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 02/10/2011 11:34:49 AM · #76
I just got hit with a 2. Coincidence? I think not
 02/10/2011 12:09:15 PM · #77
My score just took another significant drop.
 02/10/2011 12:55:42 PM · #78
I go to sleep i am a 5.75

I wake up i am at:
Votes: 79
Views: 120
Avg Vote:5.6582
Comments:1

Nonsense !! :P
 02/10/2011 12:59:54 PM · #79
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by marnet:
I just withdrew my Rule of Thirds entry. I can't withdraw this one. I don't understand at all why the score keeps on dropping. It is a blatantly obvious leading line. Cannot be DNMC. This is my 22nd challenge, I am not exactly a newbie any more but the voting seems much more incosistent than when started few weeks ago.


Leading lines can be more of a divisive issue than you think. Some people think the lines have to lead to a subject. Some think they should lead to infinity. Some think that they need to move diagonally and that horizontal or vertical can't be leading lines. There really aren't that many trolls on this site. When there's this many low votes, it usually means different interpretations.
Maybe there should be an IQ test for prospective members? :)
 02/10/2011 02:08:16 PM · #80
[/quote] Maybe there should be an IQ test for prospective members? :) [/quote]

I like this idea. Unfortunately, if it were instituted I might not be able to vote any more. :(
 02/10/2011 02:11:02 PM · #81
Originally posted by marnet:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by marnet:
I just withdrew my Rule of Thirds entry. I can't withdraw this one. I don't understand at all why the score keeps on dropping. It is a blatantly obvious leading line. Cannot be DNMC. This is my 22nd challenge, I am not exactly a newbie any more but the voting seems much more incosistent than when started few weeks ago.


.....There really aren't that many trolls on this site. When there's this many low votes, it usually means different interpretations.
Maybe there should be an IQ test for prospective members? :)

Or that voters don't find the photo exciting, or challenging, or aesthetically pleasing.
 02/10/2011 02:17:30 PM · #82
Originally posted by SaraR:
Or that voters don't find the photo exciting, or challenging, or aesthetically pleasing.
But why the first 40 found the photo "exciting, or challenging, or aesthetically pleasing" but the next 40 did not?

Message edited by author 2011-02-10 14:18:31.
 02/10/2011 02:20:31 PM · #83
But you could argue that the first 40 voters are overly generous. If you didn't watch your scores you wouldn't be aware of when the individual scores come in and you would just see the overall spread. I'm not quite sure what you are arguing - that the last 40 voters are just wrong/stupid/philistines, or that they have some insight into which is your photo and are voting it down. The easiest thing, when your score is bothering you, is to turn it off on your profile.
 02/10/2011 02:22:13 PM · #84
Originally posted by marnet:
Originally posted by SaraR:
Or that voters don't find the photo exciting, or challenging, or aesthetically pleasing.
But why the first 40 found the photo "exciting, or challenging, or aesthetically pleasing" but the next 40 did not?


Guess what,

40 people love the colour purple, 40 people don't Oh but wait, they must need an IQ test cos they are dumb as rocks not to like purple.
 02/10/2011 02:24:22 PM · #85
Originally posted by SaraR:
The easiest thing, when your score is bothering you, is to turn it off on your profile.
Thanks. Good advice. Also the forums.
 02/10/2011 02:26:31 PM · #86
Oh that would be a good idea
 02/10/2011 02:35:33 PM · #87
Originally posted by SaraR:
But you could argue that the first 40 voters are overly generous. If you didn't watch your scores you wouldn't be aware of when the individual scores come in and you would just see the overall spread. I'm not quite sure what you are arguing - that the last 40 voters are just wrong/stupid/philistines, or that they have some insight into which is your photo and are voting it down. The easiest thing, when your score is bothering you, is to turn it off on your profile.


A consistent vote is usually fine by me. I do agree some voters are more generous and some not. It may be the snap appeals more to some and less to others. All that is totally fine. However, the thing that is not fine is someone giving you a sub 4 vote when you know for sure that the image is not that bad.

02/10/2011 02:43:21 PM · #88
Shaurya, but in their mind it is okay. Because that is how they vote. They will see other things in a shot that another person will not. Lets say (extreme here ok) You took a shot and it had a Pit-bull in it. Now the person that voted on this was attacked by one in their childhood. This photo is National Geographic quality, but they give it a 1 just based on how the picture makes them feel, regardless of whether it is good or not.

The next person comes along and was saved from an avalanche by a pitt-bull, they make give it a 10, even if the photo is crap.

It is all about human emotion, that is what art is about.

