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Zhiroc · 08-14-2007, 12:10 AM

A month is probably too long. A week is probably at the lower end of what would work.

But in any case, please get rid of 12, or even 24 hour spacing between votes. Who remembers when they vote? Only those people with scripts or bots or other tools, which skews results to those sites which provide such aids. Just let people vote 2 times per day, and make it simple, like 1 vote between 0-12 GMT, and a second 12-24 GMT. Or even go to 1 vote per day.

As an aside, why do vote systems really drive any benefit? Does anyone voting really look at the site? And in terms of advertising support, doesn't everyone block them like I do?

Personally, I think a rating system, like MMORPG.com's (though that could be better too) is far more interesting than a voting system.

08-14-2007, 12:10 AM	#14
Zhiroc Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 92	Re: Voting period change - opinions requested. A month is probably too long. A week is probably at the lower end of what would work. But in any case, please get rid of 12, or even 24 hour spacing between votes. Who remembers when they vote? Only those people with scripts or bots or other tools, which skews results to those sites which provide such aids. Just let people vote 2 times per day, and make it simple, like 1 vote between 0-12 GMT, and a second 12-24 GMT. Or even go to 1 vote per day. As an aside, why do vote systems really drive any benefit? Does anyone voting really look at the site? And in terms of advertising support, doesn't everyone block them like I do? Personally, I think a rating system, like MMORPG.com's (though that could be better too) is far more interesting than a voting system.