What's up with the voting system?

I think you left me a comment saying something about what I had written on the bottom of my peom. It didnt say they have to vote it 5. Cause most of my poems aren't even worth a 5 anyway. But, I said.. If you rate it less than 5 to leave a comment to tell me how I can work on it to make it better. That's why I leave that comment at the bottom. Cause if someone thinks my poems bad, I'd atleast like to know how I can work on it. Makes sense doesn't it?

But about people downvoting and stuff. I've noticed that too. People just go through random poems, and rate them one. And then their rating drops dramaticly. And I'll read the poem, And it's usually really good. But I guess there's not much anyone can do about that..

`Taleee.

Mine's two votes behind. I have 31 votes but mine says out of 29. It's been two behind for a while.

Most people rate cutting poems high because there are alot of cutters here but when you see a truley well written people it's low possibly out of jealousy.

To be honest, almost everyone's average is a bit too high. If you took an average of what I voted on peoples' poems, you'd probably get around a 4.3, when a more realistic number would float around 3.0

What happens a lot of times is people will get voted by their friends to a certain point, make the frontpage of a category, then get a ton of votes from people they don't know, some of which enjoy voting 1s on popular poems.

The rating system matters so little to me I wouldn't shed a tear if it disappeared tomorrow.

What I hate about the voting system is that some people drop by and vote a "4" or a "3", and have no explaination. I know not all poems can be perfect, but if it is a 4 or lower, I want to know WHY they voted it. You know?

I don't do any of that, because I think my poems speak for themselves, and if someone votes lower... I want to know why, but I don't demand a 5.

actually it is not fair to have an improper voting system... rang de basanti...

i think that if someone doesn't like a persons poem then leave a comment not a bad vote. It's rude. just because you don't like it doesnt mean it's a bad feeling. There is no way to truly put a vote on someones feelings. So i too, believe the voting system is rediculous

I think people should vote if they want to.