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Idea #8283: Show percentage of positive votes too

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1261: show negative and positive votes of the ideas - not only the sum.
Written by Auzy the 9 May 08 at 10:52. Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com. Status: New
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Brainstorm should also show the percentage of votes which are positive votes, near the total votes. Because even +2000 votes may be misleading.


For example. 2000 as a score for an idea is great. But if 10000 people voted to get that idea, only 60% of people actually liked it. When another idea might have 1500 votes, but EVERYone liked it. The current stats are meaningless!


You could make this an option in "my profile", and it would allow us, to gain a greater understanding of how people REALLY voted.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #8283
Written by Auzy the 9 May 08 at 10:52.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8283 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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XVIIarcano wrote on the 9 May 08 at 13:00
Even simpler, yust show the total of votes.

franto wrote on the 9 May 08 at 13:19
Or show votes total + and total votes -
... it's the same!! :)

shevegen wrote on the 9 May 08 at 15:48
Seems easy enough.

I am in support of it if this does not lead to bad effects, like people refusing to vote if too many people already voted for some idea (i.e. if 5000 people cant agree that something is either good or bad, then why should i bother trying to influence this.)

Anyway, +1 from me for this.

jhoger wrote on the 9 May 08 at 18:37
+1 Obvious ( http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7270/ )

bert.ubuntu wrote on the 6 Jun 08 at 09:36

- When an idea has zero votes what does it means?
1. Nobody voted for that
2. 50% voted Pro and 50% voted Con (and it could mean 2000 people voted or maybe 4 people :-p)

- When you see an idea with -3 votes it means the majority voted it negatively ? (read the question above).

When you see percentages you will extinguish those kind of doubts. If only I could link this idea to #9256...



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