aufalcon.com ratings are BACK!

Casper · 30-07-2007, 10:53 AM

As some of you may notice the “ratings” area of aufalcon.com has been removed. Over the last few weeks I’ve been watching it closely and, unfortunately, have found it is being abused. There is a number of cars that were constantly on top and, almost on a daily basis, the order and ratings were changing quite dramatically. In some cases there were 20 or 30 votes per car per day. Normally this is not going to worry me too much but when it’s the same cars and a clear pattern of vote down some and vote up others over and over and over it becomes a bit of a bad joke. Therefore, before it gets ugly, I’ve made the decision to remove it altogether. The “car of the day” random selection remains and Dauphin and I will discuss a possible alternative to the ratings selection in the future.

Casper.

Riksta · 30-07-2007, 10:59 AM

How about in its place a spot for "My Favourites" or something, allow each member to select up to five cars that show there - the ones they drool over the most :P

I'm guessing each individual car's page would need an "add to my favourites" button, and everyone's profile would need a "manage favourites" area.

Just a thought.

Casper · 30-07-2007, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Riksta

How about in its place a spot for "My Favourites" or something, allow each member to select up to five cars that show there - the ones they drool over the most :P

I'm guessing each individual car's page would need an "add to my favourites" button, and everyone's profile would need a "manage favourites" area.

Just a thought.

And a very good thought. I like that Idea. Will talk to Dauphin about it.

**FTE217** · 30-07-2007, 11:12 AM

I thought my eyes weren't going funny yet LOL.....
Not that I got on the site much TBH I was surprised how inconsistant the Ratings looked.
No big deal they are gone IMO but what you should consider is expose the idiots ! bugga being politically correct !

JC · 30-07-2007, 12:26 PM

There were ratings???

stiddy · 30-07-2007, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

There were ratings???

LOL im with you on this one..

Casper · 30-07-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluedriver

but what you should consider is expose the idiots ! bugga being politically correct !

No need to. Its gone, problem solved and all is good.

**FTE217** · 30-07-2007, 02:35 PM

See there you go being diplomatic LOL........

Mark351 · 30-07-2007, 03:37 PM

I like the favourites idea. Each user gets five favourites, and the top cars are ordered by the number of times they are someones favourite.

Riksta · 30-07-2007, 03:53 PM

Actually I wasn't thinking of it as having any "top cars" in my idea, just replace the five cars that were there as top rated with five that the user chooses themselves.

If browsing without logging in, it just looks the way it does now with the updates the two columns wide.

Sledgehammer · 30-07-2007, 04:45 PM

Thought that something had been going on when I got a heap of 1's, LOL.

A random selection is a good idea.

Bucknaked · 30-07-2007, 05:05 PM

Geat news. Ratings is a bit silly. Like driving with fog lamps. Or trying to eat a Big Mac, while indicating, while searching for those pickles while getting an itch, while then trying to wipe the sauce of your pants.

I agree, lose the voting

MRJUCY · 30-07-2007, 05:21 PM

I'd like to know how sad someone's life must be that they'd care what rating their car got on a website.

Casper · 30-07-2007, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MRJUCY

I'd like to know how sad someone's life must be that they'd care what rating their car got on a website.

: I suppose I should have actually checked where mine was before I got it deleted. Care factor zero I guess :P

HLC · 30-07-2007, 05:41 PM

good. my rating sucked.

+1 for favourites

Mark351 · 30-07-2007, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MRJUCY

I'd like to know how sad someone's life must be that they'd care what rating their car got on a website.

I know for a fact your nipples are on display at ratemyboobies.com!

AU2PWR · 30-07-2007, 08:22 PM

man , im going to rate this thread instead

HLC · 30-07-2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AU2PWR

man , im going to rate this thread instead

irony

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AU_Wagin · 30-07-2007, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

As some of you may notice the “ratings” area of aufalcon.com has been removed. .

Casper.

mm I thought I was going mad at first. I was updating my car pics and accidently delted everything - bugga - 600 odd hits and 3.01 rating or something. Then no ratings !!

Well my car is back, think the random car of the day is better anyway

falzoony · 31-07-2007, 09:52 AM

Maybe the random car of the day could be replaced with car of the week/month that everyone votes on.

StealthAu · 31-07-2007, 10:05 AM

But then the same issue will ocurr, the same car would be there week in week out. Personally don't care but obviously some do.

Casper · 31-07-2007, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by stockoau

But then the same issue will ocurr, the same car would be there week in week out. Personally don't care but obviously some do.

I have no issue with a popular car being shown all the time, my issue is with deliberate abuse of the system. I've got an idea in my head that I'm going to discuss with Dauphin to see if its possible. Otherwise the "ratings" will just become a thing of the past.

HLC · 31-07-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Casper

I have no issue with a popular car being shown all the time, my issue is with deliberate abuse of the system. I've got an idea in my head that I'm going to discuss with Dauphin to see if its possible. Otherwise the "ratings" will just become a thing of the past.

just use an ip logging system so you can only vote once per car per day. or just once lol.

Kryton · 31-07-2007, 10:24 AM

random "car of the day" is fairer to all.

Mark One · 31-07-2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

just use an ip logging system so you can only vote once per car per day. or just once lol.

Unless they have the type of modem they can reset and it changes IP.

Also I didn't know four year olds could own a car.

au2sw · 31-07-2007, 09:35 PM

another vote for the favourites idea. and i dont care that the ratings have gone...i never got my wagon rated:( its never been in the random selections either, but no one has a choice over that, so i can live with that

Casper · 31-07-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by au2sw

another vote for the favourites idea. and i dont care that the ratings have gone...i never got my wagon rated:( its never been in the random selections either, but no one has a choice over that, so i can live with that

If it make you feel better my car has never been the random selection either

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Dauphin · 01-08-2007, 01:42 PM

The favorites idea is great and I will be implementing it as soon as possible.

I don't think my car has ever been randomly-selected either.

So who was responsible for ruining the ratings system for everyone else?????

Bucknaked · 02-08-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dauphin

The favorites idea is great and I will be implementing it as soon as possible.

I don't think my car has ever been randomly-selected either.

So who was responsible for ruining the ratings system for everyone else?????

Yeah, bastards

Dauphin · 03-08-2007, 03:42 PM

Login as usual, go to a favorite car and click the new "add to your favorites list" link. The top favorites (as selected by everyone) will be displayed where the old top rated cars section was. You can manage your favorites by using a new option in your My Account menu.

There will be a little odd period as the numbers grow, so please go and add your favorites and we'll see what happens.