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04/24/2005 01:19:34 PM · #101 |
Originally posted by Xilebo:
Originally posted by e301:
One's comments don't just have to be on current challenge entries: how about doing a really good turn and making some comments on this page's photos?
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Interesting to go to Photos | Browse now - where there used to be about one comment every two hours ... |
But all those photos are from people´s portfolios and not in any challenge!? |
Whoops! Didn't notice e301's suggestion. (Slow on the draw, I guess.)
I don't believe it matters where the photos come from--just comment on anything that turns you on. |
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04/24/2005 01:20:12 PM · #102 |
Looks like I opened a can of worms with no "nice shot" comments. I done this when I first came to this website but refuse to do it now. If it wasn't a nice shot I wouldn't have submitted it or put it in my portfolio for all to see. So if you feel like boosting your numbers to get in a challenge with just a few "nice shot" comments. I think you should see Clubjuggle's original post here.
As always, please remember that abuse of any site feature will not be tolerated. Users who mass-comment by means such as cutting and pasting, or other means that do not indicate any effort to comment meaningfully on the entry, will be subject to suspension of site privileges. Please take this as an opportunity to spend some time providing valuable and specific feedback, rather than meaningless one- or two-word comments.
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04/24/2005 01:22:23 PM · #103 |
Originally posted by KaDi:
--just comment on anything that turns you on. |
DrJOnes' stats should see a "rise".
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04/24/2005 01:34:43 PM · #104 |
I don't get to play.
For the longest time as a new member, I felt I wasn't qualified to comment.
Then finally I plucked up the courage. The positive comments I left were fine, nothing came of them, nothing happened.
But right from the start I got a number of unpleasant emails as soon as the comment was NOT a glowing pat on the back. So after treatment like that, I backed off again.
I don't see the point of ONLY commenting on the best photos. Yes it is nice to get that pat on the back, but surely the people with the not-so-good photos need comments more urgently.
I don't believe in sugar-coating negative criticism (even though I have been attempting to do exactly that) on a site that is MEANT for giving and receiving feedback, but my skin just isn't thick enough to put up with the abuse.
So here I am - caught between a rock and a hard place.
And not allowed to play |
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04/24/2005 01:45:46 PM · #105 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
But right from the start I got a number of unpleasant emails as soon as the comment was NOT a glowing pat on the back. So after treatment like that, I backed off again.
I don't see the point of ONLY commenting on the best photos. Yes it is nice to get that pat on the back, but surely the people with the not-so-good photos need comments more urgently. |
If you can adopt the same thick skin towards people's responses as you suggest people take towards the comments themselves, you can comment away. There are plenty of us who want to hear how our photos make you feel and how you think they can be improved. Those who don't ... well let it be their problem and not yours. If they send you an off-the-wall response, just ignore it.
I think part of the idea of doing this is both to get people writing, but more importantly, to "condition" people to receiving comments representing a variety of opinions.
I sympathize with your dilemma ... remember this is an "experimental" and extra challenge, and is not that likely to become a regular feature. |
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04/24/2005 01:53:34 PM · #106 |
Thanks, General  |
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04/24/2005 01:59:10 PM · #107 |
As always, please remember that abuse of any site feature will not be tolerated. Users who mass-comment by means such as cutting and pasting, or other means that do not indicate any effort to comment meaningfully on the entry, will be subject to suspension of site privileges. Please take this as an opportunity to spend some time providing valuable and specific feedback, rather than meaningless one- or two-word comments.
Does this chap qualify :)
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04/24/2005 02:04:15 PM · #108 |
Originally posted by marbo:
As always, please remember that abuse of any site feature will not be tolerated. Users who mass-comment by means such as cutting and pasting, or other means that do not indicate any effort to comment meaningfully on the entry, will be subject to suspension of site privileges. Please take this as an opportunity to spend some time providing valuable and specific feedback, rather than meaningless one- or two-word comments.
Does this chap qualify :) |
Wow... textbook example.
Those comments were made back in 2003 so we probably won't be pursuing that for suspension, but if someone did something like that now to get into the invitational challenge, that would definitely earn them a week or two away from DPC.
-Terry
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04/24/2005 02:04:52 PM · #109 |
Originally posted by marbo:
As always, please remember that abuse of any site feature will not be tolerated. Users who mass-comment by means such as cutting and pasting, or other means that do not indicate any effort to comment meaningfully on the entry, will be subject to suspension of site privileges. Please take this as an opportunity to spend some time providing valuable and specific feedback, rather than meaningless one- or two-word comments.
Does this chap qualify :) |
Ah, I liked that guy :-) wasn't he part of some group where some of their course-work was to leave x number of comments here?
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04/24/2005 02:05:23 PM · #110 |
Just out of curiosity, last night when I first read about this challenge, I reviewed the records of all 14 SC members.
5 were qualified to enter this invitational.
4 were not anywhere near close enough to qualify.
2 were close enough that they can qualify fairly easily.
3 will be able to qualify with a lot of effort.
There are lots of different ways for people to be contributors to the site. Commenting on photos is only one of those ways.
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04/24/2005 02:14:29 PM · #111 |
Originally posted by e301:
Ah, I liked that guy :-) wasn't he part of some group where some of their course-work was to leave x number of comments here?
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That`s right lol. If he joined now he could qualify for this challenge.
I don`t think i`m gonna qualify and i`m going to be away all the bank holiday weekend. If i knew how long the challenge would be open for i might go for it.
Will this be a week long challenge?
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04/24/2005 02:16:25 PM · #112 |
Originally posted by marbo:
That`s right lol. If he joined now he could qualify for this challenge.
