faq > votes and scores
What do the stars indicate?
Stars indicate a captioneer's total score (since they joined):
- grey star: 10+ votes
- silver star: 50+ votes
- gold star: 100+ votes
- 2 gold stars: 1000+ votes
- 3 gold stars: 10000+ votes
Why is noone's score changing when I vote?
In order to discourage tactical voting, score updates are delayed. The vote should register within the hour.
Can I vote for the same caption more than once?
No - only one vote per caption is allowed per user.
Can I retract a vote?
To retract a vote, click the thumb icon again. Votes can only be retracted up to one minute after being placed.
Can I see the votes given to my own captions?
Yes - if you hover over the voting buttons you'll see a list of those who've voted for your caption
How can anyone compete with a caption quota mostly half as much if not less so than the CONSTANT top winners - they just bombard the site with captions & so of course they are always going to be at the top.
It's actually the quality of captions rather than the quantity that dictates the quota each week. So unless all the captions are good, adding more captions to the site will actually reduce your quota.
Am I correct to assume that the caption that receives the most votes is the winner?
If you mean the cash prize - no - this is decided by the creator of the site (Chris Beach) each month. Voting helps highlight the best captions, but in order to discourage people cheating, votes are not used to decide the prize.
How long is he voting period for after a caption has been made
Captions can be voted on for three days after they've been written
If I delete a caption I don't particularly like which has votes will it affect my overall score?
No, you'll keep the votes you won from that caption
If 2 or more captioneers have the same score for a picture at the end of the voting period, how is the winning caption decided?
The newer of the two captions will be the winner (it accumulated more votes per time period)
How are prizes paid
Prizes were paid via PayPal using the winner's email address
Week before last I was no where near in the top ten at the end of voting & my quota increased to 33 - this week I finished in the top ten & my quota has dropped to 28! - Why as I thought that climbing the ladder is supposed to increase quotas
Quotas are affected by more than just the last week's votes. They're affected by your score over a longer period, and also your voting too.
What does the number in the orange circle stand for?
The circles show the number of new updates since your last visit to the site. These are also live updating: whilst you are browsing a page, if any updates occur, the circle will turn yellow.
For visitors who aren't logged in, the circles show the number of updates in the last 24 hours.
I used my last quota, not realizing it was my last one. I had wanted to save one for the end of week. For future submissions, is there a way to retract it , like you have so many seconds to retract a vote?
Not at the moment, but I have added this future feature to the todo list.
i didn't understand one of the captions and discussed it in the forum, then I wanted to vote for that caption, but after clicking it , it states my name but her caption is still showing zero, instead of one.
I think you voted on the "Bear Grills" caption, which now has a score of 1 from you. Then you commented about it on another caption "...Hoffmeister" which you didn't vote on. I think perhaps that's where the confusion arose? yes... sorry about that. I am not used to using the forum and I thought I could use the little box beside the caption to
respond twice. NOW, I see where I am supposed to respond. My apologies again, to MR. DOME... it was a foolish accident.
I know that I already stated, in editing captions, that it repeated my submission 3X, and you were looking into it. Just for an update - today it said changes have been saved and there was no change, until the fifth time.
Thanks for the update. Sorry you're still seeing issues with this. I'll look into it, although at the same time I am currently rewriting the caption submission system entirely so please bear with me.
when I went to the ME icon before, it showed all of my submissions, the captions that received votes and the zero ranked captions, also . Today when I went into the ME section, only the more recent submissions are showing. Are they deleted ?
Captions last a week if they get zero votes, and they last six months if they only get 1 vote.
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