New Trial Change to Rating System

Several members have brought up the idea to substitute the current five star rating system with a “Nominate for spotlight button” on the forum “Change to Rating System ”. http://www.neopoet.com/forum/20740We are running a 14 day trial period of this system, starting on 7/18/09 (updated) at 9:00 PM Eastern and ending on (8/1/09).

Here's how it works:You’ll see a new yellow “Nominate for Spotlight” button. Press the "+" key to nominate a poem. Spotlight will be determined by the determining the poem with the highest percentage of members* who nominate it for Spotlight. Poems in Spotlight will less than five days old, and will have at least 10 unique views.*Counted as unique member visits, so one cannot change this calculus by repeatedly viewing a poem.You will be able to continue rating poems using the standard “fivestar” system during this trial, though these ratings will not be relevant for determining Spotlight.
We will continue the current system for determing the "Evolution" section.
Nominations are private. A member may nominate any number of poems per day. You may not vote on a poem that is older than five days old (the new trial cutoff for the spotlight section) We welcome your comments: http://www.neopoet.com/forum/24747-nominate-spotlight-trial