sctoagn said:
If it's easily abused, then it's worthless. All it takes is one bad apple to upvote his preferred picture 1,000 times for the system to lose all significance. For instance, say 99% of people not are neutral towards but actually dislike this one image. But say the person who uploaded it upvotes it enough times to put it in 1st place. Then it sends the wrong message both to the regular users of the site as well as to newcomers.
Which is exactly why I wish we didn't have it. We DO, at least, have it set so that anonymous users cannot vote. If we could do the same thing for registered users, I would.
Also, am I just dense, or is there no way to tell at a glance what pics have high scores? I don't see an option for that anywhere. I've only been able to see scores by clicking on the pics. It seems to me that the easiest way to see what pics people like is to check the "Comments" section and the "Everyone's Favorites" section under "My Account". (Or is that an admin-only thing? I forget.)
Edit: You can see the scores by hovering your cursor over the pic, but still, that would take forever if you want a good idea of what's popular.