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<blockquote data-quote="AaronLoeb" data-source="post: 1723507" data-attributes="member: 4382">There is no fair system I am aware of that will give a totally obscure product a completely equal playing field. The problem with the current system is that it has the potential to not only level the playing field for obscure products, but to give them an advantage. The fewer people vote for your product, the better off you are because it gives the votes of your &quot;partisans&quot; (the people who give it a 10) more weight. The more votes you get for your product, the worse off you are because it gives the votes of your &quot;partisans&quot; less weight and increases the chances that outliers will be trying to pull down your score.There may be a weighting scheme similar to what IMDB uses that will obviate these problems. I don't know how it would work. I tend to think that assigning points is fairer, but it would make it harder on more obscure products.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronLoeb, post: 1723507, member: 4382"] There is no fair system I am aware of that will give a totally obscure product a completely equal playing field. The problem with the current system is that it has the potential to not only level the playing field for obscure products, but to give them an advantage. The fewer people vote for your product, the better off you are because it gives the votes of your "partisans" (the people who give it a 10) more weight. The more votes you get for your product, the worse off you are because it gives the votes of your "partisans" less weight and increases the chances that outliers will be trying to pull down your score. There may be a weighting scheme similar to what IMDB uses that will obviate these problems. I don't know how it would work. I tend to think that assigning points is fairer, but it would make it harder on more obscure products. [/QUOTE]

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