Am 05.11.2014 um 22:47 schrieb Ian
Bull:
0 has one meaning: I haven't formed an opinion. If
at the end, I still haven't voted then it means I haven't formed
an opinion at all. By using 0 (no vote) in this way, it forces
you to come back and revisit the talks without simply giving
them a 3. By giving all talks that are out-of-your-expertise a
3, you will influence the average (and possibly pull talks down
that the experts would have otherwise selected).
It just seems like a down-pull at the first glance, but that's
because of the "zero shift" which is inherent to this 1 to 5 scale
where 1 and 2 are really negative. I think my approach would be
easier to understand if you look at this scale:
+2: I love the talk
+1: I have a good feeling about the talk
0: I have no feeling about the talk
-1: I have a bad feeling about the talk
-2: I hate the talk
With this scale it's more obvious that "No feeling" (zero) is just
neutral and not a down-pull. Now it's technillay easy to map this
scale to the choices 1 to 5 that our submission system offers to us.
If we keep in mind that an average vote above 3 means that experts
had a positive opinion everything is good and comparable.
Regarding the "being forced to come back and revisit talks", that's
less than optimal for me. Hundreds of submissions will come in and I
used to look at the new ones each evening. When I decide that I know
nothing about the topic and the speaker and that the topic doesn't
even create a warm feeling then this decision has usually taken me 5
to 10 minutes and I really don't want to look at that talk again
every evening. So, having a clear marker for "Done, I've spent my 10
minutes" is essential for me. And that's nicely included in my
approach.
Don't get me wrong, of course I'm willing to do whatever the general
consensus is/will be. I just thought I share my opinion ;-)
Cheers
/Eike
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