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09/05/2012 05:38:07 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Yes or No?
6 days and 9 hours left · you rated 1 of 79 entries (1%) · Finish voting dammit!
I am finding that one very difficult to vote on given the challenge topic & details. |
I flipped through a dozen, then decided I didn't have a clue how a picture can both ask and answer a question and have the viewer guess the question and answer it. |
I'm sorry to pick on you, but this is my day to make my feelings known and I know it's not just you. I get tons of great comments followed by "not voting" - only to think to myself, what if?. So here goes....
I read in the other thread that you're happy about your two scores in voting at the moment. Happy that we all vote for you? But you can't vote for others?
I feel there is a running problem here at DPC right now ... people only vote if the sun is shining - everything has to be rosy and spelled out to a T or NO GO there .... I guess maybe people only ENTER if the sun is shining too and that's why the entries are down. I've heard people complain that they had an entry but pulled it because it's not "DPC worthy"... why is it all so important? why does it have to be all or nothing? I just don't get it.
I'm sorry but there's way too much negativity going on at the moment. Here and in the forums, in general. And it's getting to the point where it just isn't fun participating here anymore. |
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09/05/2012 05:53:55 PM · #27 |
| Got to agree with you Penny, I will be taking a break once the FS voting has finished, I'm not enjoying DPC at the moment. |
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09/05/2012 05:57:10 PM · #28 |
Stats: You have rated 243 of 243 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.4630. |
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09/05/2012 05:57:28 PM · #29 |
oh look another thread where people are asked to justify their votes.
You have rated 79 of 79 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 1 images (1%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 3.2405.
i gave out 5 10's and 41 1's, yes thats right. the rest were 5's
Message edited by author 2012-09-05 17:57:48. |
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09/05/2012 06:05:30 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
Got to agree with you Penny, I will be taking a break once the FS voting has finished, I'm not enjoying DPC at the moment. |
I'm not planning a break yet (although I haven't felt like taking my camera out of the drawer much recently). But I am hoping to get some discussion running about what's different here than a few months or a year ago. I don't think it's me. |
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09/05/2012 06:07:30 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by PennyStreet:
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Yes or No?
6 days and 9 hours left · you rated 1 of 79 entries (1%) · Finish voting dammit!
I am finding that one very difficult to vote on given the challenge topic & details. |
I flipped through a dozen, then decided I didn't have a clue how a picture can both ask and answer a question and have the viewer guess the question and answer it. |
I'm sorry to pick on you, but this is my day to make my feelings known and I know it's not just you. I get tons of great comments followed by "not voting" - only to think to myself, what if?. So here goes....
I read in the other thread that you're happy about your two scores in voting at the moment. Happy that we all vote for you? But you can't vote for others?
I feel there is a running problem here at DPC right now ... people only vote if the sun is shining - everything has to be rosy and spelled out to a T or NO GO there .... I guess maybe people only ENTER if the sun is shining too and that's why the entries are down. I've heard people complain that they had an entry but pulled it because it's not "DPC worthy"... why is it all so important? why does it have to be all or nothing? I just don't get it.
I'm sorry but there's way too much negativity going on at the moment. Here and in the forums, in general. And it's getting to the point where it just isn't fun participating here anymore. |
Umm.
I've actually been voting much more than usual this week, partly because I know I've received many more votes than I've given. I've voted on about 340 photos this week, having received a total of 300 votes. I happen to think that commenting is worth considerably more than straight votes, so I've also left about 75 comments in that period, and I even did 3 in-depth critiques for people who were getting no FS comments.
So this week of all weeks, please don't yell at me about participating. And if you'd like to engage in a debate about why I don't feel voting is the only or even the most important way to contribute here, then let's start another thread.
Now, about my comment above: I was speaking very specifically of that particular challenge. I'm not voting because I don't know how to judge a challenge I don't understand. I'm one of the people who thinks the challenge topic matters a lot, so when I haven't a clue whether a photo met the challenge, I don't feel I can judge it.
BTW, before you aim at me again, I'm not someone who's incredibly picky about the descriptions (for example, I avoid the endless arguments about bokeh). This might be the first challenge I've seen in my 6 years on DPC where I just can't figure out what was intended. |
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09/05/2012 06:13:09 PM · #32 |
Stats: You have rated 74 of 74 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 1.3378.
This was one of the higher rated challenges for me. Good job folks. |
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09/05/2012 06:14:07 PM · #33 |
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion.
The voting has also been erratic hence this thread (I know before the regulars chirp in everyone is entitled to their vote), an overall average of 3 and below is ridiculous, the top 5 are all taking these hits regularly. I would love to know what inspires the voters who reguarly vote 3 and below. |
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09/05/2012 06:16:12 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by chazoe:
Stats: You have rated 74 of 74 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 1.3378.
This was one of the higher rated challenges for me. Good job folks. |
Ahhh you beat me to it lol. I thought about voting like this just so I could make it into the thread. |
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09/05/2012 06:19:09 PM · #35 |
| I for one can say the critique Levyj413 gave one if my images this week was the best I have received since I have been here, if all comments were as in depth as his then we would have a lot of happy contestants. |
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09/05/2012 06:20:42 PM · #36 |
| I don't know if I would call myself a "low-baller" but I do turn 43 this month and, well, you know, things start to sag as you get older.... |
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09/05/2012 06:23:45 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion. |
Huh? Got a link to a thread? Although my entering has fallen off, I do stay more or less current on the threads. |
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09/05/2012 06:33:24 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion. |
Huh? Got a link to a thread? Although my entering has fallen off, I do stay more or less current on the threads. |
The thread was heavily censored after it got out of hand, it was the Ubique thread (Apols on my iPod) |
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09/05/2012 06:33:46 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion. |
When and where did this happen. I must have been asleep at the switch when this happened since I do not recall any such event.
