Locator suggestions

MPB3.Radio · Trick Member Joined: 05 Dec 2002 Location: P-Town

Since locations' quality of service tends to go up and down at times, I think it would be useful to allow users to modify the ratings they give. Right now, each user can only rate a location once and then it's done. If the place goes to crap and nobody can change their vote, then the information becomes misleading.

It would make the locator page a lot more useful if there was a mechanism in place to expire and discard old votes. Additionally, allowing users to re-vote (overriding any old vote they placed) would make it easier to keep location quality data as accurate as possible.

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject:

You could always delete your cache/cookies and revote again IIRC.
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

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Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

its a semi work around the current problem you pointed out
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J Dogg · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, CA

I like the suggestion
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Maxx 999 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV

wait, if you made it so it could be edited or if you would have to revote? because if after a while it expires and the location is still the same, youd have to redo it.

but dude, thats an awesome idea. theres so many places in vegas need re editing.
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MeltyKiss · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject:

Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Just a suggestion on how this would work, to see if I've got the right idea:

1. Votes are timestamped.

2. Votes are userstamped.

3. The vote score displayed is a compilation of all the votes made in the last, say, three months. If someone voted over three months ago, then that vote is no longer included in the score. If this causes the location to have fewer than five votes in total, then additional scores are referenced in reverse chronological order to increase the tally to five, if possible.

4. If a user has already voted, then the DB just updates the timestamp and the score.
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Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

So wait, are you saying the votes are userstamped?
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject:

I suppose that'd be best as then the database then knows "user" has voted "number" for location "whatever" at "time/date" so that it could know to overwrite it later if you have to change your vote, etc.
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

By "userstamped" I mean whatever mechanism is currently in place to prevent people from voting repeatedly.
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MeltyKiss · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:06 am Post subject:

Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Well, my thinking is that if the location is popular enough, then it'll get the votes it needs over time. If it's not that popular, it probably won't get very many votes to begin with, and so the "minimum vote" threshold helps to ensure that the location has some representation to begin with.

The numbers I stated were just off the cuff. Since the precision of the displayed score is only to one hundredth of a point, you can have a certain minimum number of votes and further voting will only change the math behind the score, and not the score itself.
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ZephyrGlaze · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV

Cutriss, your suggenstion is excellent. Ignore all the pointless blather and go for it. You've thought out a reasonable and effective rating system that will better reflect the quality of a DDR location.
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Maxx 999 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jul 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV

truly. 3 months is good enough. in some places, the condition of the machines can change monthly. in 1 month, my arcade went from max2 good condition, to megamix, to bad condition, to out of service. and hasnt changed except for a crappy mod i gave it a long time ago.

like Bono said, DO IT!
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