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<blockquote data-quote="AaronLoeb" data-source="post: 1724183" data-attributes="member: 4382">The current IMDB system makes sense for IMDB because its goal is to come up with an average public &quot;grade.&quot; That's not a goal of the ENnie voting, I don't think, as the final scores aren't released. As such, I don't see the benefit in a &quot;grade&quot; system. Even if you make the grade 1 through 5, it is still possible to skew the results with negative votes.In general, I think when creating a voting system for awards, there should not be a way to vote against something. A &quot;grading&quot; system will always involve a &quot;bad grade.&quot; Instant run-off voting, as Umbran suggested above, is a good system that keeps the power of the vote in the hands of the majority.Dropping the top and bottom scores might work, though it disenfranchises voters who really do think something is worth a 10 or is the worst product ever created. Better, I think, to use a voting system less prone to manipulation through outlying votes so that everyone's vote is counted and counted equally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronLoeb, post: 1724183, member: 4382"] The current IMDB system makes sense for IMDB because its goal is to come up with an average public "grade." That's not a goal of the ENnie voting, I don't think, as the final scores aren't released. As such, I don't see the benefit in a "grade" system. Even if you make the grade 1 through 5, it is still possible to skew the results with negative votes. In general, I think when creating a voting system for awards, there should not be a way to vote against something. A "grading" system will always involve a "bad grade." Instant run-off voting, as Umbran suggested above, is a good system that keeps the power of the vote in the hands of the majority. Dropping the top and bottom scores might work, though it disenfranchises voters who really do think something is worth a 10 or is the worst product ever created. Better, I think, to use a voting system less prone to manipulation through outlying votes so that everyone's vote is counted and counted equally. [/QUOTE]

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