| Jafo you seem to be implying that whatever your tastes are in "good" is the correct standard for good. What do you mean by really good? What others will also rate as really good, popular majority and all? My own view is you don't like rating's inflation and wish to use your vote in that manner. That's certainly your choice to do with your vote. |
No...I've been modding and rating walls here longer than most...and actually tend to rate along the lines of how I can reasonably expect 'most' will consider the walls' worth. I see the ratings applied, not just as an average but as each individual's rating including when and in which order they are applied. It gives an insight far more clearly as to what 'consensus' might be than even what the averaged outcome actually shows.
Example.
When people make THEIR OWN determination to place a '10' on, eg, the linked wall....are they actually thus stating "wow this is the best wall possible, hence its rating" ...no matter what arbitrary criteria THEY choose as determining 'best'. What if a BETTER one comes along, say, same author, same subject, but maybe greater execution standard [or 50 squillion resolutions to suit everyone]...is that now 'MORE BEST'? Does the rating then go 'Spinal Tap' and play on ELEVEN?
We've heard the argument 'it's my vote, I'll use [abuse] it how I see fit' before....but would it please one and all in the Bootskin fraternity to know that there is one uploader who bought around 6 'subscriptions-in-different-nicks' just so these aliases could all post '10' on his uploads? They did exactly NOTHING anywhere else...on anyone else's work.
Sure, he paid for the 'right' [read 'privilege'], but it's an abuse of the system....and was stopped.
If people cannot take this 'right' to vote sensibly and fairly then they can just as easily lose that right. [It's definitely not 'inalienable']. Adults are supposed to act adult. More 'senior'/elevated-level members are supposed to lead by example.
Re my tastes of 'good' vs 'very good'....it's really an issue of relativity. No-one should be getting '10's just because they are a mate, or prior stuff was/is good. Reputation does not make good work....good work makes reputation. The determination of 'good' can, if you must, be equated with popularity, but that must be tempered by on-going comparatives and experience....eg Britney is a 'popular' female singer, whereas Joplin would be more equated with 'good'...
My opinion is that if a person cannot honestly say their history of rating has neither been favourist nor inflated [either direction] then they may as well just stop rating at all....
