Before the new c-index most of my pictures had 80 and above as a c-index. The other onces I removed myself. However, now most of my pictures do not have a c-index but the onces that do, have an avarage around 50 or so.How is that possible?
*shows you the cardboard box containing the old C-indexes*
You see.. the problem is that the old c-indexes were too big and were starting to overflow the box. Something needed to happen and needed to happen quickly. We either needed to get a bigger box or smaller C-indexes. You're suffering under the choice. *wink*
The C-index is now calculated differently. You need to look at the difference between images to see what a good image is. Normally a good image will have a c-index of around 50 - 60. (rough estimation)
lol! Now that's a crazy equation! ^_^ The gods of Math and Logic will wreak havoc on your HD for making this mind-boggling arithmetical operation. Sorry, it didn't turn out like I wanted, it's hard to make even bad jokes on mathematics. :P
Ok, this is as good a place as any to ask this - I seem to be able to re-vote on images I voted on long ago. That made sense - If the c-index was wiped I could start again with images I wanted to vote on. But after voting on these old images, I get the opportunity to VOTE AGAIN. First time this happened I assumed I had not clicked properly, and re-voted. Then the vote button re-appeared again! I have not deliberately mis-used this, but obviously it can be misused. Am I the only one in this twilight zone, or has someone else tested this???????
Never give up. Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~~ Michael Jordan
I've seen this bug a couple of times. Not recently though. (I reacted similarly to you.) But I vote less outside the voting booth nowadays. You mean just the "voluntary voting", right?
I only vote in the booth now - no point voting outside.
I've never had the experience of voting twice on the same image (unless they happen to be ones I voted on aeons ago and have now come up in the new voting system).
To answer the original question: the reason c-indexes have disappeared is because the images concerned have not yet been assessed under the new voting system.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell
Which is exactly why people are voting less "selectively" and commenting less in general. The message here, intended or not, is that the only numbers/rating of importance to the future fate of images here is the ratings they receive in the random voting booth. This is really unfortunate. I tend to feel as you do - - that there is little point in voting outside of the voting booth because, from what I've read, selective votes are not currently taken into consideration, so why bother?
AAAhhhh - so there is NO voting outside the voting booth? I didn't realise this. I guess it will be aeons then before any voting begins to matter to me. I had over 100 votes on some of my older images, and from those figures I had begun to draw some sense of success or otherwise. Now it will take so long I will have moved on regardless. oh well. Makes Rob Nevin's idea even more attractive. (opinion voting).
Never give up. Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~~ Michael Jordan
Mum42 - The new voting booth system actually makes it quicker for new images to get votes. New images receive the highest priority and then any other votes are assigned to the older images.
Before the new c-index most of my pictures had 80 and above as a c-index. The other onces I removed myself. However, now most of my pictures do not have a c-index but the onces that do, have an avarage around 50 or so.How is that possible?