Radimus,

If the formula is correctly implemented a vote of 5 by a "1-star" member will bring your score up but the upward infuence will be a 1/5 of the vote of of a "5-star" member.

If the formula is correct I think it has to be 3 or 4 "5-star" members who rated you as 3 or lower. Nothing else could drive the rating so low & hold it down for so long. It took the concerted effort of somewhere between 6 to 12 "5-star" members to overcome the effect.

This is why I initially asked the question did you have a serious disagreement with some senior members while I was a way.

The only possibilities I can think of are

a) 2 to 5 "5-star" senior members rated you very low (5 might have rated you as 3-stars or 2 as 1-stars)

b) A large number of newbees (like 5 to 10) gave you a low rating

c) or there is something very strange about this formula

Knowing the people on this board, my first thoughts were there is something wrong with the formula. The formula can not be as simple as given. How do unrated members figure in this formula?

MCA,

I followed your link, there is no real info there. There is just a general mathematical formula. Is it possible to see the actual code? With the actual code I might be able to figure out exactly why this is happening.

[ 08 June 2002, 05:51: Message edited by: JackLothian ]
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