POLL: Should contest voting be private or public?

[Fidcal]

Please vote whether you think future contest voting should be public or private. That is, whether others can click on the votes to see who voted for what.

 

Note that this poll is private.

 

This does not necessarily affect other polls.

[Sotha]

I vote for public!

 

Reasons:

Public system avoids misuse and it confers openness and transparency.

It is nice to see who voted what.

 

And most importantly: public system increases the possibility of giving the justification for the grades given. If I know everyone will see what grade I am giving, I should be able to explain why I'm giving that particular grade.

 

Personally, I'd prefer if everyone gave the justification for the grades they give. Learning the reasons people liked or did not like a mission would be an excellent opportunity for the mapper to learn. And for other mappers to learn from the mistakes of others.

[SneaksieDave]

I'll offer an argument for either side, for the sake of discussion (because I'm not even 100% sure of my own opinion):

 

Private: (Some) voters will feel more free to vote honestly; freedom from persecution for opinion and all that jazz.

 

Public: It encourages (some) voters to play nice.

 

 

And against:

 

Private: Allows for personal vendettas/dislike for other reasons to affect mission scoring.

 

Public: Inflated fluffy scores, if only those with something nice to say, vote.

 

 

I think I lean toward it being private, for the sake of honest, accurate scores. That's not to say though that I don't care for people being nice; people should be nice for its own sake, not be forced into it.

 

But there's something to be said for being open, too.

 

What's that, I'm wishy-washy? Yeah no kidding; can never make a damn decision.

 

 

Edit: Maybe best would be public but casting a number requires a comment?

[Bikerdude]

why should voting be private, the mission are made by the community for the community.

 

[Sotha]

Edit: Maybe best would be public but casting a number requires a comment?

 

This would probably indeed be the best solution. It benefits everyone, basically. Other thing is, that can the comment be enforced on this forum system.

[SneaksieDave]

Glad I didn't vote; I think I'm leaning back toward public. Ignore me.

[jdude]

Public 100%. I can imagine, myself even, abusing the voting system if it was private. If you are afraid of what people will say about your vote, don't vote. But that shouldn't be the case since we all interpret fun, style and so on differently.

[fraten]

Crazy idea: Everyone should be able to chose wether his/her vote is public or private.

I'm not sure that "one fits all" is good here.

 

Both possibilities have their downsides. So there will be no ideal standard voting.

[Baddcog]

I don't care personally. I just made a map to help boost FM output and it seemed fun.

 

But some people get too serious about it and it becomes less fun.

[Carnage]

Maybe a weird idea but let the poll starter decide if he wants it to be private or public. Both have their pros and cons just as SneaksieDave explained

[Mr Lemony Fresh]

I agree with sotha, It's a good way to discourage people from making inappropriate decisions in polls, just because they can.

[grayman]

I'm publicly voting that they should be public. (Is 'publicly' a word?)

 

I'm too damn old to care whether people are nice or vindictive or whatever in public or behind the scenes.

 

The maps are made for fun. Both the mapper's fun and the players' fun.

 

Maybe the only poll question should be "Did you have fun playing this?"

[Jesps]

I'm too damn old to care whether people are nice or vindictive

 

That pretty much sums up what I feel. One more for puclic.

[Melan]

I am for public. It is also nice contests aren't anonymous, and people can share their progress with the community. (Although, to be fair, neither were Dromed ones - many of the usual suspects have very distinct building styles; I could identify a Jason Otto mission from a mile, blindfolded. )

[Briareos H]

+3

[Diego]

Voting for public.

I remember a similar case in a 3d image contest of an online community. The definitely worst image won because he got his whole family to register and vote for him I can't imagine something like that happening here, though, but transparency is always good nevertheless. It also encourages people to justify their choices later.