Rating system

Ever since I first found this site, I've been wanting a rating system. Right now, all we have are the # of Favorites, which I don't think describes how good something is. I was thinking about a few possible rating systems, and I got some ideas. I don't think having a simple like or dislike system would be effective, since everything would be liked except for the horrible mangas.

I think we should use a multiple choice system, with 5 options:

bad - 0
whatever - 2.5
good - 5
awesome - 7.5
Perfect - 10

those numbers would be used to calculate its overall score, using the equation

((A x 2.5) + (B x 5) + (C x 7.5) + (D x 10)) / Total votes = average score


I would prefer to use this multiple choice system instead of a 1-10 scale. If we were to use a 1-10 scale, every manga would be rated 8 or higher, as most people easily give high scores to average stuff. I think this multiple choice system helps restrain people to only give good scores to the mangas that really deserve it.

I think number of favorites and number of download stats cover it well enough.

Would such options like the like/dislike system be available to the non user population?

I think a rating system wouldn't fare too well due to genre and series biases.

Naruto, Bleach, One Piece doujinshi would all get a perfect 5.00, NTR and traps would be closer to 2.50 or so and so on, you know the drill.

Taste is RELATIVE.

For the last time, folks... it doesn't make sense to rate things when some will be shot up and lots will be shot down.
Judge by favorites, comments and downloads.

I'll admit that there will probably be bias against stuff like NTR. I don't mean any disrespect to NTR fans, but less than 2 percent of Fakku's manga is NTR, so it's not vital aspect. I cannot think of a solution, so for now, You will probably just have to go by the # of favorite.

I don't think non-original stuff like Naruto would be much of an issue. You have to register to rate it, and the fact that they registered probably means that they're familiar with h-manga, which means that they know when a non-original is bad. plus, theirs lots of people (like us) who give bad ratings to overrated stuff. Also, when we get an advance search made, there will probably be the option to exclude non-original work.



I agree that Taste is relative, but that means that any form of feedback is relative; both # of favorites and a rating system. Those who want to use # favorites still can, they don't have to pay any attention to the ratings.

you implied this idea has been brought up before. I'm sorry if I annoyed you by repeating this idea