If you’re here, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve hidden the vote counts next to the current word’s sentences. “Why is that?” you may be wondering. Well, in this experiment we call Quotidian Word, we noticed a bit of favoritism towards sentences that already had votes next to them and feedback from users concerned that the voting system was unfair in that respect, even though points don’t really mean anything and the site is for fun and education. So we decided the best way to counter this effect is to hide the total vote counts for a sentence until the voting for that word is over.
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Where Did The Votes Go?
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009POLL: Should Vote Counts Be Visible?
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009We’re always trying to improve the user experience at Quotidian Word, and one of the issues that has come up has been voting. Even though the site really isn’t about voting and winning (everyone’s a winner when you expand your vocab!), the voting process adds a little fun. In order to maintain said fun, we’d like to propose a little user poll to see how people feel:
Should vote counts be hidden until after winners are determined?
- Yes (67%, 4 Votes)
- No (33%, 2 Votes)
- Your mom (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 6
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