Top Rated Photographs

No-one should be allowed to have a photo on the TRP page unless it has been submitted

for critique from the general community, and not until it has acrued at least 11 ratings!

 

What does everyone think? - this is an attempt to reduce the amount of Mate-Rating that

seems to be related to the TRP page being full of photos which have not been posted for

critique, but have so many high ratings, presumably fron "friends".

 

This is not sour grapes, as I have never had a photograph anywhere near the TRP page,

and never expect to. But I agree with Edward Horn's point, that I would like to click on the

TRP link, and see a cross-section of photographs rated on this site, and not just the ones

which have gotten there with the help of their friends!

 

Regards, Nick.

I belive them same way, Must be submitted for critique to be in the TRP, I have no fans or friends to rate my photos. I have to go though the critque forum to get my photos seen. The TRP is full of the same type of photos and the same people. Just look at the 24 hr. TRP. I log on here less and less now and I am looking else where to post my photos. Will I pay another 25$ to this site? I doubt it very much.

What has been suggested above must be one of the simplest and least invasive ways of preventing some of the mate rating to date. I can see no justification for not implementing it and have never seen a valid argument against it to date.

Thats a shame Brian, this site needs more people like you. I agree with you, many of the

photographs in the TRP are good, but they are the same old names, and the same old

subjects. Not everyone has the same aesthetic tastes, not everyone rates flamingos 7/7,

the problem is that TRP doesn't reflect this.

 

Don't leave, stay and help change - Nick.

If you go to Page-1 of the TRP and at the top change the sort from "By:Average" to "By:Rate Recent Average" nothing without a RFC will show up.

What is an FRC?

I mean RFC?

Nick, it's an idea, but I'm not convinced its the best idea, or at least it's a bit harsh. I think there are loads of good photos from good photographers in the top rated photos. They can have just half a dozen ratings. Your theory that it would be very difficult to organise a dozen mate raters may be valid, but it would make life difficult for the others too. I just scroll down through the pages, sometimes it's rewarding. Best wishes. P

Request for critique. If you change to this sort, only ratings from the Rate Recent Que count.

I didn't know that Steve, and I suppose that others wont know it either! The TRP page as

first seen is what seems to matter here.

 

Peter, you are right, it usually takes me ages to get 11 ratings on any of my photographs,

but if everyone suffers this delay, then the TRP page will still be valid, but will just show

photographs posted several days or weeks or months earlier. - Is that too bad a thing?

 

Regards, Nick.

I think 11 is a bit high, 7-8 might be a better number, but after reading the threads here yesterday and today it is obvious to me anyway that everyone should go through RFC otherwise where is the level playing field?.

Thanks Ian, those were my thoughts after reading those other threads, but please don't let

those specific concerns spill over into this forum.

 

Regards, Nick.

Why bother? some folks have a mate-rating production facility running in the background that hands out 6 and 7 ratings to names regardless of image quality at a dizzying volume. They don't have to bother putting it up for critique, and even if they did they would already have the ratings anyway....Basically those of us who put up images without the manipulation are getting f****d over and there's little that can be done about it.

Hence the Flamingo kit!

 

Oh, it's a sad state of afairs!

 

Maybe we shouldn't have ratings at all? - Nick.

The mate rating is so obvious to anyone who isn't mentally blind. I assume the powers that be have at least the intelligence of an average person. The only conclusion is they like it the way it is and feel it works perfectly as is..

This site is more sophisticated than I have given it credit for. I have found my Holy Grail! -

you can search the TRP page, by the amount of ratings!

 

Horay!

And, by the amount of critiques!

hehe it has changed!!! only request for critics are shown on the default view :-)

Fascinating - it HAS changed. I don't see ANY of the usual names up there...

"This site is more sophisticated than I have given it credit for. I have found my Holy Grail! - you can search the TRP page, by the amount of ratings!"

 

Let me smile about your happiness...!! In the "ratings" classification you're referencing, you'll find another bitter reality: that 90% of the rates goes to nudes.

 

See a recent thread about this other downside of the TRO started by me some days ago:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BlJe

Thank you admin, if you have done this. You are restoring our faith in this fabulous site.

Integrity has been preserved, and its great to be alive once more!

I see my name which is even better<br>

Thank you guys for your excellent work ;-)

Did I speak too soon?

 

The nude thing is a difficult one, which probably isn't related to Mate-Rating, but to

people's personal preferences about what they like to look at. Sex is important to the

human species, and it is hard wired within us (male and female) to be arroused by the

nude form of our sexual preference in an errotic pose (its true, even the most pious and

prudish individual has lusts - some people just lie about having them), so at least people

are rating images that they like - i.e. a subjective opinion, all be it not to everyone's taste.

 

All things being equal though, I haven't noticed a preponderance of nudes on the TRP

pages?

 

Regards, Nick.

Before leaving on vacation about three weeks ago, I posted a thread on this topic every day for a week. The administration, which refuses to do anything about any of the mate rating problems, erased all the threads when I posted the final one. At least I got there attention!

 

What I'm encouraged by is that there seems to be a lot more PN users voices their frustration over the mate rating problem. Perhaps Brian will eventually listen.

Wow, Brian, you've finally done it. The TRP looks a lot different and the average to get on the top page has dropped tremendously. This is certainly a step in the right direction.