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10/26/2009 07:29:34 AM · #1
There really should be a disagree check box on your image comments page.

I think it could really help distinguish between the comments that people leave are helpful or not. Sure you could just not check the the helpful box but that could mean other things such as the owner not knowing, or not wanting to take time to search and check them.
Some people just check all of them just for the simple sake of checking an unchecked box. I think the addition of a non-helpful check box would show the people that get a non-helpful comment or the person commenting assuming something else the ability to see that that person has been leaving those types of comments and deemed useless in the comments world.
10/26/2009 07:40:50 AM · #2
...and a lot of people would check that box if they just disagree with the comment. Later there would be posts in threads where others are chased for having xxx unhelpful comments - just like it is done with other stats like "Avg vote cast".
10/26/2009 07:47:42 AM · #3
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:

There really should be a disagree check box on your image comments page.

I think it could really help distinguish between the comments that people leave are helpful or not. Sure you could just not check the the helpful box but that could mean other things such as the owner not knowing, or not wanting to take time to search and check them.
Some people just check all of them just for the simple sake of checking an unchecked box. I think the addition of a non-helpful check box would show the people that get a non-helpful comment or the person commenting assuming something else the ability to see that that person has been leaving those types of comments and deemed useless in the comments world.


Isn't that what the "spam" button is for? :)
10/26/2009 08:04:21 AM · #4
Originally posted by eyewave:

...and a lot of people would check that box if they just disagree with the comment.


Which is the point of the box

Originally posted by eyewave:

Later there would be posts in threads where others are chased for having xxx unhelpful comments - just like it is done with other stats like "Avg vote cast".

And??? As long as it's civil who cares?
10/26/2009 08:22:30 AM · #5
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:

Originally posted by eyewave:

...and a lot of people would check that box if they just disagree with the comment.


Which is the point of the box


Sorry, referred to the title of the thread and to this part of your post:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:

I think it could really help distinguish between the comments that people leave are helpful or not.


Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:

Originally posted by eyewave:

Later there would be posts in threads where others are chased for having xxx unhelpful comments - just like it is done with other stats like "Avg vote cast".

And??? As long as it's civil who cares?


It's never civil.
10/26/2009 09:24:06 AM · #6
My idea of unhelpful and useless comments:

"bad"
"crap"
"rubbish"
"OK"
"obviously no effort" (This one is just plain insulting!)
10/26/2009 09:48:36 AM · #7
I will disagree with anyone who says anything bad about my crappy snapshots.
10/26/2009 09:49:58 AM · #8
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

My idea of unhelpful and useless comments:

"bad"
"crap"
"rubbish"
"OK"
"obviously no effort" (This one is just plain insulting!)


Some people need to wakeup. Instead of just leaving a one, why not tell simply "rubbish" if there are 40 elements to improve on.

10/26/2009 09:54:43 AM · #9
Originally posted by Azrifel:

Some people need to wakeup. Instead of just leaving a one, why not tell simply "rubbish" if there are 40 elements to improve on.

Not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me. Such comments tell me nothing that a vote of 1, 2 , or 3 did not already say. I want to know why it is bad or rubbish in your opinion. Please tell me what I did wrong or what it is that does not work for you.
10/26/2009 09:56:38 AM · #10
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by Azrifel:

Some people need to wakeup. Instead of just leaving a one, why not tell simply "rubbish" if there are 40 elements to improve on.

Not sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me. Such comments tell me nothing that a vote of 1, 2 , or 3 did not already say. I want to know why it is bad or rubbish in your opinion. Please tell me what I did wrong or what it is that does not work for you.


So "excellent", "good", and "fantastic" are also unhelpful? Just checking to make sure I understand.
10/26/2009 10:01:36 AM · #11
Originally posted by bassbone:

So "excellent", "good", and "fantastic" are also unhelpful? Just checking to make sure I understand.

Good point. You are correct. They are not terribly helpful either, though they are more welcomed.
10/26/2009 10:03:02 AM · #12
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by bassbone:

So "excellent", "good", and "fantastic" are also unhelpful? Just checking to make sure I understand.

Good point. You are correct. They are not terribly helpful either, though they are more welcomed.

So are you looking more for "Bad lighting" or "crap composition" or "excellent colors"? It seems a couple well placed words can make all the difference.

