So, ever noticed how you have 20 downloads but have only 1 upvote? Well, you are not alone. Literally almost everyone else is having the same issue.
Why your builds are not getting more upvotes
Upvote to Download ratio and how it effects us
What is an Upvote to Download ratio? An Upvote to Download ratio is a number that tells you how many upvotes your build will get for every so many downloads. You can calculate this yourself.
So, if your build has 4 upvote and 20 downloads, your upvote to download ratio is 0.2, or 1 upvote to every 5 downloads. You can get the latter by making the decimal a fraction.
So why isn't the number of downloads and upvotes equal?
From what I can see, the issue arises from two things.
-The public users
-The silent majority
These two groups contribute to the problem, but for different reasons.
Public Users
Have you ever downloaded a build to try it out but forgot to come back to upvote it? Perhaps the thought of upvoting never crossed your mind. No matter the reason, it happens to all of us.
We, users with Simpleplanes accounts, do not always upvote the builds we download. This could be cause by many thing, from simply forgetting to do so too just not believing the build deserves your upvote. This is part of the reason why our upvotes do not match the amount of downloads.
The silent majority
There is a large mass of invisible users hidden from our view. They watch and observe in the shadows, downloading your builds without leaving a trail. Who is this mysterious group?
0 point users and people without accounts.
Yep, they are why so many builds of our builds have so much more downloads to upvotes. They simply can't upvote your build.
Putting it all together
So, whats with the graph? This is the ratios of 100+ user builds, ranging from 1:4, a build with one upvote and four downloads, too 9:12500, the most upvoted build on the site. With this, we can see that the ratio between upvotes and downloads decreases the more upvotes you get. But why?
This is due to the silent majority.
The silent majority comes into play once the build becomes popular. This could be reaching the front page making the highest rated for day/week/month. This is where the silent majority will see your build and begin downloading it.
Till then, users get their downloads primarily from users like me and you, who will occasionally scroll through hottest and newest or find the build through a te
Because of this, I am unable to sign into my discord account. Luckily, I was smart enough to grab some back up codes and put them on some paper along with my account information for the 2fa. I just need to find that paper now.
2fa means I must also put in a 6 digit code when signing in. This 6 digit code is randomly generated and replaced every 30 second with a new one. I use it to better protect my account against intruders. However, I am having issues with the code provider I am using, with the problem being I can't sign into the code app.
@KnightOfRen I am locked out of my discord account via 2fa so I can't log in till I can find my back up codes. A mention or link to the post would be greatly appreciated.
Use a gun and make one of your aircraft part's catch fire, preferably the engines or fuel tanks. This will create a nice black smoke which will be easily observable to onlookers below.
So, ever noticed how you have 20 downloads but have only 1 upvote? Well, you are not alone. Literally almost everyone else is having the same issue.
Why your builds are not getting more upvotes
Upvote to Download ratio and how it effects us
What is an Upvote to Download ratio? An Upvote to Download ratio is a number that tells you how many upvotes your build will get for every so many downloads. You can calculate this yourself.
So, if your build has 4 upvote and 20 downloads, your upvote to download ratio is 0.2, or 1 upvote to every 5 downloads. You can get the latter by making the decimal a fraction.
So why isn't the number of downloads and upvotes equal?
From what I can see, the issue arises from two things.
-The public users
-The silent majority
These two groups contribute to the problem, but for different reasons.
Public Users
Have you ever downloaded a build to try it out but forgot to come back to upvote it? Perhaps the thought of upvoting never crossed your mind. No matter the reason, it happens to all of us.
We, users with Simpleplanes accounts, do not always upvote the builds we download. This could be cause by many thing, from simply forgetting to do so too just not believing the build deserves your upvote. This is part of the reason why our upvotes do not match the amount of downloads.
The silent majority
There is a large mass of invisible users hidden from our view. They watch and observe in the shadows, downloading your builds without leaving a trail. Who is this mysterious group?
0 point users and people without accounts.
Yep, they are why so many builds of our builds have so much more downloads to upvotes. They simply can't upvote your build.
Putting it all together
So, whats with the graph? This is the ratios of 100+ user builds, ranging from 1:4, a build with one upvote and four downloads, too 9:12500, the most upvoted build on the site. With this, we can see that the ratio between upvotes and downloads decreases the more upvotes you get. But why?
This is due to the silent majority.
The silent majority comes into play once the build becomes popular. This could be reaching the front page making the highest rated for day/week/month. This is where the silent majority will see your build and begin downloading it.
Till then, users get their downloads primarily from users like me and you, who will occasionally scroll through hottest and newest or find the build through a te
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The new riot vehicle is lookin great
What have I done lol
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Please copy the username of the user pls, I am unable to load the images because of network blocking :(
@DerpTheSoyacfartala I can not see the images so I don't know what you are talking about sorry
Which user did you block?
They are actually the same person, but the two accounts are controlled by the different halves
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Other people: Ha ha copypasta goes brrrrrt
Wha
I actually been spending most of my life in the forums, as seen with my posts
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On it
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@KnightOfRen
Dramatic music intensifies
Make the moving surface shorter
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Nice list nevertheless, saving it for later use
I need more ideas on what to talk about lol
This blows my airframe out of the water. Im glad someone else is doing an airframe on the site.
It will take me 4 more years to reach 10k lol. Congrats!
1/10 not enough torpedoes
Haunt my dreams uwu
Because of this, I am unable to sign into my discord account. Luckily, I was smart enough to grab some back up codes and put them on some paper along with my account information for the 2fa. I just need to find that paper now.
@KnightOfRen
2fa means I must also put in a 6 digit code when signing in. This 6 digit code is randomly generated and replaced every 30 second with a new one. I use it to better protect my account against intruders. However, I am having issues with the code provider I am using, with the problem being I can't sign into the code app.
@KnightOfRen I am locked out of my discord account via 2fa so I can't log in till I can find my back up codes. A mention or link to the post would be greatly appreciated.
@KnightOfRen Thats cool. I assume discord?
@KnightOfRen
"They are all supporters, part of my company, or people from teasers."
You have a company on the sp website? Would it be possible to learn more about this?
Lets build a space elevator, what could possibly go wrong?
Congrats on bronze!
Wait, you guys have landing gear?
@OfficialOfficialTheRyan Sometimes the images take a while to load.
Use a gun and make one of your aircraft part's catch fire, preferably the engines or fuel tanks. This will create a nice black smoke which will be easily observable to onlookers below.