Re: Re: No More Voting Whining, Please!

I appreciate your response, b10m.

I would like to clarify some things that you said or implied.

I believe a lot of monks have better knowledge of Perl than me (probably the majority) and a lot of them didn't make sainthood yet, so yeah, XP doesn't mean anything.

I'm aware of the fact that XP does not measure knowledge of Perl. I've reached pontiff but a lot of the times the Perl questions I asked were so basic that if XP truly measures one's knowledge of Perl, I would be ashamed to ask those questions.

You seemed to imply that I care a lot about XP. If that's the case, I would be using up all my votes every time to get more XP but that's not what I have been doing. I don't usually use up my votes and sometimes I don't use them for days.

But I do bother about getting - votes for a particular node. It's like you're a chef and when you see disgruntled expressions on your patrons' faces, you wonder whether there's something wrong with the food. You wonder because you care about what you cook.

The only differance that makes is that you don't lose XP, and it seems to me, that's all that really bothers you.

Please read my explanation above but you're entitled to your belief.

As PodMaster finely puts it: "nobody is trying to elect you". So this analogy is just plain wrong.

The anology may not have been a valid one but I've made a suggestion and I think it's a possible solution.

Comment on Re: Re: No More Voting Whining, Please!

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: No More Voting Whining, Please! by b10m (Vicar) on May 31, 2004 at 11:50 UTC
But I do bother about getting - votes for a particular node. It's like you're a chef and when you see disgruntled expressions on your patrons' faces, you wonder whether there's something wrong with the food. You wonder because you care about what you cook. To follow this example, it's like you're a chef and just put a new meal on the menu. After cooking it for your customers, you got two customers telling you they didn't like it too much (possibly 'cause it wasn't something new at all, for those customers had eaten the same thing at least 5 times before at this restaurant). Your first response seems to be to talk to those customers. "How can you not like my new meal? It's good!" and even worse, you tell all the other customers that come in to the restaurant later they'd better like it, for you say it's a good meal. Surprisingly, 18 customers even tell you the like it after that rude cheff appearance. Just accept that not everyone likes your meal, but in this specific case, more people seem to like than dislike it. Telling people what to think of your meal usually doesn't work too well ;-) -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply]
Re: Re: No More Voting Whining, Please! by kiat (Vicar) on May 31, 2004 at 12:07 UTC
I realise the problem lies with my expectation. I didn't expect the downvotes so when I got them, I was naturally surprised. So I need to change my expectations ;-)	[reply]