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03/04/2005 12:07:03 AM · #1 |
I am beginning to believe that this sight needs a, does not meet challenge button. If you believe a photo does not meet the challenge you do not vote on it but hit the button and then that photo will go to the site counsel so as to get comments form the photographer as to why his photo does meet the challenge. Then the site counsel can post a thread informing people to revise the way they are voting. This almost seems silly but I have seen to many photos being shot down on the thought that they do not meet the challenge when they do. The photographeer may just want to push the limit to be diferent from the rest. Different is good and should be rewarded not penalized, of course there are extremes. Oh no, a grey area.
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03/04/2005 12:18:17 AM · #2 |
In the very early days of the site, not meeting the challenge was grounds for disqualification. Over time we found that there was simple too much "grey area" -- cases where we did not see a connection to the challenge, but the photographer did. Sometimes it was solid, sometimes tenuous.
In the end, we found that we could not enforce such a rule consistenly, and that in any the voters did a good job of addressing entries that did not meet the challenge with there scores. As our []general[/i] philosophy to avoid legislating anything which the voters can generally address well, we no longer disqualify for not meeting the challenge.
As a result of this (and especially due to the "grey area" issues listed above) Site Council does not take a position on whether any individial photograph meets the challenge to which it was submitted.
-Terry
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03/04/2005 12:20:08 AM · #3 |
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03/04/2005 12:36:58 AM · #4 |
Perhaps, a 'dummy' button for the rightous and easily angered? ;-0
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03/04/2005 12:46:23 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Perhaps, a 'dummy' button for the rightous and easily angered? ;-0 |
Even better, a 'what were you thinking' button! :-P
Message edited by author 2005-03-04 00:47:17. |
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03/04/2005 12:50:48 AM · #6 |
| Showing the description or having an extra field when submitting for a contest caption would help the photographer plead his/her case at voting time. |
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03/04/2005 12:55:49 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Perhaps, a 'dummy' button for the rightous and easily angered? ;-0 |
Even better, a 'what were you thinking' button! :-P |
LOL!
What ever happened to that one!
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03/04/2005 08:57:12 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Bill_Jones:
Showing the description or having an extra field when submitting for a contest caption would help the photographer plead his/her case at voting time. |
The photographer pleads their case with the image and it's title. That's all you can put before the voters, and I think it's enough.
Originally posted by puma:
The photographeer may just want to push the limit to be diferent from the rest. Different is good and should be rewarded not penalized, of course there are extremes. |
Ceativity is good and should be encouraged. But sometimes it can be raised as an excuse for not trying to stay within the boundaries set out by the challenge topic. And sometimes pushing the limit too hard turns out to be a flop. Judging whether such efforts are successful is left up to the voters, and their decision is final. "Pushing the limit", or "trying to be different" shouldn't be a user's only way of entering a challenge. Sometimes you can learn more by forcing yourself to stay within the limit.
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