Among other things, Tom Melly wrote:

> As a minor suggestion to keep some sort of equilibrium between harsh and
> generous curators, it might be worth applying some sort of function to a
> vote that would help balance things out - in other words a high vote from
> someone who rarely gave high votes would be worth more that a high vote
> from someone who consistently gave generous votes (and visa-versa for low
> votes).

This reminds me of the rating system used in www.1001winampskins.com. 
Apparently, they use a "Bayesian estimate", which weights the ratings 
according to the current average throughout the site, and the amount of 
votes a skin receives does matter too...

http://www.1001winampskins.com/messageboard.html?post_id=115

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