| Pages in topic: < [1 2 3 4] | Feedback requested: Would you transfer your grading rights to the whole community? Thread poster: Attila Piróth
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| | Anne-Marie Grant (X) 
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| You're right, | Jun 15, 2009 |
Sorry. I'll go to the original thread.
| | | | | Same as everybody so far, | Jun 16, 2009 |
I would definitely go for a).
| | | | Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 01:51
Member
English to Hungarian
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TOPIC STARTER | Results after 24 hours | Jun 16, 2009 |
Thank you very much for the feedback.
24 hours after the thread has been opened, 34 users expressed their views. 33 replied explicitly to the opriginal question (I will add Anne-Marie Grant as 34th if she formulates her (otherwise fairly clear) preference explicitly.)
The users’ unanimously stated that they would never use option b). Some of them provided further explanation; it may be worth to collect the main points. (If I omitted some, lease let me know; I can edi... See more Thank you very much for the feedback.
24 hours after the thread has been opened, 34 users expressed their views. 33 replied explicitly to the opriginal question (I will add Anne-Marie Grant as 34th if she formulates her (otherwise fairly clear) preference explicitly.)
The users’ unanimously stated that they would never use option b). Some of them provided further explanation; it may be worth to collect the main points. (If I omitted some, lease let me know; I can edit my post for 24 hours). The other thread contains more feedback. So, here are some arguments against using option b):
b) doesn't make sense at all! (Aniello) Who is the community and what ability does it have? (Jerzy) You don't know who "the community" is. (Ruth @ MW) I can't understand why anyone would select the answer and then not grade it themselves, it doesn't make any sense. (Daniel) Much as I respect many of the members and users of this site, I never know which of them are on line at any given moment. (Christine) I wouldn't want to insult anyone that has helped me by choosing b. (Nikki) Don't really see any logic behind [b)] (Christel) I don't see the point in option b (Marie-Céline) B is simply daft – I couldn't take that option seriously if I wanted to. (Kevin) Why would I chose B, where a robot does the grading with an algorithm that is faulty? (Katalin) Not sure what purpose 'B' would serve. If I want the community to choose, I don't need to bother closing the question, do I? I just leave it, and it will eventually be closed and points will be awarded. (Kitty) B is just stupid. See more details (Susan) I'd never use b - how can a community possibly know which answer was the most helpful to me? (Alessandra) I think this option [b)] is completely wrong (Tina) I would always opt for a), unnecessary though I find it. (Alan) The amount of 'agree' posted on wrong or not so good answers is amazing and should never be the reason for grading an answer See more details (Anne-Marie) No, the community does not have my document so I don't believe that they know the best answer better than me, the Asker. Also people tend to think in their own dialect of the target language which may not be correct in my context, either. (gad)
The thread continues, others are welcome to express their opinion.
The present thread deals with users’ preference concerning their own questions. I would be equally interested to know what advice users would give to others about option b). For the sake of tractability, I opened a new thread, Feedback please #2: Would you advise anyone to transfer their grading rights to the entire community. Please consider contributing to it so that we can provide a detailed feedback to ProZ.com on users’ preferences.
Once again, thanks to everyone for their contribution and for keeping the thread so well on topic.
Kind regards,
Attila
*** Edited to add link to other thread ***
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Caryl Swift
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Local time: 01:51
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| With apologies for coming to this so late... | Jun 16, 2009 |
...A, most definitely. Never B.
Quite apart from the fact that the members of "the community" who chose to grade it may not, necessarily, be the ones to whom I would turn for advice if uncertain, would it not simply be downright rude not to grade for myself and, at the same time, thank everyone who had given of their time to help me?
A - every time.
Caryl
| | | | | a), never b) | Jun 16, 2009 |
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| | | | tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 01:51
Spanish to English
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| | Practical example of this absurdity | Sep 14, 2022 |
I came across a question which had only one answer when the asker chose to opt for community grading. Later on, a second answer was posted which got one agree (the first one got no agrees). The robot "chose" the first answer, though "based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference)".
Which clearly is the demonstration of the complete absurdity of this option, if still any were needed: the asker didn't know the second answer when he/she "preferred" the fir... See more I came across a question which had only one answer when the asker chose to opt for community grading. Later on, a second answer was posted which got one agree (the first one got no agrees). The robot "chose" the first answer, though "based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference)".
Which clearly is the demonstration of the complete absurdity of this option, if still any were needed: the asker didn't know the second answer when he/she "preferred" the first and only one at that time, opting for community grading.
So, couldn't we get rid of this nonsensical option altogether? Why on earth an asker would choose an answer and give the community the right to grade it? I really don't get it!
In this thread everyone had stated they would never use this option. So why is it still there?
(I'm sorry I haven't seen the OP for a long time... I hope Attila is fine.) ▲ Collapse
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:51
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| More concerned | Sep 14, 2022 |
I'm more concerned about people cheating Kudoz by asking really easy questions and then awarding points to the people who *instantly* reply.
| | | | Susanna Martoni
Italy
Local time: 01:51
Member (2009)
Spanish to Italian
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I choose a)
I chose b) maybe once because I was a newbie here and did not understand clearly how the Kudoz system worked.
Option a) forever
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