From b30c515e0325369e7aca0b44494dff1e780d6619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jose De Freitas Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:41:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add readme file --- voter/readme.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 voter/readme.md diff --git a/voter/readme.md b/voter/readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..416d890 --- /dev/null +++ b/voter/readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# Awesome YouTubers voting system + +## How to vote a YouTuber? + +It's as easy as clicking one of the two options that are located at the right-most part of the +YouTuber's name on the [list](../readme.md). You'll be redirected to the Awesome YouTubers +voting system website in the section of the YouTuber you selected. You'll see the name of the +YouTuber and the vote you gave him, as well as a prompt to write the reason why you choose to +upvote or downvote the YouTuber. If you don't want to provide any, you can click on "Prefer +not to say", though it's recommended to have an idea of your chose. This is anonymous and does +not require authentication. + +If you think the YouTuber is awesome, you can upvote the channel. If not, you can downvote the +channel. When you upvote a channel you sum 1 to its calification, whereas when you downvote it +you substract 1 from its calification. The vote the YouTuber has appears next to these icons. +The value starts at 0 and goes above and below it according to the votes. + +## How does it work? + +Each YouTuber has two options (upvote and downvote) on the YouTuber's name line. The options +each YouTuber has are linked to the Awesome YouTubers voting system website (see the source +in this folder) by the name of the YouTuber. When you click, the website opens and you get +prompted to write why you decided the vote you are giving (if you don't want to tell, you can +click on the "Prefer not to say" button). When you click on "Submit vote" your vote (upvote + = +1 or downvote = -1) and your opinion get sent to a database when the scores are stored. +They then get printed in the [readme.md](../readme.md) file for others to see. + +## Motivation + +Despite having already a [discussion about YouTubers](https://github.com/JoseDeFreitas/awesome-youtubers/discussions/32) +(specifically the ones that according to the community should be removed from the list for x or y +reasons) this voting system makes it easier, anonymous, and fair to decide the place a YouTuber has +on this list. All the YouTubers added get revised by me (I check whether the information the +contributor provided matches and I watch some videos looking for well explanations, good audio and +video quality, coverage of the topics it explains, among others), but, of course, I'm only one person, +so I think being able to receive opinions from all users is a good way to filter and have truly +awesome content based on the community's opinion.