Exceedingly difficult to receive favorites

01/23/2009 10:46:06 PM · #1

Is it just me or does it seem incredibly hard to get favorites. I actually go nuts if I get a favorite since I only have received 17 for the past 2+ years. I wonder if people who have 1000 favorites feel as humbled when they receive one.

I'm saying this as I received a nice comment from a member who thanked me for favoriting his image.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/23/2009 10:55:53 PM · #2

Your profile says that you live on the Moon. It takes a while for fav's to get up there. : )
My portfolio shows 108 K views, and 22 fav's, so it is just a hit or miss thing, unless you post a truly "WOW" photo. I also feel like I have made someone somewhere happy when they fav one of my shots.

01/23/2009 11:06:08 PM · #3

Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:

:p hey people should favorite me because I live on the moon. I'm just that special. I have no idea how you have 108k views, I have 14k view and it looks like we joined DPC around the same time period.

I don't really think it has anything to do with "WOW" photos at all... I think people favorite photographers with whom they have established friendships with over the site. But I do agree with you on the hit or miss thing. If people don't know about you, it seems almost impossible for them to stumble upon your portfolio or other nice shots you've done.

Message edited by author 2009-01-23 23:08:49.

LadyK

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/23/2009 11:06:36 PM · #4

about 10,000 profile veiws, 33,000 photo veiws, 47 favs. huh, i feel pretty good with 47 favs. my goal is 50 for the year

oh. and 15 me fews:)

Message edited by author 2009-01-23 23:06:59.

K3Master

Pentax K-3

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

01/23/2009 11:10:26 PM · #5

I think it helps if you're a "celebrity" personality as well.

Someone like Slippy, or Art Roflmao, or Judi, or any dozen others. If you can be a 'celebrity' personality and also have DPC friendly talent? Well!

Or, you could go my route and cheese everyone off and not let them forget that you're a part of the site no matter how hard they try...

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/23/2009 11:13:01 PM · #6

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

33,000 photo veiws,

Methinks 20k of those views are probably of your tummy pic.

Message edited by author 2009-01-23 23:16:08.

01/23/2009 11:14:08 PM · #7

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

100% agree. I've also noticed that my top 4 photographs have not received one favorite (except one). Most of my favorites are in fact for photographs that did not score well at all.

LadyK

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/23/2009 11:16:15 PM · #8

Originally posted by yospiff:

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
33,000 photo veiws,

Methinks ~~20K~~ of those views are probably of your tummy pic.

lol yeh. not sure how that happened:)

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/23/2009 11:23:25 PM · #9

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Oooh...am I a celebrity? Hmmm...hang on....my name is mentioned only with two others...Art and Slippy...and they are shady characters...what are you trying to say about me Mista...hmmmmm???????

K3Master

Pentax K-3

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

01/23/2009 11:25:23 PM · #10

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:
I think it helps if you're a "celebrity" personality as well.

Someone like Slippy, or Art Roflmao, or Judi, or any dozen others. If you can be a 'celebrity' personality and also have DPC friendly talent? Well!

Or, you could go my route and cheese everyone off and not let them forget that you're a part of the site no matter how hard they try...

Oooh...am I a celebrity? Hmmm...hang on....my name is mentioned only with two others...Art and Slippy...and they are shady characters...what are you trying to say about me Mista...hmmmmm???????

Well, to tell the truth, those are the three names from recent threads that I could come up with off the top of my head.

*looks around innocently*

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/23/2009 11:26:20 PM · #11

Originally posted by cujee:

I don't really think it has anything to do with "WOW" photos at all... I think people favorite photographers with whom they have established friendships with over the site. But I do agree with you on the hit or miss thing. If people don't know about you, it seems almost impossible for them to stumble upon your portfolio or other nice shots you've done.

There's an element of truth in that; you can get selected as a "favorite photographer" by a lot of people if you contribute regularly and constructively In the forums (that was my route) or if you contribute regularly and outrageously (like Slippy and Art). Wait, that doesn't sound right... I just mean that for some of us favoriting is because we do a lot of grunt work, for others it's because they keep us highly amused. There, that sounds better. And of course if you win a lot of ribbons you get a lot of faves, goes with the territory. My most-favorited images are all the ones that placed the highest, basically. That's where the exposure come from.

I've been letting various different posts lead me to previously-unexplored portfolios, and I've found a lot of wotk I really like there, and I've faved a fair amount of it. For sure, the site is full of unacknowledged gems :-)

R.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/23/2009 11:27:43 PM · #12

Originally posted by Judi:

No, THEY are famous (notorious?) for their antics, whereas YOU are famous for your hair... And other charms :-)

(runs for shelter)

R.

01/23/2009 11:34:31 PM · #13

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:
I think it helps if you're a "celebrity" personality as well.

Someone like Slippy, or Art Roflmao, or Judi, or any dozen others. If you can be a 'celebrity' personality and also have DPC friendly talent? Well!

Or, you could go my route and cheese everyone off and not let them forget that you're a part of the site no matter how hard they try...

Oooh...am I a celebrity? Hmmm...hang on....my name is mentioned only with two others...Art and Slippy...and they are shady characters...what are you trying to say about me Mista...hmmmmm???????

No, THEY are famous (notorious?) for their antics, whereas YOU are famous for your hair... And other charms :-)

(runs for shelter)

R.

So maybe i should do something outrageous to grab some people's attention.... hmmmmm. (thinks)

LadyK

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/23/2009 11:35:18 PM · #14

Originally posted by cujee:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:
I think it helps if you're a "celebrity" personality as well.

Someone like Slippy, or Art Roflmao, or Judi, or any dozen others. If you can be a 'celebrity' personality and also have DPC friendly talent? Well!

Or, you could go my route and cheese everyone off and not let them forget that you're a part of the site no matter how hard they try...

Oooh...am I a celebrity? Hmmm...hang on....my name is mentioned only with two others...Art and Slippy...and they are shady characters...what are you trying to say about me Mista...hmmmmm???????

No, THEY are famous (notorious?) for their antics, whereas YOU are famous for your hair... And other charms :-)

(runs for shelter)

R.

So maybe i should do something outrageous to grab some people's attention.... hmmmmm. (thinks)

uh oh..... runs for covver ahhhh!!!!!!

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/23/2009 11:42:15 PM · #15

I've faved people that have stuff I really like, and others that I have established a relationship with and I want to keep up with they are doing.

yanko