rating is not an ideal solution.

I would prefer that you could RANK each post as you pleased, but you would only get one 1st place vote, one 2nd, etc. If one came along later that you wanted to place higher you would select it's position and the other prior votes would move down in place accordingly. After that, the math is easy.

Sounds like a challenge for a talented programmer.

Damn I'm good.

The only thing I don't like about the voting is that the voting ends when the contest ends so if I get my pic on there right before its done no one could vote for me and/or have little time to do so. If voting could continue for an extra day that'd rock.

Only problem is there would be another procrastinator complaining about it being open only that long!

you'r right
So make the comps anonymus , but let us see the voters and comments, just leave the name away of the creator

That's just absurd.
Think again Eve.

Annonymoose presenters.
Unhidden voter & comments.
No Prizes.
Free Beer Fridays.

Yep, thats what i meant except prizes maybe it brings back some people

houston we have a problem
when the presenter gives a comment in his/here chop , than his/here comp isn't annonymoose anymore
wait did i said moose?

I know that I've only been around here for a couple of years and I hardly ever post anything and nobody really gives a shit what I have to say on the topic... but... if you really want to make the voting fair then make it so that all entries are submitted BEFORE voting begins and give everyone ONE vote...

Votes should be adjusted to the amount of entries.
1 vote per 5 entries.
More than often I see someone give all their votes away. That - in my opinion - is just being nice, rather then voting for bringing the best chops to the top.

I also think that a vote should contain two parts.
1. You HAVE to give a point to either Idea, Theme, Execution, etc.. (Our galleries won't change anymore if you don't)
2. You have to scale your vote from 1 to 5.

If you give X 5 points, then you can't give Y 5 points anymore, but 4, 3, 2 or 1 instead.

By this system, it requires you have seen all the images first, and even wait until the non-advantage people have submitted their image. That would be fair in my opinion to do so.
It also requires some selective thinking rather then push the 'vote+next entry' button and come back the next day.

I guess everyone has their ideas, but I doubt it will change the way things are now

Ohwell...

Remember everyone....the U.S. dollar is on decline anyways so isn't $50 actually around $12.73?

The amount of votes given in any given contest COULD be adjusted to the amount of entries so that only 1/3 of entries could be voted for.
example: 20 entries on the day of opening means voters have only 7 votes to use. I'm sure someone could grapple with the percentages to arrive at more precise numbers but this makes votes more valuable. The entry's best qualities polls could be used as a way to finish off any tie breaking that's needed as well.
there's my 2 cents and have a nice day!

Naw, in the old days (Olden Days) all comments were visible but all names were blocked. That way the author of the work could comment and have their comments read.

great, problem solved

Wow! Did I just read an entire page of ideas about changing the voting system without someone getting verbally tarred and feathered??? (I guess the end really IS near! )

Yah, things are really boring here now.

. . . . . but we COULD try to stir things up a bit.

*ARRRR, mumble-mumble-mumble*