"Least Comments" images - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

06/26/2007 09:34:35 AM · #1

Happened to browse the "least comments" section of photos on the site, intending to pick a few for commenting. Two of the three I chose did not display, because the photographers were no longer members on the site. Fair enough, but why are the thumbnails still viewable in the Browse Photos section?

Not a complaint, really - while it was disappointing not to be able the view the images I selected, I'll live. :) I just wondered why the photo browser section has these red herrings in them.

Example:

Hmmm....this is a web site suggestions thread, I forgot. :) Would it be better, then, to not have these dead links? Is there a good reason to keep them?

[forgive me if this question is redundant - I searched the forums and couldn't find the topic]

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

06/26/2007 09:37:16 AM · #2

i think it's because the images were entries in challenges?

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM

06/26/2007 09:38:31 AM · #3

Originally posted by xianart:

i think it's because the images were entries in challenges?

ah, good point - but then I guess the question becomes shouldn't they be marked in some way so we don't bother clicking on them?

lovethelight

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

06/26/2007 09:58:25 AM · #4

perhaps...haha

silverscreen

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/26/2007 10:06:01 AM · #5

I agree - there is no point in having picture that you can't comment on show up in the "least commented" section. (I've experienced the same thing and after clicking 6 picture where you are not able to comment on 5 of them you just give up).

tate

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

06/26/2007 10:28:03 AM · #6

it sounds like they are going to STAY in the least commented and there's nothing we can do about it ;P I feel so helpless.

06/26/2007 11:03:02 AM · #7

would be welcome to have SC weigh in on this...hello? :D

I did some more testing with images in the least comments section and did find a high proportion that were "dead". I assume one of the main reasons for the section is to have an easy place to go to find comment-less photos in order to contribute a comment, so it is a bit silly to click and click and click before you find something you can actually see.

So I guess my official suggestion is, if we need to keep the images there for some reason, that they be marked in some way to indicate they are "dead".

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

06/26/2007 01:07:00 PM · #8

bump

Techo

Canon EOS-7D

06/26/2007 01:11:30 PM · #9

I'm thinking it's because that image was posted in a member's portfolio, who hasn't renewed their membership. Thumbs still visible while full version isn't, have came across those.

Have a look at Terje's profile //www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=15497

See those thumbs.

Message edited by author 2007-06-26 13:16:22.

06/26/2007 01:16:24 PM · #10

That is a possibility, but the question as I see it is no longer "why" it is so, but instead how to deal with the practicalities of clicking on thumbs that have no further links. Just a convenience suggestion, to mark them as 'dead' somehow - to avoid unnecessary clicks.

06/26/2007 09:12:26 PM · #11

bump

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

06/26/2007 09:26:16 PM · #12

Originally posted by xianart:

i think it's because the images were entries in challenges?

If they were entries they would still be viewable. I do know when your membership expires portfolio images take a few months to expire in case you decide to renew. Maybe that is the case here?

Message edited by author 2007-06-26 21:27:33.

smurfguy