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<blockquote data-quote="Warchild" data-source="post: 39570" data-attributes="member: 769">Well, i don't know jack crap about medians and mean and such.I like the current scoring system. It seems more honest to me.As for the &quot;spikers&quot; several people have mentioned, i have this to say:If i see several 5's and a 1, I know that there was a fruit-loop rating thrown and i can ignore it. What i actually do is take a look at the reviewer's history and judge whether i should ignore the guy or not. Thats what that whole set up is for isn't it??I don't need ENWorld or a Einsteinian math system to make up my mind for me. Let me think for myself, please.As for weighting reviewers, what a terrible idea. What you want is MORE people doing reviews, thats how you'll get the right averages. But if some people's reviews become weighted, then most people that might submit a review, might not when they find that their opinions count for less. Some of us that are writing reviews will stop. i will. I have nothing against Alan and Simon(do you have a reviewer hidden away somewhere called Theodore?), but no one's review should weigh in more than anyone else. That way lies madness and conspiracy theories!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I like the Rating system as it is. It forces people to make real choices, is the product good enough or isn't it? The rating system of 1 to 5 carries more weight and impact than 1-10 or even 1-7. I think a larger scale only creates dodges for people wanting to be liked or create joy-joy fuzzy feelings, instead of just giving the product a 2, if it darn well deserves a 2!! If a product isn't a 4 then its a 3. Stick to your guns or get out of the armory!!Call me a hardcase if you will, but thats how i see it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warchild, post: 39570, member: 769"] Well, i don't know jack crap about medians and mean and such. I like the current scoring system. It seems more honest to me. As for the "spikers" several people have mentioned, i have this to say: If i see several 5's and a 1, I know that there was a fruit-loop rating thrown and i can ignore it. What i actually do is take a look at the reviewer's history and judge whether i should ignore the guy or not. Thats what that whole set up is for isn't it?? I don't need ENWorld or a Einsteinian math system to make up my mind for me. Let me think for myself, please. As for weighting reviewers, what a terrible idea. What you want is MORE people doing reviews, thats how you'll get the right averages. But if some people's reviews become weighted, then most people that might submit a review, might not when they find that their opinions count for less. Some of us that are writing reviews will stop. i will. I have nothing against Alan and Simon(do you have a reviewer hidden away somewhere called Theodore?), but no one's review should weigh in more than anyone else. That way lies madness and conspiracy theories!! :) I like the Rating system as it is. It forces people to make real choices, is the product good enough or isn't it? The rating system of 1 to 5 carries more weight and impact than 1-10 or even 1-7. I think a larger scale only creates dodges for people wanting to be liked or create joy-joy fuzzy feelings, instead of just giving the product a 2, if it darn well deserves a 2!! If a product isn't a 4 then its a 3. Stick to your guns or get out of the armory!! Call me a hardcase if you will, but thats how i see it. [/QUOTE]

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