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From: buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: Of IF Comp, IMDB, and Bayesian Averages
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:14:18 GMT
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Richard Bos <info@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> wrote:
>buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett) wrote:
>
>> Of course, if one is familiar with how the voting system works,
>> one might thing it perfectly intuitive that changing my vote
>> from "X=10,Y=1" to "X=10,Y=9" might cause X to lose to Y; but
>> I can certainly see why it's less than ideal.
>
>I don't. In the first case, you consider Y to be a lot worse than X, and
>this opinion should have a noticable impact on its total score; in the
>latter, you think there is only a small difference between X and Y, and
>if other people actually think Y is better than X, that small difference
>of yours shouldn't be enough to counter that.

Well, yes, that's the way it's perfectly intuitive if
you understand how the voting scores work currently.
But if you don't look at the underlying mechanics,
you just look at the scenario:

   "Before I voted, X was winning versus Y. I registered
    a ballot with a vote for X that was higher than Y.
    As a result of my ballot, Y came out higher than X."

(This is only possible with non-equal numbers of votes
for each game, I think.)

SeanB
