marg

thanks, sis ! (oh, and mom says I have to go to bed now)

Qsilv

tsk.. they closed the Weatherwax surname in SL a year ago or so... ;>

(but you'd be welcome in any guise!)

marg

you know.. I'm thinking of becoming a new user called 'Mercury Weatherwax'.. the younger, prettier sister !

Qsilv

nodding... hold on, loves -- it's not disagreeing with me to say the default should be by date... wanting a search feature isn't in conflict with that at all.

And I don't disagree with polenta or with what marg is propounding either.

I'd love to see the vote system be purely accumulative. No fancy percentages.
I've always wanted that. And that way it wouldn't even matter all that much whether each person can only vote a single point or up to any cap (like the current 5).
In fact, the middle votes which now are utterly wasted would gain validity again.

The trick is to avoid a single vote being effectively a veto that overrides dozens of others.

As to how much trouble it is to change... well, only Rachel can decide that. Her stonewalling for months gives us a strong clue that it's got some heavy baggage for her.

In sum... either way, I want the ability to arrange searches by filters...
BUT... I back --and would hugely appreciate-- EXACTLY the changes marg is listing.

marg

what I mean by 'highest rated'.. and sorry to repeat it if people don't agree..

My request is that:

1) ratings are accumulative - i.e. a straight total of every 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 rating given to a picture - highest total is top

2) if 2 or more pics have the same total, than the one with the most '5's is tops

3) if they're still equal, than the one with most '4's, followed by '3's, '2's and finally '1's

4) if they're still equal.. than the first submitted (earliest) is top

N.B. it's total bull hockey to say that pictures submitted late in the month have less chance - we all know the rules (midnight of last day, TD time) and the fact is that most pics get most of their votes in the first 24 hours.. see Miss_Dagny's 'Jumper', if you don't believe me).

Plus side.. anyone who wants to vote a '1' is still adding to the rating - and everyone else can rate a pic according to what they really think it's worth (maybe 1-2 for 'nice effort' or 4 for 'really good', without having to rate everything a 5 or blast the picture's chances).

My serious request to Rachel and Think Draw is - can we PLEASE try this for May ??