On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Brad Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > >> Frits van Bommel wrote: >> > Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> > > Brad Roberts wrote: >> > > > Ok, enabled for the D product. Each registered user has 10 votes and >> > > > can vote only once per bug. >> > > >> > > What is the motivation behind limiting the total number of votes a user >> > > may have? I think that may blunt the statistics a bit. >> > >> > Presumably it's to force you to only vote for the ones you consider most >> > important. >> > This way you may not be able to vote for every issue you ever ran into and >> > instead have to pick the ones that bug you most (no pun intended). In >> > theory, this could lead to more meaningful results, especially as time >> > passes. >> >> Hmmm... If a user has unlimited votes they can't manipulate the system. Say >> they vote 1 for every single bug. That simply means an additional bias is in >> the system, which does not influence the ranking. >> >> So the limit of 10 is really an arbitrary cap on the number of bugs a given >> person can consider important. >> >> As time passes, this only gets worse. Say I "consumed" my 10 votes. Then I >> find a showstopper for my code. Well I need to decide which of the other bugs >> I don't "care" for anymore. Why do I need to make that decision? >> >> Don't introduce arbitrary aperture windows in the system. Let the statistics >> do its work. >> >> Andrei > > Do you have more than 10 you want to vote for? It's not a cap on how many > are important. It's a cap on how many you can suggest are the ones that > time should most urgently be spent on. > > Anyway, like I said, I'll change it if there's sufficient interest and so > far there clearly hasn't been. :)
I like the limit of 10 better than not having a limit. I'd like it even more if I could cast multiple votes for a single issue. (For instance, The StackOverflow UserVoice site's voting system lets you cast up to 3 of your votes for a particular issue.) --bb
