Respect Ratings

[mcecm]

I noticed something strange about these ratings. I thought the way it worked was if you had 10 positives and 8 negatives then your rating was +2. johnelliot's rating jumped from -13 to +13 (I think) because he had 13 negatives and 12 positives until he got a new +ve rating thus changing him to +13. Surely this is a bit confusing because he's gone from someone who appears to have annoyed a lot of people to someone who appears to be adored by many.
*I have no actual opinion of john, just using him as an example*

[Bodo]

so, it would be that the system counts the number of 'votes' and then multiplies it by + when the majority were positive; or by - when the majority were negative!?

No wonder then, so many members who were negative rated could not get into positive, unless they got more plus than minus!?
Or am I entirely wrong?

[mcecm]

What I think is happening is this:
Assume that someone has 10 positives and 10 negatives. That person would have a respect rating of +10. If I then proceeded to give them a negative rating, their rating would be -11. Seems a bit unfair really! Or maybe its just me...

[Bodo]

Bodo said: so, it would be that the system counts the number of 'votes' and then multiplies it by + when the majority were positive; or by - when the majority were negative!?

No wonder then, so many members who were negative rated could not get into positive, unless they got more plus than minus!?
Or am I entirely wrong?

No, I was wrong:
John has 27 votes, so it shows +14, because 14 were positive and are the majority.
Before you voted, it showed -13, because 13 out of 26 were negative and the majority (not mathematically, as 13 is the exact half).

To pack it in a few words: the algorithm ignores the minority. John should have -13+14=+1 now.

>> Edited to add: Teeeed!

>> Edited by Bodo on Tuesday 14th January 22:23

[PetrolTed]

Yep, it is a bit barking now I think about it. I'll change it.

[manek]

Now I've only been a while but I might as well ask the daft question here: how do know how many votes are positive and how many negative?

[plotloss]

manek said: Now I've only been a while but I might as well ask the daft question here: how do know how many votes are positive and how many negative?

Click on your profile. The +ve or -ve rating have a percentage and a by n members number...

Matt.

[joust]

plotloss said:Click on your profile. The +ve or -ve rating have a percentage and a by n members number...
Matt.

What does "no opinion" do to the numbers then???

J

[plotloss]

joust said:

plotloss said:Click on your profile. The +ve or -ve rating have a percentage and a by n members number...
Matt.

What does "no opinion" do to the numbers then???

J

Its the default option, and doesnt seem to add or subtract anything from your respect rating. You cant return to it either...

Matt.