@BitTwiddler: Manipulation is gone when we have implemented ewhat I quote under my message. No system is fool prove. People can still downvote you once or twice and there is always this thing like "I don't really like it but I will like it anyway, or I dislike one aspect of the car so I downvote this one." Stars give a bit more freedom. Converting like and dislike to stars would be 1 or 5 star ratings. Rather than getting 1 or 5 stars only, you now can get 2, 3 and 4 stars, meaning you won't lose as much points when getting rated.
Example: In your version (1 and 5 star, like/dislike only) you would get 3 votes, 2 likes and 1 dislike. That means 5+5+1 star = 11 in total. 11 / 3 = 3,66 overall. In my version (1 2 3 4 5-star, variety) you can get voted 5 stars, 3 stars (as the person wasn't sure to like or dislike and chose dislike) and 1 star.
5+3+1= 9 in total. 9 / 3 = 3.
Although the number from our variant is lower than yours, it offers a greater competition value and you are less likely to receive the lowest (or the highest!) star rating for your company, cars and engines. This results in a more fair system with more accuracy. A completely fool-prove system is never possible. A complete system that satisfies everyone is neither.
WizzyThaMan wrote:Well, since we got a greenlight from the developers, it is safe for us to say the following:
We have agreed on connecting your username you use for your game (basically also the one on the forum) to AutomationHub. When you register, it will require you to register with the same username AND email address (so it can verify that it is really you!).
ONE IMPORTANT THING: you can have a different password, but your password would be safely stored and encrypted with us anyway and no, we can't decrypt. If you want more info on that encryption, look up md5 hash.
Basically, it boils down to when you want to make an account, you need a bought account from Automation. This way, people can't randomly spam accounts and vote and AutomationHub will kind of be integrated into the whole Automation community. It's all safe and sound and will be much better experience for everyone! Good news for AutomationHub, Good news for you!
As for commenting, we might add a system that will be like the playstore. You comment with a rating and it will say your name, too. This way, you get proper feedback (or not) but atleast know who did it and you can eventually report that if it's trashy (when your car is trashy, expect trashy ratings!
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It will take some time, but we work on it a lot really. So please be patient! Like the game, this site will evolve into something spectacular and we try to serve all your needs as much as possible!
Sun Jan 11, 2015 6:09 am 
