Don - I like the enthusiasm for new ideas and appreciate your giving this some thought.
However, IMO the voting scale has been the historical, somewhat sacred backbone of DPChallenge since its inception. I don't think we should mess with it, no, and not even for one challenge.
With what you've proposed you are basically going to see all votes of 8,9,10, why? ... because very few people are going to use the bottom end of that scale.
Description: Challenge the "normal" aspect of your voting pattern and use the whole range offered (1 - 10).
Nobody can check you, but do it anyway. Pick your 1s and 10s and see what happens in between. Commenting might help you think it through.
Description: Challenge the "normal" aspect of your voting pattern and use the whole range offered (1 - 10).
Nobody can check you, but do it anyway. Pick your 1s and 10s and see what happens in between. Commenting might help you think it through.
i'm ok with that. Would prefer dq, suspension, electrocution, or some form of punishment for people who don't do it, though. like... have barry give a very long explanation of the rules to them.
Description: Challenge the "normal" aspect of your voting pattern and use the whole range offered (1 - 10).
Nobody can check you, but do it anyway. Pick your 1s and 10s and see what happens in between. Commenting might help you think it through.
i'm ok with that. Would prefer dq, suspension, electrocution, or some form of punishment for people who don't do it, though. like... have barry give a very long explanation of the rules to them.
I did some research on voting results last summer (August 2025) ... seems like a good place to share it again for anyone interested. Repost below:
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IMO, overall, the average vote given has increased slightly over the years, especially the past few. Also, the voting range has narrowed where more people are voting in a limited range of 5 to 7 rather than using the full 1-10 scale.
Regarding the vote increase; using the Challenges/History page (visible to all) I took the last 60 challenges and grouped the top scores by counting how many were 5+, 6+, 7+, or 8+. Then I did the same going back in 5-year intervals (pulling a similar date range for 60 challenges). So ... 2025, 2020, and 2015.
Here's the results ==>
It's interesting how the top scores have fallen out of the 6+ zone and increased in the 7+. An upward trend.
Another study I did a couple months ago was related to the number of votes cast for each number on the 1-10 scale. I looked at voting patterns for DPChallenge for three short windows (10 challenges) in June 2003, June 2014, and current 2025.
As SC, we can see some challenge summaries, one of which is a total number of votes for each numeric vote (i.e # of 10's, 9's ... etc.).
I entered these values into a spreadsheet, summed the number of votes per challenge, and the number of votes per numeric category (10,9,8,7...) to then get a percentage representation for each.
If you look at the stats, the level of votes in the 1 to 3 range were much more common in the early days of DPChallenge. Now we're slightly heavier in the voting range of 6 thru 9.
I have noticed the voting tends to be higher now. I used to get VERY excited about having a score over 6, but now that can land outside of the top ten in a relatively small challenge. Still, there's that wee little thrill of "it's over 6!" so that's nice.
I did some research on voting results last summer (August 2025) ... seems like a good place to share it again for anyone interested. Repost below:
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IMO, overall, the average vote given has increased slightly over the years, especially the past few. Also, the voting range has narrowed where more people are voting in a limited range of 5 to 7 rather than using the full 1-10 scale.
Regarding the vote increase; using the Challenges/History page (visible to all) I took the last 60 challenges and grouped the top scores by counting how many were 5+, 6+, 7+, or 8+. Then I did the same going back in 5-year intervals (pulling a similar date range for 60 challenges). So ... 2025, 2020, and 2015.
Here's the results ==>
It's interesting how the top scores have fallen out of the 6+ zone and increased in the 7+. An upward trend.
Another study I did a couple months ago was related to the number of votes cast for each number on the 1-10 scale. I looked at voting patterns for DPChallenge for three short windows (10 challenges) in June 2003, June 2014, and current 2025.
As SC, we can see some challenge summaries, one of which is a total number of votes for each numeric vote (i.e # of 10's, 9's ... etc.).
I entered these values into a spreadsheet, summed the number of votes per challenge, and the number of votes per numeric category (10,9,8,7...) to then get a percentage representation for each.
If you look at the stats, the level of votes in the 1 to 3 range were much more common in the early days of DPChallenge. Now we're slightly heavier in the voting range of 6 thru 9.
The results of that study ==>
I appreciate the statistical work here and the interpretation of the trend. Thanks!