I don`t think i`m gonna qualify and i`m going to be away all the bank holiday weekend. If i knew how long the challenge would be open for i might go for it.
Will this be a week long challenge? |
Yes.
-Terry
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04/24/2005 02:18:43 PM · #113 |
Originally posted by coolhar:
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Originally posted by srdanz:
I wonder if SC has figured out (as of this moment) how many members qualify for this challenge? I'd be curious... |
To be honest, we haven't checked.
-Terry |
It might be interesting to know how many people qualify after this announcement. |
I've checked with Langdon and there is no easy way to calculate this site-wide. Wo do not store the number of comments made and received for each user, but rather calculate it when your profile is displayed. To run such a calculation for the entire site at once is impractical.
Sorry,
Terry
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04/24/2005 02:20:30 PM · #114 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
I don't get to play.
For the longest time as a new member, I felt I wasn't qualified to comment.
Then finally I plucked up the courage. The positive comments I left were fine, nothing came of them, nothing happened.
But right from the start I got a number of unpleasant emails as soon as the comment was NOT a glowing pat on the back. So after treatment like that, I backed off again.
I don't see the point of ONLY commenting on the best photos. Yes it is nice to get that pat on the back, but surely the people with the not-so-good photos need comments more urgently.
I don't believe in sugar-coating negative criticism (even though I have been attempting to do exactly that) on a site that is MEANT for giving and receiving feedback, but my skin just isn't thick enough to put up with the abuse.
So here I am - caught between a rock and a hard place.
And not allowed to play |
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Go nuts on my porfolio. I am just learning as much as I can, and have really thick skin..have fun...open to all..of course this is only in the interest of helping fellow members....I do what I can. |
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04/24/2005 02:42:36 PM · #115 |
Comments:
Made: 930
Helpful: 604
Received: 168
Guess I qualify.
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04/24/2005 02:45:43 PM · #116 |
Made: 1550
Helpful: 1267
Received: 687
I'll be looking forward to that Challenge too!
Message edited by author 2005-04-24 14:46:15. |
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04/24/2005 06:32:23 PM · #117 |
Originally posted by bucket:
Go nuts on my porfolio. I am just learning as much as I can, and have really thick skin..have fun...open to all..of course this is only in the interest of helping fellow members....I do what I can. |
I am =)
Only 256 comments to go (and then some for any other comments I recieve).
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04/24/2005 06:45:37 PM · #118 |
Comments:
Made: 1117
Helpful: 906
Received: 248
Guess I can look forward to this new challenge. I wonder though, this is quite a departure from anything we've seen (as far as I know). Why? |
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04/24/2005 07:05:23 PM · #119 |
Originally posted by snackwells:
I wonder though, this is quite a departure from anything we've seen (as far as I know). Why? |
See the description on Page 2
;-) |
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04/24/2005 07:09:43 PM · #120 |
Originally posted by BradP:
Originally posted by snackwells:
I wonder though, this is quite a departure from anything we've seen (as far as I know). Why? |
See the description on Page 2
;-) |
Ah! Thanks Brad, I guess I should have read it more thoroughly. |
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04/24/2005 08:14:10 PM · #121 |
# Comments:Made: 88
# Helpful: 68
# Received: 156
Looks like I won't make it :-(
Since I joined I scored every photos in every challenge, but I admit that I do not comment a lot, because I don't consider myself to have enough experiment but mainly because of the language. English is not my mother tongue, and often, I'm scare that I will not be able to say exactly what i want to mean.
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04/24/2005 08:58:20 PM · #122 |
Originally posted by Alain_cdn:
English is not my mother tongue, and often, I'm scare that I will not be able to say exactly what i want to mean. |
I wouldn't let that stop you, Alain. Most Americans have problems with their english and that doesn't stop them from commenting. I think folks will be able to figure out what you mean. Just say "Nice shot" ;-) |
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04/24/2005 09:16:37 PM · #123 |
Originally posted by kpriest:
Originally posted by Alain_cdn:
English is not my mother tongue, and often, I'm scare that I will not be able to say exactly what i want to mean. |
I wouldn't let that stop you, Alain. Most Americans have problems with their english and that doesn't stop them from commenting. I think folks will be able to figure out what you mean. Just say "Nice shot" ;-) |
Ken, for a while I did comments with short phrases like you said "nice shot" or something similar. But I did read so many treads that mention that many peoples don't like these kinds of comments, so I stoped giving them. Myself, I enjoy any comments I get, bad or good... it tells me that at least my picture was looked at, and it made something to someone enough that he or she took the time to write something about a picture I took.
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04/24/2005 09:20:34 PM · #124 |
Originally posted by Alain_cdn:
Ken, for a while I did comments with short phrases like you said "nice shot" or something similar. But I did read so many treads that mention that many peoples don't like these kinds of comments, so I stoped giving them. Myself, I enjoy any comments I get, bad or good... it tells me that at least my picture was looked at, and it made something to someone enough that he or she took the time to write something about a picture I took. |
My advice would be to give to others what you enjoy receiving yourself - sort of like the golden rule. As far as the people yakking about it in the forums - don't sweat it - they (we) are probably the noisy minority.
I do think it might be helpful to run a poll to find out how many people appreciate simple comments like "Nice shot". |
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04/24/2005 09:27:07 PM · #125 |
ok - this was a kick in the pants ..
i had slacked off giving comments (esp last week when it seemed all i could do was get throught the voting ) but i'm almost caught up
# Made: 212
# Received: 220
sorry but i usually give more comments to the images that i score low and high than middle of the road (though some there as well)
it just is hard to phrase .. "what are you trying to SAY??" .
in a comment --
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