Gonna bump this.
Just reminding that the poll for issue #11 will be open until tomorrow, this week's poll has so far quite less votes than the last ones, so if you guys didn't voted yet or forgot to do, vote HERE
Well, it's not just the excluded voters. It's the regulars as well. We used to get like 80-90 voters (including excluded). Now we're getting 60~ or so.
That DOES seem strange. I wonder if there is a reason for this or if it's just pure coincidence. Like, several users being busy in RL all at once or something.
I stopped voting because I found it kinda pointless when we started to discuss why we think series ranked certain ways we were told to go to the series topics when if I want to specifically compare say last week's Jujutsu and Chainsaw and why I think one ranked better or something that wouldn't really be possible without being off topic in one of those threads anyway.
You can be vague in your explanations, but yeah, plot discussions would violate the updated topicality rule. I don't see why that would stop you from voting, though.
I think two things might explain it:
I stopped because the extension to five series to vote for ruined the fun for me since it took away the idea that this was like the reader surveys. Petty, I know.
For me though if it was limited to just 3, my vote would be the same pretty much every single week: some combination of Act-Age, We Never Learn, and Mitama. My fourth and fifth series at least revolve between a handful of different series. I do see your point about the difference between the 3 actually being used versus us using 5, but given that the sample-size actual WSJ has to pull from versus the minuscule-by-comparison sample size MangaHelpers pulls from, I think upping the allowable votes to 5 series at least helps keep the results more interesting to see.
We all saw what happened when we had it at three votes. Too many series were constantly tying. I get that it breaks tradition, but ties aren't fun, you know?
I just found it pointless when I couldn't discuss why I voted the way I did or why I think others would have without jumping between 3-5 topics
I'm still voting, but, while I do get your point, it's sort of the opposite for me. Like, it's possible the series I like the most (One Piece, for instance) won't be in the top3 for me some weeks, but if I have to pick 5... I don't like that many series very much, so they will basically always get my vote, which bothers me a little. It also makes me vote for chapters I don't like _a lot_ (I know I don't need to vote for five, but eh, it feels weird)
You are allowed to discuss why, you just can't discuss plot details. Plus, that only applies to the older series. You're more than welcome to discuss plot details of the series that have less than three volumes.
The problem with this idea is that it's counterintuitive to having users actually visit the other parts of the site. You'd all just swarm to that topic, instead of bothering to go to the dedicated sections.
It doesn't matter, it lasted two weeks, it was better than many expected.
