Phone issue aside, I often look at challenge entries (on the PC) when I am not ready to vote. Why? Sometimes curiosity and because I can. Occasionally I will look at an image and decide to vote on it and perhaps a couple more, but then don't make it back to vote the rest or even the 20% limit, so those votes get tossed anyway.
I have always advocated that a requirement for entry in a challenge is that the entrant vote on all the images in the challenge.
Not bad, but seeing that then you are ensuring that all your competition - who also want to be on the front page - are voting on your image too, is it really such a wise idea? And how about those rare challenges where you actually do have a triple-digit entry? I remember the good ol' days when a monthly FS would have 400-500 entries, easy.
I have always advocated that a requirement for entry in a challenge is that the entrant vote on all the images in the challenge.
Not bad, but seeing that then you are ensuring that all your competition - who also want to be on the front page - are voting on your image too, is it really such a wise idea? And how about those rare challenges where you actually do have a triple-digit entry? I remember the good ol' days when a monthly FS would have 400-500 entries, easy.
Well I'd be ok with a 20% vote requirement or your image gets tossed. As cynical as I am, I don't believe there are a significant number of people that are petty enough to low-vote others' entries to boost their chances. Seems utterly childish and pointless.
I have always advocated that a requirement for entry in a challenge is that the entrant vote on all the images in the challenge.
Not bad, but seeing that then you are ensuring that all your competition - who also want to be on the front page - are voting on your image too, is it really such a wise idea? And how about those rare challenges where you actually do have a triple-digit entry? I remember the good ol' days when a monthly FS would have 400-500 entries, easy.
Well I'd be ok with a 20% vote requirement or your image gets tossed. As cynical as I am, I don't believe there are a significant number of people that are petty enough to low-vote others' entries to boost their chances. Seems utterly childish and pointless.
Have considered that, but wouldn't it all average out unless low scores were intentionally given to the best pictures. It would probably constrict the bell curve.
I have always advocated that a requirement for entry in a challenge is that the entrant vote on all the images in the challenge.
Not bad, but seeing that then you are ensuring that all your competition - who also want to be on the front page - are voting on your image too, is it really such a wise idea? And how about those rare challenges where you actually do have a triple-digit entry? I remember the good ol' days when a monthly FS would have 400-500 entries, easy.
Well I'd be ok with a 20% vote requirement or your image gets tossed. As cynical as I am, I don't believe there are a significant number of people that are petty enough to low-vote others' entries to boost their chances. Seems utterly childish and pointless.
Have considered that, but wouldn't it all average out unless low scores were intentionally given to the best pictures. It would probably constrict the bell curve.
Just curious.....why would you view challenge entries but not vote on them?
I don't understand.
1. I'm pretty sure some people will quickly scan through the entries before voting, so if it's right after roll-over this could be the reason.
2. Remember that you can view a picture multiple times but only vote once, so there are almost always (eventually) more views than votes -- I like to think that people are so fascinated by my image that they just have to come back and view it again and again, if only to lower their vote by a notch .... ;-)
Could be me, too. On a variation of Georges' method, I run through and vote. Then I run through and fine tune without necessarily opening every image again. Then I fine tune again. Some entries get multiple views from me.
Just check out the "participant vote" vs the "non-participant vote" on all of your entries and decide if you actually want "everyone who enters must vote" as the criteria.
Me too! 9 views..no votes. Maybe it's Free Study Burnout! We've been doing this for so long has it become painful to make yet another decision and calculation on a number.
Maybe we have seen every entry, in one form or another, 10 times before?
Maybe we need to hire an outside firm to vote and comment on our entires? We can all take a sabbatical and return when we're 'refreshed'? Maybe?