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The voting has also been erratic hence this thread (I know before the regulars chirp in everyone is entitled to their vote), an overall average of 3 and below is ridiculous, the top 5 are all taking these hits regularly. I would love to know what inspires the voters who reguarly vote 3 and below. |
... and just how do you arrive at this conclusion. I know a few individuals on this site that vote in exactly in that range you speak of and they are consistent in their voting patterns. Where is the problem in that?
Ray |
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09/05/2012 06:36:08 PM · #40 |
| Hence why I put the disclaimer in my comment. |
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09/05/2012 06:43:49 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion. |
When and where did this happen. I must have been asleep at the switch when this happened since I do not recall any such event.
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The voting has also been erratic hence this thread (I know before the regulars chirp in everyone is entitled to their vote), an overall average of 3 and below is ridiculous, the top 5 are all taking these hits regularly. I would love to know what inspires the voters who reguarly vote 3 and below. |
... and just how do you arrive at this conclusion. I know a few individuals on this site that vote in exactly in that range you speak of and they are consistent in their voting patterns. Where is the problem in that?
Ray |
I'm sure they all have good reasons but why are there so many of them all of a sudden?
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09/05/2012 06:49:17 PM · #42 |
| And why do they seem so happy to vote so low, it comes across like the vote is lower just to get a reaction in the forums... Tiresome |
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09/05/2012 06:50:38 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
And why do they seem so happy to vote so low, it comes across like the vote is lower just to get a reaction in the forums... Tiresome |
So, why do you vote 0.4 point less than the mid point of the scoring average between 1 and 10? Aren't you low balling it as well? Do you feel the entries at DPC are 'below average'?
Message edited by author 2012-09-05 18:51:47. |
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09/05/2012 06:53:11 PM · #44 |
| 5.5 being the average but I can't cast that vote so I use 5 as my mid vote, others use 6. |
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09/05/2012 06:55:20 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
5.5 being the average but I can't cast that vote so I use 5 as my mid vote, others use 6. |
Try averaging up. It works great, and it is a completely appropriate method of rounding. |
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09/05/2012 07:06:44 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by bassbone:
Originally posted by Jon_H:
5.5 being the average but I can't cast that vote so I use 5 as my mid vote, others use 6. |
Try averaging up. It works great, and it is a completely appropriate method of rounding. |
And note that I do not have any issue in how you vote. I was only trying to provide a similar response to you that others get that have their voting scores challenged. As long as voters are honest and consistent, any voting style is fine. |
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09/05/2012 07:44:02 PM · #47 |
I am usually a pretty generous voter but often reserve spots for only three 10's but the rest are usually spread out between 4-9. I will usually have a small handful of 3's, rarely 2's and sometimes I will throw out a 1 but that is very rare. my average given in a challenge is generally at least a 5.5
Stranger
You have rated 71 of 71 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.8732.
Moon
You have rated 73 of 73 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.9452.
Yes or No
You have rated 78 of 78 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.4487.
Some challenges That I find dull for me will usually end up lower but that is why I didn't vote on trains. I try to vote on everything but the Train challenge wasn't doing it for me and I think my voting would of been poor. My voting has evolved in a couple aspects as I have been here, most notably with DNMC. I almost never vote DNMC because I have learned that sometimes creativity and thinking out of the box seems to stretch an entry when I think it is more just pushing the boundaries. Yeah sometimes there are blatant entries that don't even try to fit the challenge but more often then not, if I just try to see it through the photographers eyes I can see their angle.
Since I started
Votes Cast: 21,374
Avg Vote Cast: 5.8630 |
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09/05/2012 08:10:59 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by Venser:
unoriginal, or uninspiring. It could be technically flawless, I really don't care. |
Who decides what's uninspiring, unoriginal etc.? |
I do, it's my vote.
I know you mentioned you weren't specifically talking to me, but you can't change how a person feels.
Originally posted by Jon_H:
And why do they seem so happy to vote so low, it comes across like the vote is lower just to get a reaction in the forums... Tiresome |
What's tiresome is people feel the need to react like I'm the culprit or something of that nature. I'll never shy away from anyone asking how I voted. I think it adds perspective and dimensionality to the site. It's important to understand that we're not all the same. What floats one boat sinks another. It does tickle me somewhat that I'm always asked to justify or expand on how I vote but the person with the 7.0 average isn't.
Message edited by author 2012-09-05 20:11:10. |
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09/05/2012 08:11:23 PM · #49 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion.
The voting has also been erratic hence this thread (I know before the regulars chirp in everyone is entitled to their vote), an overall average of 3 and below is ridiculous, the top 5 are all taking these hits regularly. I would love to know what inspires the voters who reguarly vote 3 and below. |
lack of quality? |
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09/05/2012 08:14:13 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by Jon_H:
The whole mood of the site seemed to take a nose dive a couple of months ago after the very public bust up and hasn't recovered in my opinion.
The voting has also been erratic hence this thread (I know before the regulars chirp in everyone is entitled to their vote), an overall average of 3 and below is ridiculous, the top 5 are all taking these hits regularly. I would love to know what inspires the voters who reguarly vote 3 and below. |
I typically comment on the entries that get 8, 9, and 10 from me. Just read my comments and you'll learn what makes me tick. |
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