I posted this in one of the character poll threads, but it went ignored.
Hence, I shall attempt to post the same material here with the hope of being answered:
Side note:
It seems to me that the majority of people are voting as if the scale of '1-4' indicates negative feelings towards the characters, '5' is neutrality, and '6-10' denotes positive feelings towards the characters.
I haven't been voting in this manner; I'm voting based on positive feelings alone, completely disregarding the dislike factor.
For me, a vote of '1' indicates almost no positive feelings whatsoever, but it doesn't directly imply that I harbor disdain for the character. A '1' for me may merely be a character I don't care about rather than a character I hate. I reserve 10 for my favorite characters (go figure), so there's only a special five or six that will be getting a 10 from me.
Which method of voting do you suggest I go by?
If you suggest the first method which includes negativity in the disposition spectrum, then my 4/10 for Ao would've likely been transposed to a 7/10. The first scaling method makes it too easy to give high votes to insignificant characters, in my opinion...