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silver_sunI'v been thinking about Last Author Standing voting systems, and what the alternatives might be for the usual 'one postive, one and or more negative' voting systems.
1. People vote and leave feedback for the story they'd like to win.
Advantage: It's simple, nobody gets a negative vote.
Disadvantages: If multiple people get no votes at all who gets voted out? The solutions would be either keep voting open until there's only one story with no votes (which means not being able to have a fix posting schedule for the challenges) or that all stories with no votes are voted out - which could if everybody liked the same story in the first round that everybody would be voted out in one go.
2. People vote and leave feedback for three stories they like and rank them first, second and third. Points, 3 for first, 2 for second, and 1 for third are awarded. The story with most points wins.
Advantages: It's simple, nobody gets any negative votes.
Disadvantages: Still has the possibility for multiple people to have no votes at all, although this is less of a problem if only a few writers taking part. Having to leave three lots of feedback might put some voters off - although as it's three positive votes they might not mind so much.
3. People vote and leave feedback for all the stories and rank them first, second and third etc until all stories in that round have been ranked. Points are awarded based on how many stories there are (so points from 10 to 1 for ten stories, points from 15 to 1 for fifteen stories.) The story with the most points wins
Advantages: Everybody gets feedback every round. Less likely to produce a tie.
Disadvantages: Having to rank all the stories and leave so much feedback might put people off from voting.
4. People vote for all the stories and rank them first, second and third etc until all stories in that round have been ranked. Points are awarded based on how many stories there are (so points from 10 to 1 for ten stories, points from 15 to 1 for fifteen stories.) But only leave feedback for the one they ranked first. The story with the most points wins.
Advantages: Simple. Voters unlikely to be put odd by only having to leave 1 piece of positive feedback.
Disadvantages: Higher chance of writers not getting any feedback.
5. An LJ poll, you vote for the story you like best.
Advantages: More people likely to vote. Simple to use.
Disadvantages: Nobody gets any feedback at all. Has the same problem as the single postive feedback vote system - you could easily end up with multiple stories with no votes, posing the same question of how do you decide who gets voted off.
Suggestions welcome for other voting systems welcome.
Questions:
Would you be more likely to take part in a Last Author Standing if you knew you'd never get negative feedback? (You may still of course get no feedback depending on the voting system used.)
Is negative feedback a useful part of Last Author Standing challenges? and if this is the case would it be helpful for the rules of the LAS to say that the negative vote needs to be constructive critisism rather than 'I just didn't like this one as much as the rest'?
If you had to give feedback on all the stories in a round, say 12 stories, would this put you off voting? or would you be pleased to have the opportunity to tell all the writers what you think about their entry?
Any other questions that are important and that I've not thought of?
I'm trying to find this out because (although I'd not change how the current round of Torchwood-Las is voted) whether people who like a different system for running round 2 of it later in the year after the current one finishes. (Yes I probably should have done this before setting up the Torchwood-las comm in the first place, rather than just going with the usual system.)
1. People vote and leave feedback for the story they'd like to win.
Advantage: It's simple, nobody gets a negative vote.
Disadvantages: If multiple people get no votes at all who gets voted out? The solutions would be either keep voting open until there's only one story with no votes (which means not being able to have a fix posting schedule for the challenges) or that all stories with no votes are voted out - which could if everybody liked the same story in the first round that everybody would be voted out in one go.
2. People vote and leave feedback for three stories they like and rank them first, second and third. Points, 3 for first, 2 for second, and 1 for third are awarded. The story with most points wins.
Advantages: It's simple, nobody gets any negative votes.
Disadvantages: Still has the possibility for multiple people to have no votes at all, although this is less of a problem if only a few writers taking part. Having to leave three lots of feedback might put some voters off - although as it's three positive votes they might not mind so much.
3. People vote and leave feedback for all the stories and rank them first, second and third etc until all stories in that round have been ranked. Points are awarded based on how many stories there are (so points from 10 to 1 for ten stories, points from 15 to 1 for fifteen stories.) The story with the most points wins
Advantages: Everybody gets feedback every round. Less likely to produce a tie.
Disadvantages: Having to rank all the stories and leave so much feedback might put people off from voting.
4. People vote for all the stories and rank them first, second and third etc until all stories in that round have been ranked. Points are awarded based on how many stories there are (so points from 10 to 1 for ten stories, points from 15 to 1 for fifteen stories.) But only leave feedback for the one they ranked first. The story with the most points wins.
Advantages: Simple. Voters unlikely to be put odd by only having to leave 1 piece of positive feedback.
Disadvantages: Higher chance of writers not getting any feedback.
5. An LJ poll, you vote for the story you like best.
Advantages: More people likely to vote. Simple to use.
Disadvantages: Nobody gets any feedback at all. Has the same problem as the single postive feedback vote system - you could easily end up with multiple stories with no votes, posing the same question of how do you decide who gets voted off.
Suggestions welcome for other voting systems welcome.
Questions:
Would you be more likely to take part in a Last Author Standing if you knew you'd never get negative feedback? (You may still of course get no feedback depending on the voting system used.)
Is negative feedback a useful part of Last Author Standing challenges? and if this is the case would it be helpful for the rules of the LAS to say that the negative vote needs to be constructive critisism rather than 'I just didn't like this one as much as the rest'?
If you had to give feedback on all the stories in a round, say 12 stories, would this put you off voting? or would you be pleased to have the opportunity to tell all the writers what you think about their entry?
Any other questions that are important and that I've not thought of?
I'm trying to find this out because (although I'd not change how the current round of Torchwood-Las is voted) whether people who like a different system for running round 2 of it later in the year after the current one finishes. (Yes I probably should have done this before setting up the Torchwood-las comm in the first place, rather than just going with the usual system.)