Service Update The One Perfect Sentence Contest Has Started…

[AgentPete]

...over here, in a new section. Have a go! It’s the antidote to all other writing contests (you’ll enjoy it a lot more!).

So now it's started – you need to start to play around with the voting. Everyone so far has been awfully restrained and hasn’t voted… that’s got to change!

I did say in the video that I’d let you find out for yourself about the voting mechanism, but here are a couple of hints.

First, you can vote for as many entries as you want to. The only restriction is that you can’t vote for your own (you can try, but the Colony won’t let you).

Second – you can retract your vote(s)! As the month rolls on, you may find that you prefer newer entries to the older one(s) you initially voted for. Well that’s fine – simple unclick your previous votes and vote for your new choices.

Ask any questions here…

 

[AgentPete]

Oh, and by the way… your votes are totally confidential. No-one (not even me) can work out who you’re voting for.

 

[mickleinapickle]

Great fun. I'm enjoying it all. Voting system is easy to understand.

A couple of idle thoughts... It would be good if all entries were anonymous, and even better if the entries could rotate up and down the page so every one spends time at the top.

Just my thunkings.

Thanks for the opportunity to take part. I've got another couple of practically perfect sentences formulating in me brain.

 

[AgentPete]

Great fun. I'm enjoying it all. Voting system is easy to understand.

Good!

A couple of idle thoughts... It would be good if all entries were anonymous, and even better if the entries could rotate up and down the page so every one spends time at the top.

Yes, I was wondering about that. However, I don’t think it’s going to turn into a popularity contest, after all the votes cast are indeed anonymous. But let’s see, I might change this for the next contest. At the moment, I’m quite enjoying seeing who produces which sentences

 

[RK Wallis]

I can see who is voting for everything. Should I be able to?

 

[Claire G]

I can see who is voting for everything. Should I be able to?

I can too @AgentPete

 

[Sedayne]

I can too @AgentPete

I can't see who's voting - not that I want to. This is the mobile app for Android btw.

 

[Bloo]

I can too @AgentPete

Same here - the voters are visible.

Latest Firefox running on Elementary OS 7.1.

 

[Aethalope]

The circled number in this screenshot is the number of votes, is that right? If so, then I can't see who voted what, unlike the likes.

 

[Bloo]

The circled number in this screenshot is the number of votes, is that right? If so, then I can't see who voted what, unlike the likes.

Ah, that's it. I was equating likes with the upvote arrow on the right. In that case, I cannot see who voted. I got a feeling I'm not the only one who's confoozed.

Thanks for clearing that up !

 

[mickleinapickle]

We can see 'likes' but not 'votes'. I fink.

 

[Claire G]

I was confusing likes for votes!

 

[AgentPete]

We can see 'likes' but not 'votes'. I fink.

Exactly

You can like something, but not vote for it. Conversely, you can vote for something but not “like” it.

The votes – and you’ve got a running total all the time, so you can see which entry is getting traction – are nothing to do with “likes”.

 

[AgentPete]

Remember:

• You can vote for as many entries as you like.
• You can “unvote” an entry you’ve already voted for simply by clicking the vote button for a second time.
• You can “revote” an entry you’ve previously unvoted by clicking the vote button a third time.

 

[mickleinapickle]

Remember:

• You can vote for as many entries as you like.
• You can “unvote” an entry you’ve already voted for simply by clicking the vote button for a second time.
• You can “revote” an entry you’ve previously unvoted by clicking the vote button a third time.

My understanding is that if you press the vote/unvote button for the fourth time, your device (along with yourself) will self-destruct after a five-second warning.

 

[RK Wallis]

I was confusing likes for votes!

I was too!

 

[E G Logan]

I was confusing likes for votes!

Me, too.