Does anybody even really pay attention to or care about the ratings system? I mean, really?

I didn't even mean that dismissively. Who bothers to look at the rating before clicking a thread?

zmog

 

Well, when I GIVE a rating I hope that its appreciated, y'know? Sometimes, do you wonder if a one star rating is actually a bad rating? I mean really, there's a ton of stuff without ANY stars!

I might actually look at/give more ratings if we could see who posted what  

 

is it me or does it really feel like the amount of ppl who visit radicons/customs section has greatly increased?

if anything, you can keep the new set up.. BUT!
- take off the ratings (my heart broke wen i just put up a 2 month project for someone to give it a 2 star rating =*(
- PUT A RADICON'S ICON AT THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE!!!@#%!@%!@#$!!@$
-there should be no reason why we have to scroll all the way down and click and SEARCH for this page at all

i honestly feel as of the pass couple of weeks that the amount of people has decreased INCREDIBLY that come to the radicons/custom section since this new set up and that is a shame..

 

Maybe rather than omit the rating system, all ratings are paired with the name of the person who rated. I can understand that possibly, some people aren't inclined enough to write a comment, and only rate the custom at hand.

I don't think vBulletin has this feature, but it would help people understand why their customs are rated high or low.
It's a shame that other boards have rating systems in place, but for some reason, only on TFW is it abused and such a problem.

I saw a guy post his "first custom" this morning, and it was greeted with 1 star. This is a major problem/issue, I wouldn't be surprised if that guy saw that, and said "damn, I am never posting there again"

 

I haven't been to the radicons sections since it has been changed.

I liked the fact that I could check out the radicons, in a single click.

Radicons was pretty much the only reason I came here.

Please bring it back as a "topic" on the front page as it was in october and before.

 

I don't mind the rating system, but I'm not going to miss it if it gets axed. If I see a thread with a low rating, I'll bump it up to 5 stars so people don't get discouraged. I think people read too much into it. The 1-star ratings most likely come from someone that's jealous of the artist's skills and the attention their work is getting. It's either one person or a very small selection of members. These opinions don't reflect on all of TFW or Radicons for that matter and can be filtered out as petty and useless.

 

I hate Satomiblood too. Curse that handsome devil.

 

or, we can just let the replies / comments in the thread do the rating itself. I think you nailed the main problem on the head "Some people vote 1 star because they think the idea is stupid or they dislike the person, but others will give it 5 stars because they like the person, and not necessarily the custom, or in your case, to "pad the rating" so people don't get discouraged."

 

So I guess I should stop padding low thread ratings then?

 

I personally don't even use the rating system. But, if it will stop me from having to hear people complain about it (no offense to anyone). Then get rid of the F&^%$ING thing.