It’s been said before but I’d like to say it again. There should be separate ratings for Models and Print Profiles.
Sometimes the Print Profile is trash but the model is great, and if I make my own print profile I’m very happy with it. In this case I would like to leave a positive review for the model and a negative review for the profile.
Sometimes the uploader of the model lies about what it’s features are, but the print profile itself is good and it printed fine. This is what prompted me to come here today.
Because the points people get for the “High Quality Print Profile” recurring rewards, people get VERY touchy about negative print profile reviews and I just had someone blow up on me today because I gave them a 2 star review for labeling something as being a French Cleat mount when it actually screwed into the wall directly.
On a side note, there needs to be some way to report it when this happens and there needs to be something in the Code of Conduct / Terms of Service regarding this. Lashing out at negative reviewers is super immature and not good for the platform.
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Agreed.
You appear to notice the difference between the model and the profile, yet you are disappointed that someone complained you rated their profile as a failure when you experienced no such print failure.
It wasn’t what was expected. You should have added this as a comment, not on the print profile/negative ratings as it printed without issue (you didn’t say otherwise), yet you penalised the print quality.
They were not in the wrong (in principle, I have no idea about the content of their response), you were, and I am sure with reflection you will agree.
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This is my point. The ONLY way to rate a model badly is to rate the print profile badly. There’s no thumbs down button or rating system for the model itself, and people don’t look at the comments first if it’s 5 stars.
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I think that many people confuse this and when they give rating, they rate the model, not the profile. I also received good ratings with the comment that the MODEL is great (usually no one writes about the profile).
At first it might be more confusing but it’s the only good solution.
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Design rating system can be misused, us designers already suffering from the level of inexperienced users, just shoving 1 star reviews (as if they are using amazon) on print profile without contacting the creator for the issue 1st, that is because they don’t understand the fundamentals of owning a 3d printer and their printer not being maintained/prepared properly. (only talking about well made TESTED print profiles)
So…the model rating will be simply unfair and unjustified as not everyone share the same taste, that is why there is a like button not a dislike button, you have no idea the amount of haters can just attack you with that just because it is easy to do, to get your design earn less view, downloads, points.
the current system is more than sufficient, good design = a like…not good design = no like and move on (less like will have less interaction from the users).
imagine winning a contest and you get Dislikes from other contestants because they didn’t win, or even raids of dislikes from certain cults or whatever groups who would go against your designs.
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I don’t think that the ability to point out issues with a model should be removed entirely just because it could be abused. On that note, I do think that the rating should be entirely for informational purposes and should not tie into any rewards systems or contests so that there would be less incentive for people to use the rating system to hurt a designer. And the same system that’s used to check if a Print Profile has been Printed before allowing a review could be used here to prevent mass down-voting by people who didn’t print the model.
I don’t think that it’s asking too much for a 5 star rating on the model. We already have that on the print profile. It could even be worked into the rating system, like how Etsy has ratings for Quality, Shipping, and Customer Service. When I put up models on MakerWorld, I think of myself as a merchant “selling” my model to the users for the currency of Views, Boosts, Downloads, Prints, and Ratings. If I make good models, and don’t promise what I can’t deliver, I should get rewarded in those currencies accordingly. If I try to scam people, causing them to waste plastic and leaving a bitter taste in their mouth, I would want them to have some recourse.