Star Scale Hints Added

nemesisENFORCER · Post by **nemesisENFORCER** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:37 pm

can you check the number of stars you got on a video? i mean a total for each number. like how many 5s i recieved or 4s or so on?

fyrtenheimer · Post by **fyrtenheimer** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:45 pm

no, i dont think so

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:50 pm

As many people have already stated, I think the star scale is biased one direction because people tend to download videos near the top or are supposedly "good" or from "good creators." I should've realized this last night as I was talking to you, but I was pretty braindead after poker

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In any case, I don't know how truly "fix" this other than having some system where viewers are somehow forced to see "good" and "bad" videos to truly figure out their own scoring system and guidelines.

*shrug*

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Mon May 03, 2004 7:33 am

one thing that bothers me about this new system thingy(ill use janzki's since im too lazy to use my own

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Janzki wrote:
Average Star Rating Given By You: 3.02

Your Star Distribution
5 = Two thumbs up 40
4 = Thumbs up 171
3 = Eeeegh 251
2 = Thumbs down 168
1 = Two thumbs down 36
I had no idea my ratings were so well balanced.

the 1,2,4,5 stars make no sense. wouldn't thumbs up and Thumbs down be equal to Two thumbs up and Two thumbs down? WE ONLY HAVE 2 THUMBS! Ok, im done being annoying for today... 8)

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Mon May 03, 2004 7:40 am

Damn, I didn't notice that!

fyrtenheimer · Post by **fyrtenheimer** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:01 am

Janzki wrote:
Average Star Rating Given By You: 3.02

Your Star Distribution
5 = Two thumbs up 40
4 = Thumbs up 171
3 = Eeeegh 251
2 = Thumbs down 168
1 = Two thumbs down 36
I had no idea my ratings were so well balanced.

so are we supposed to be aiming for a 3.00? ..and why?

Katsumi_AMVs · Post by **Katsumi_AMVs** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:43 am

Could be a reason to people download more newbie vids like I do

Average Star Rating Given By You: 3.14

Your Star Distribution

5 = Two thumbs up 93
4 = Thumbs up 205
3 = Eeeegh 278
2 = Thumbs down 192
1 = Two thumbs down 41

Org Profile · Post by **Phade** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:59 am

Hey,

fyrtenheimer wrote:so are we supposed to be aiming for a 3.00? ..and why?

Because 3 means "average". If you take all of the AMVs in existence and average their ratings, the averages should be 3 since "average" is the definition of 3.

Making the average be larger than the definition of average gives us the same problem that the opinions scores have in that the vast majority of the videos are rated "above average" since there 5 means "average". The opinions section has a small excuse in that generally only good videos are given opinions.

However, this is not the case with the star scale. But if people over-inflate the scores, the top scores have less meaning. If you get a score of 4 when the average is 3, it means something completely different than if you get a 4 when the average is 4.

I hope this helps.

Phade.

WilLoW :--) · Post by **WilLoW :--)** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:37 am

The list of downloads isn't displayed anymore for me on the "my downloads" page.
Only the ones I haven't rated yet.
Is that normal ?

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:39 am

WilLoW :--) wrote:The list of downloads isn't displayed anymore for me on the "my downloads" page.
Only the ones I haven't rated yet.
Is that normal ?

Yea, that normal. You have to rate all the unrated videos in order for you to get the full list.