Message edited by author 2009-10-26 10:19:18.
10/26/2009 10:39:54 AM · #13
Originally posted by bassbone:

So are you looking more for "Bad lighting" or "crap composition" or "excellent colors"? It seems a couple well placed words can make all the difference.


Exactly. I want to know why someone thinks it is crap. And if they love it, I want to know what I got right.
10/26/2009 10:44:04 AM · #14
Why would 'excellent', 'good' and 'fantastic' be more welcomed? The associated warm-fuzzy feeling?

The unhelpful box would be used to indicate disagreement rather than helpfulness. Maybe we need to just get over the fact that commenting is subjective and not everyone will have the 'correct' opinion about our images.

Message edited by author 2009-10-26 10:44:37.
10/26/2009 10:58:51 AM · #15
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Message edited by author 2009-11-13 23:47:38.
10/26/2009 11:38:32 AM · #16
I'm looking at a photo that I have no emotional or critical reaction to by a photographer I do not know...and somehow I'm supposed to be able to think up a comment that this unknown photographer will find "helpful." The odds are not in favor of me making a "helpful" comment. For all I know, the photographer's ego may be very fragile or the photo may have intense emotional meaning to the photographer, the only comment that would be "helpful" would be...what? If I fail to make the "helpful" comment then this unknown photographer is free to PM me with a flaming assessment of my personal character flaws. This is not a setup where people can practice and improve commenting skills.

And then from time to time a discussion thread starts wondering how people can be forced to make "helpful" comments. Whatever those are.

I'm always surprised to get comments on my shots & I'm amazed & grateful that anyone would take the risk & the time to do something I feel so disincentivized to do.
10/26/2009 11:59:11 AM · #17
Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Why would 'excellent', 'good' and 'fantastic' be more welcomed?

Plain human nature!
10/26/2009 12:01:01 PM · #18
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by bassbone:

So are you looking more for "Bad lighting" or "crap composition" or "excellent colors"? It seems a couple well placed words can make all the difference.


Exactly. I want to know why someone thinks it is crap. And if they love it, I want to know what I got right.

That wouldd work for me too...
10/26/2009 12:02:28 PM · #19
I think people need to just suck it up a little more.
10/26/2009 12:08:52 PM · #20
Originally posted by K10DGuy:

I think people need to just suck it up a little more.

Don't we already suck enough as it is?
10/26/2009 12:12:00 PM · #21
My opinion regarding the "This comment was helpful" is in most cases it just means that the person who received the comment actually read it. It is also my opinion that the box really doesn't mean anything anymore if it ever did. I think the thing to remember that there is a difference between a command and a critique. Comments like "Nice picture" are certainly not critiques but I mark them as useful because the person took the time to at least make that comment. I find critiques more useful but with one little checkbox how can show this difference?
10/26/2009 12:13:48 PM · #22
If you are going to mark my comment as not helpful, I want to know WHY it was not helpful....and not just some one or two word bs either.
10/26/2009 12:17:41 PM · #23
I just think that I should have the option of telling someone that their comment isn't helpful without coming straight to them and saying "your comment wasn't helpful". creating a check box would let user "soandso" know that he has xxx number of comments that he left and were not helpful to the people he left them too. This would could promote the ambition to produce better comments or none at all. If we lose comments on this deal who cares. I've tried to get people to comment and so have many others but the fact is we (the dpc community) can not get people to comment the way each of us want them too so what harm could it do if we added the ability to use a "This comment was not helpful to me" button."

I'm sure we could all use the statistics on this too. I would like to know who out there likes to leave shitty comments. Just think then we could also start another club just like the critique club except people give constructive criticism on how to leave a comment.

10/26/2009 12:20:17 PM · #24
Originally posted by David Ey:

If you are going to mark my comment as not helpful, I want to know WHY it was not helpful....and not just some one or two word bs either.

This idea strikes me as possibly a bit ironic, in some cases. If someone left a comment saying "crap" and I marked it as not helpful, I think such minimal feedback on the minimal comment is appropriate. Of course, if one leaves a lengthy analysis about the image, and it is marked not helpful, then the commenter would certainly wonder why.
10/26/2009 12:22:31 PM · #25
I'd rather have a box that could be checked with a submission to indicate if comments are desired at all. That way commenting efforts are not expended on the people who do not want the feedback.
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