That's a cool idea. One possible problem with it is, once you use your vote, and an even better problem comes along, can you change your vote?

The most obvious change of implementing a "favorite puzzle" vote is that votes will be given more weight. Each user only has one vote (but there is opportunity for abuse with multiple users). How would we decide on a favorite puzzle? Perhaps we should be able to pick more than one favorite. For example maybe we should receive 1 vote per X total puzzles in the archive, or 1 vote per X number of days as a member (Both of these have their drawbacks). I imagine this is all probably too hard to implement, especially if we were to be able to delete votes.

If we were to change the rating system, I would just simplify it. Instead of 1-5, we would just have +1, and -1, which would add up like the TU/TD voting system.

This is odd, I had been thinking about starting this thread myself recently. Still me an' Larry do think alike so maybe not so strange.

Anyway my idea is this, we each just submit a list of our faves on a new thread, each list can be as long as you like. Then once we have X(10 maybe?) probs each submitted by Y(3 maybe but we can see how it goes..) different people we can start another thread where ppl can vote on the top X.

There could be an issue with probs that are posted in early lists being duplicated by copiers. I suggest we don't start the list submission thread untill a few of us have got lists ready to get it going.

Here is my idea. In addition to the "Add to Watch List". you can "Add to my Favorites". Then, when you see a problem you like, you could just "Add to my Favorites"

In someone's profile, you could see a list of their favorite problems (maybe with a link to it)

My List

10 Points go to "Noisy code" from Sam
Because it is a thing that is standing there before you, without any further explanation

7 Points go to " Box game" from Tristan
Because I spend so much time on it and enjoyed doing so

5 Points go to "Class pass" from Gamer
Because I liked Charlie's solutions and all the variations on it.

4 Points go to "Throwing needles" from Sam
Because the fact that the solution surprisingly enough contains Pi

3 Points go to "All wired up" from Sam
Because I solved it so nicely, effectively killing all futher similar problems with other numbers of wire.

2 Points go to "Inspector Morse" from Juggler
Because I spend so much time on it and enjoyed doing so

1 Point goes to 'Three for all" from Levik
Because the solution is counterintuitive

"Rotating an Array" by e.g. made me think but the solution was neat in the end.
"Lovelorn Snail" by SilverKnight the 1st intro to Perplexus.
"Hay Che Aydee - Aysee Hay Che" by myself, purely because it was a release after the JC thing and kinda fun.
The "Conversing club" problems by Gamer. Fantastic series
and any of Levik's "Liars and Knights" puzzles

these are in no particular order, just some that I like,

I like Gamer's "Add to my Favorites" idea. My favorites would contain (in no particular order):

XX by DJ
A Song for the Season by Gamer
Marbles Bonanza by levik and
It's unsolvable! by Tristan

Hopefully, I linked everything correctly.