There's a problem with the voting system that has already been mentioned. When you have a large number of items, some of which are quite similar to each other, "first-past-the-post" voting can lead to a "clone" problem (i.e., a plurality of voters split their votes among some very similar "clones", which leads to some less preferred option winning the vote). This problem was somewhat mitigated by everyone being able to (a) see the number of votes per logo and (b) change their vote (this allowed people to shift their support once they realized their favored option appeared unlikely to win). So, removing the vote tally information will make it more likely we'll end up with a clone problem. (Note, "clones" aren't necessarily logos that simply look alike -- they can be any pair/set of logos for which a particular subset of voters has a similar level of preference, resulting in vote- splitting.)
A simple alternative might be "approval" voting -- each user can vote for as many logos as they like (if we do this, we should probably still let people change their votes). This should largely resolve the clone problem. If we want to get more sophisticated, we could use the Schulze method [1], which is based on rankings, though that would obviously be a lot more work to implement (interestingly, a number of open source projects use this method -- not necessarily for logo selection). It might also be a good idea to have separate phases for logo submission and voting -- that is, don't let the voting start until all logos have been submitted. Obviously, we should allow comments during the submission phase so submitters can get feedback and re-submit before the vote (comments would also be a way for people to "campaign" for or against various logos prior to the vote). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method Anthony On Oct 14, 6:40 pm, "Martin.Mulone" <mulone.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok i made some changes: > > * Now the voter are hide only admin can view the votes. > * Now you can delete your logo. An the admin can delete all the logos. > * Now is listing randomly > * TODO: comments. > > Bruno has to test it and deploy. > > On Oct 14, 7:05 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > select(orderby='<random>') > > > On Oct 14, 4:06 pm, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Martin is working to change that to random > > > > 2010/10/14 Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> > > > > > Not to mention its not fair to new logos that get posted that they are > > > > at > > > > the bottom. > > > > > -- > > > > Thadeus > > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Bruno Rocha > > > > <rochacbr...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > >> The font used in LOGO #31 is really cool, that would be good with a > > > >> bigger 2 insted a heart. > > > > >> @DenesL what font is that? > > > > >> 2010/10/14 Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> > > > > >> AFter registering you have to click on "VOTE THIS" > > > > >>> there are some people registering and forgot to vote. > > > > >>> 2010/10/14 Mengu <whalb...@gmail.com> > > > > >>> i think #7 is more serious and good. i'll vote for it. > > > > >>>> On 14 Ekim, 00:17, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>>> > Martin Mulone made the logovote application. > > > > >>>> > I am hosting at my server > > > > >>>> > You can post logo ideas, and vote for you prefered logo. > > > > >>>> > Better if you made an transparent canvas .gif or .png maximum > > > >>>> > 250x70 > > > > >>>> > Maximum of 10 uploads per user, Just one vote per user. > > > > >>>> > Take a look:http://blouweb.com/logovote/ > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>>http://rochacbruno.com.br > > > > >> -- > > > > >>http://rochacbruno.com.br > > > > -- > > > >http://rochacbruno.com.br- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
