31.07.2023, 13:24
Maybe you should know how the rating system worked in the times before the Deluge of sudokus.
We had about 1 puzzle per day, maybe 2. Almost all users looked at all puzzles and tried to solve. It was not competitive (besides 1 user who tried to keep 100% of solved puzzles
). 90% was a good rating, 80% was not bad. About 3 puzzles had a 100% rating and were fantastic.
The rating system was good to have a ranking and give a feedback to the authors. But since most users tried all of the puzzles anyway it had no effect on the number of solves. The rating system is made for this.
Now the rating system produces ratings from 95-100% because of the misusing new users and because of the solvers choosing only their favourite types and highest rated puzzles. The ratings don't distinguish anymore. But this would happen with other rating systems too until users start to use the full range of ratings.
We had about 1 puzzle per day, maybe 2. Almost all users looked at all puzzles and tried to solve. It was not competitive (besides 1 user who tried to keep 100% of solved puzzles
). 90% was a good rating, 80% was not bad. About 3 puzzles had a 100% rating and were fantastic.The rating system was good to have a ranking and give a feedback to the authors. But since most users tried all of the puzzles anyway it had no effect on the number of solves. The rating system is made for this.
Now the rating system produces ratings from 95-100% because of the misusing new users and because of the solvers choosing only their favourite types and highest rated puzzles. The ratings don't distinguish anymore. But this would happen with other rating systems too until users start to use the full range of ratings.