honest opinion.  In the example above, this is a skin that has an overwhelming amount of high ratings, except for one.  This is common with many skins, and I know who rates a skin like that without even looking at the name. 

Some could argue that "well it's their opinion", and I although that is a possiblity, I do look at patterns and I know the difference between randomness and intention.

I think everyone should rate and comment on a skin with honesty, and offer constructive feedback, but this is wrong.  In cases like this, the delete button is used as it's an abuse of the system.  The mods here do keep an eye on ratings and let Jafo and I know when suspicious things like this come up.  It's not a common occurance, so don't get alarmed in that respect.

The rating system in the next WC is drastically different, and issues like this will be null for the most part.  I'm writing this to let everyone know we are not tolerating things like this as it's un-fair, and just plain sucks. 

 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

We'll have to use teh "oogy" feeling test.
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I've heard stories about that test and how one of my walls got passed around.

It was chocolate.

You sick monkeys. XD

 

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll be glad when the rating system is gone. I have to ask (and you know I do) How will this work with 'wallpapers' for example, that don't go into the main gallery because the mods didn't give it more than two stars?
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Wallpapers will still be moderated.

 

I'm also for heightening quality levels back to where they were when WC was respected for it's high quality skins and wallpapers.
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That's not an easy accomplishment.  We need more people submitting here.

 

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's not an easy accomplishment. We need more people submitting here.
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Perhaps they would if they thought their work wouldn't be buried so quickly..

I dunno.. just a thought.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Perhaps they would if they thought their work wouldn't be buried so quickly.
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In certain galleries, it can get burried pretty fast.

Other galleries seem 'dominated' by certain individuals by no fault of their own. I'd like to see more people involved in them, submitting art and all. I have kept from submitting to some galleries because I know it will be burried in a day because of this.

Perhaps in the next WC contest, these galleries can be added. They may not be the most popular galleries but maybe drawing attention to them this way would help break up the monotony/monopoly on them.

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've heard that this has been argued before, but I think the OD gallery should be split into icons and into docks.

This would prevent docks from becoming buried. I really have to side with John and WebGizmos in this discussion (although I didn't ask WG's permission to use his name here, it's no big secret that he has argued this in the past).

Other solutions should/could be found for other galleries, I believe, like putting a rule in that game/app icons be submitted in sets of three to five....just an arbitrary example.

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ratings never had a sell past date because they were flawed from the beginning

Comments > Ratings . Anyone can click a button. Takes a mind to give constructive feedback/compliments

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Takes a mind to give constructive feedback/compliments
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I think this should be encouraged more.. Looks great! is nice and all but doesn't really do anyone any good.

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

For awhile I tried rating anything I downloaded but that is sometimes hard to do since you don't really want to rate it if you haven't tried it and I'm sure I still have skins that I downloaded months ago because they looked good in the posted shot of them but that I haven't yet had a reason/the time to use that particular skin.

Also it became an issue of so many times that I tried to rate something and got the "you need to be a member to rate" message even though I am a member that now I've gotten used to being unable to rate and therefore don't always remember to check and see if I'm able to on every skin I download.

 

 

More.. is never better.. unless it's girls in a hot tub
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I think that would have to be decided on a quality basis also :grin: ;)

 

 

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And who is to say the mods ratings for wallpapers is fare, if you mod one you need to mod all... or non at all

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thankfully, the mods *do* keep an eye on things and oftentimes a drive-by rater will get a short note pointing out that maybe they need to find a better way of rating. Usually that works. When it doesn't . . . well . . . jafo needs to eat, right?
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ROFLMAO........

Zu, did you break the emotes again?  >:(     :(

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

More.. is never better.. unless it's girls in a hot tub
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Or money, which brings the other...lol!!

Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top



Wallpapers will still be moderated.
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Everything will, won't it?

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Other galleries seem 'dominated' by certain individuals by no fault of their own.
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And just what are you saying??????    o_O

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And just what are you saying??????
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I wasn't referring to you. Don't get your thong in a bunch. ;)

And I'm not saying it's the uploaders fault. It's a severe lack of anyone else uploading to those galleries that is the problem.

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting PoSmedley, reply 40

And just what are you saying??????
I wasn't referring to you. Don't get your thong in a bunch.
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He can't help it. His birthday thong is a little tight. 8(|  

:grin:  

Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And who is to say the mods ratings for wallpapers is fare, if you mod one you need to mod all... or non at all
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We are......and no wallpaper, bootskin, or logon is moderated by a single person.....all are "voted" on by most or all available active mods. So if something does make it, then it's impressed several people with the reverse being true as well.

The sheer volume of wallpapers make it necessary to moderate....anyone who has visited Deviantart knows why.

On a personal note...I would like to see some regulation of "porting" of offsite wallpapers as logons and bootskins. It's a tough call because some do a good job and only port an exceptional wallpaper now and then.....while others will port people's entire libraries if they can get permission. I'm not a big fan of pushbutton skinning.

Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm not a big fan of pushbutton skinning.
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Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm not a big fan of pushbutton skinning.
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  :thumbsup:

Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Lantec, reply 42

....while others will port people's entire libraries if they can get permission. I'm not a big fan of pushbutton skinning.
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I totally agree.  :thumbsup:

Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No, not that kind, but this one is just as shady as the real ones.
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Too funny...Cuz one gets a low rating...the other dies!