So what one person see's and another, is totally different. And that is why some people score higher and the next lower.
 02/10/2011 02:44:57 PM · #89
Originally posted by JulietNN:
Oh that would be a good idea


What a ridiculous idea. That would be inconsistent with everything I have been taught, everything I believe, and everything I preach. Do you want to start a rant?
 02/10/2011 02:45:54 PM · #90
Originally posted by tnun:
Originally posted by JulietNN:
Oh that would be a good idea


What a ridiculous idea. That would be inconsistent with everything I have been taught, everything I believe, and everything I preach. Do you want to start a rant?


What, I was saying good idea to turn the score off it is bothering her
 02/10/2011 02:47:37 PM · #91
forgot the emoticon. like Bear I was being sly.
 02/10/2011 03:08:31 PM · #92
Lol, thanks for the PM, now I get it, I am being blonde today!

P.S I will start a rant with you anytime!! lol

Message edited by author 2011-02-10 15:09:02.
 02/10/2011 04:48:03 PM · #93
Is there a thread on how to vote?

Reason being....I vote based around the middle of the scale. If there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the image, nicely exposed, nicely composed blah blah then the image would get a 5. If there are problems with the picture, over edited, bad composition, out of focus etc, they get a 4 or lower. And Vice Versa.

I think that makes sense. However, that doesn't explain why there are so many low votes being given. I didn't see that many bad photos in the challenge.
 02/10/2011 05:08:56 PM · #94
Lol i just got a 2
 02/10/2011 05:12:04 PM · #95
Originally posted by DChap:
Is there a thread on how to vote?

Reason being....I vote based around the middle of the scale. If there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the image, nicely exposed, nicely composed blah blah then the image would get a 5. If there are problems with the picture, over edited, bad composition, out of focus etc, they get a 4 or lower. And Vice Versa.

I think that makes sense. However, that doesn't explain why there are so many low votes being given. I didn't see that many bad photos in the challenge.


Some people have much higher expectations, that is all I can figure. Also some people will vote a 1 or a 2 just because something bugs them about the photo. It doesn't have to be a bad photo, in fact it can be a very good photo and they will vote it a 1 just because they don't like kids or dogs or your title, the list goes on and on. Personally I don't get that, I can see voting a point or 2 down if you don't like a subject, but voting it a 1 is just wrong. There are also your strategic voters who vote backwards giving 1's to good photos and 10's to bad ones. I guess when it comes right down to it most photos get hit by 1's and 2's no matter how good they are so it all evens out in the end.
 02/10/2011 05:20:58 PM · #96
Originally posted by DChap:
Is there a thread on how to vote?

Reason being....I vote based around the middle of the scale. If there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the image, nicely exposed, nicely composed blah blah then the image would get a 5. If there are problems with the picture, over edited, bad composition, out of focus etc, they get a 4 or lower. And Vice Versa.

I think that makes sense. However, that doesn't explain why there are so many low votes being given. I didn't see that many bad photos in the challenge.


keep in mind, that the middle of the scale (on a scale of 1-5) isn't 5. It's 5.5. So if you're trying to use the middle of the scale, you're actually rating those photos slightly lower than mid-range. Though how you vote is completely up to you -- I just didn't know if you had realized what the average really was.

Message edited by author 2011-02-10 17:21:30.
 02/10/2011 08:20:23 PM · #97
Originally posted by marnet:
I am lost at the moment. It looks like some people are having fun at our expense. I will stop entering weekly challenges till voting makes a little more sense.


Your in for a long wait then !

02/10/2011 10:12:37 PM · #98
Well I was briefly in the ascendant, and then brought low by a single vote of 1. The power of the least number. It's Kabbalic.
 02/10/2011 11:02:57 PM · #99
Originally posted by vawendy:
keep in mind, that the middle of the scale (on a scale of 1-5) isn't 5. It's 5.5. So if you're trying to use the middle of the scale, you're actually rating those photos slightly lower than mid-range. Though how you vote is completely up to you

What she said. Since there is no 5.5 vote, one must choose whether to rate the average entry slightly lower or slightly higher. I choose to vote the average entry a 6. It will either give the average entry a very small boost, or it will keep it steady where it is. This is balanced out by the person who thinks the entry is as good as I do, but calls that a 5.

Message edited by author 2011-02-10 23:03:32.
 02/11/2011 07:00:38 AM · #100
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by vawendy:
keep in mind, that the middle of the scale (on a scale of 1-5) isn't 5. It's 5.5. So if you're trying to use the middle of the scale, you're actually rating those photos slightly lower than mid-range. Though how you vote is completely up to you

What she said. Since there is no 5.5 vote, one must choose whether to rate the average entry slightly lower or slightly higher. I choose to vote the average entry a 6. It will either give the average entry a very small boost, or it will keep it steady where it is. This is balanced out by the person who thinks the entry is as good as I do, but calls that a 5.


I figure 5 is an average is a snapshot my uncle joe could take. (If I had an uncle joe). 6 is an average DPC decent photo. So my voting average is right around 6.

Message edited by author 2011-02-11 07:00:50.
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