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Disclaimer: I'm the founder of one of the winning projects you posted on your screenshot. We've played every tournament since the second tournament, so I'm in
by baristaGeek 7y ago
Disclaimer: I'm the founder of one of the winning projects you posted on your screenshot.
We've played every tournament since the second tournament, so I'm in a good position to speak: There have been times in previous tournaments when we were placing top 10 and after a round of peer voting (that means, no experts voting) we went down to top 40.
Also, there were times when we got more expert votes than this time and didn't win. This time we got fewer expert votes but placed first.
Maybe it's just one example and it's not statistically significant; but I just wanna say that crowdsourced voting can make the scoreboard volatile, without any form of manipulation.
- baristaGeek 7y agoI also have to say that every time they bashed us, we took it as constructive feedback and acted upon that in a really positive way. Now we have a startup with better product-market-fit.
- rywils21 7y agoSame feelings here. I've only been doing it since it changed to being indefinite, not month to month. I've been making steady climbs, though. I was up to 42 on the leaderboard and after voting dropped down to 95. It's only motivated me to do better. They do mention that part of their algorithm is if you're matched against someone higher and get upvoted over them, you'll receive more points. So if you're the higher rank and getting downvoted compared to someone lower, you probably lose more points. On top of that, they are giving away money. Why shouldn't they get to choose who they give it to? Sure they could be a little more transparent if they are really manipulating that much. At the end of the day, just vote with your feet.