Archived and Closed
This conversation is no longer open for comments or replies and is no longer visible to community members. The community moderator provided the following reason for archiving: Old thread
IMO, GetSatisfaction's one-way "Like" voting system is not an ideal way
to measure or reflect levels of user approval for announcements.
Example:
Up to now, 14 people have clicked "Like" on the message board shutdown announcement
(15 minus 1, since the count started with 1 for the original post). Does that count seem to
suggest that those 14 people approve of the shutdown? No, that's not the case.
It appears that approximately half of them disapprove, even though they clicked "Like".
Six of them (by my count) commented in opposition to the shutdown. Of the other 8,
one commented in favor. The remaining 7 apparently did not comment in the thread,
so we cannot be certain of their opinions (maybe most of those 7 approve of the shutdown,
but possibly not all 7).
Given that example, with approximately half of the "Like" voters actually disapproving,
does anyone think the "Like" voting system is an ideal way to reflect the level of approval
for such announcement topics?
Idea:
For such announcement topics, perhaps a two-way voting system would be better;
e.g. "thumbs up or down" or Like/Dislike.
If IMDb staff would agree with that idea, perhaps they may want to suggest it to GS
via the GS support forum. (I could post there myself, but it's better if IMDb staff
submit the suggestion to GS.)
to measure or reflect levels of user approval for announcements.
Example:
Up to now, 14 people have clicked "Like" on the message board shutdown announcement
(15 minus 1, since the count started with 1 for the original post). Does that count seem to
suggest that those 14 people approve of the shutdown? No, that's not the case.
It appears that approximately half of them disapprove, even though they clicked "Like".
Six of them (by my count) commented in opposition to the shutdown. Of the other 8,
one commented in favor. The remaining 7 apparently did not comment in the thread,
so we cannot be certain of their opinions (maybe most of those 7 approve of the shutdown,
but possibly not all 7).
Given that example, with approximately half of the "Like" voters actually disapproving,
does anyone think the "Like" voting system is an ideal way to reflect the level of approval
for such announcement topics?
Idea:
For such announcement topics, perhaps a two-way voting system would be better;
e.g. "thumbs up or down" or Like/Dislike.
If IMDb staff would agree with that idea, perhaps they may want to suggest it to GS
via the GS support forum. (I could post there myself, but it's better if IMDb staff
submit the suggestion to GS.)
Posted 3 years ago
