We need your help: how to fix our voting system

19 April, 2012
We are turning to you, our beloved readers to find a solution to this problem.

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  • tln
  • 9yH
  • 20 Apr 2012

In addition to what exists already, there shud be some kind of verification system in place, a captcha code for instance is a good start.

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    • syedfaizan
    • 95b
    • 20 Apr 2012

    the third option wud b effectiv. But it seems jst voting based on consumers 1 click voting is nt enuf. To have correct votes, the voting shud depend on d pros n cons given by d consumer in way of comment or somthing literal n dan analysing doz comment by your proffesionals. Dis way ur site may get the comments too n voting wil b left wid profesionals of your site.

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      • dave
      • 33G
      • 20 Apr 2012

      3!

        • j
        • joey (from friends)
        • mEk
        • 20 Apr 2012

        How about employing a captcha type system? Along with that you could ask the voter to produce an email address for voting verification, they would have to confirm the vote via a link sent to their inbox. That would in my opinion really slow them down.

          • c
          • cjdelphi
          • sG%
          • 20 Apr 2012

          wipe the existing data, it's probably half fake anyway.

          use the same voting system to make it easier and introduce smart filtering to prevent fakes even from proxies.

          using something like facebook as you quite rightly pointed out means the unpopular phones or people who don't like facebook, the results will become quickly biased.

          goes away to have a think.

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            • Alita Jones
            • N9@
            • 20 Apr 2012

            3rd option

              • a
              • algis.m
              • 0FS
              • 20 Apr 2012

              just add captcha for existing system and start fresh db...

                • ?
                • Anonymous
                • 3pR
                • 20 Apr 2012

                3rd option is the best

                  • j
                  • joey (from friends)
                  • mEk
                  • 20 Apr 2012

                  Anonymous, 20 Apr 2012You should begin accepting votes based on IP, that way, som... moreIn the article it states fanboys have already found a way to circumvent this.

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                    • SumTingWong
                    • mxu
                    • 20 Apr 2012

                    Number 3 makes the most sense. Would be nice to see some real results. Good idea guys.

                      • ?
                      • Anonymous
                      • t7Q
                      • 20 Apr 2012

                      3Rd option is the best....

                        • c
                        • cjdelphi
                        • sG%
                        • 20 Apr 2012

                        Anonymous, 20 Apr 2012You should begin accepting votes based on IP, that way, som... moreno, because with a 1000 proxies, that's a 1000 different IP's.

                        I could think of a way around this but it would take up maybe (depends...) a little too much cpu time causing a bit of latency.

                        but i'm a programmer, i love a good challenge, but, listen if i think of a plausible way which works, I want you guys to go a little more in depth and compare GPS ability, eg, my I9000 gps is far superior than the I9100 (my wife's) SG1 vs SG2, well i refuse to upgrade until i know that the GPS signal is strong....

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                          • banditmeerkat
                          • NrD
                          • 20 Apr 2012

                          Option 2 - one vote per person, even if it is negative, afterall, people are as unhappy with their phones as others are happy

                            • D
                            • AnonD-7439
                            • fCx
                            • 20 Apr 2012

                            Rating should be an average of or based on following 3 parts:
                            A) Techinical formulae: Increase parameters and make a formula for them e.g. Camera quality, Screen quality, Connectivity, signal reception, UI, Human language support, etc. Camera may have some fixed rating points for autofocus, EDoF, Megapixels, Colours, customisation, hardware button, low light image quality, etc.
                            B) Expert Rating: Rating for each parameter above
                            C) User Rating: To be done by ansering questions for above parameters rather than selecting numbers. IP check and blocking for certain time for heavy traffic. Blocking users rating highest or lowest repeatedly and selectively.

                            Display all A, B, C above and the final average so that people will come to know who is doing what.

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                              • RAJVIEF
                              • PUB
                              • 20 Apr 2012

                              think option 3 best .. pls do soo as soon possible..

                                • P
                                • Pakistan1
                                • sSP
                                • 20 Apr 2012

                                Its simple as you like

                                For comments And voting Login should be required and a person cannot vote more than once for the phone.It will not only reduce the number of votes but will also make the process easier.

                                  • J
                                  • Jason
                                  • nGg
                                  • 20 Apr 2012

                                  Combine Expert votes and user votes. Expert votes should carry 60% of the vote and users 40%

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • HBC
                                    • 20 Apr 2012

                                    2nd one

                                      • K
                                      • K
                                      • Nva
                                      • 20 Apr 2012

                                      Delete the feature. No votes. Problem solved.

                                        • Z
                                        • Zymesh
                                        • DQp
                                        • 20 Apr 2012

                                        Block the voting poll if the phone is not released yet. Make it available after a week when its released to also help filter those random/fanboy voters. Performance cant really be measured if the phone is not yet release so making the poll available when the phone was just announced makes the whole poll invalid from the start.