biggerjon Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Can someone tell me how top photograher by average is calculated? Is does not appear to be simply the average rating recieved by the photographer. Are there other criteria involved? Cheers Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 The top photographer by average calculation consists of the number of photographs posted times the total numerical value of ratings given, divided by the number of questions posted by the photographer about ratings in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 okay, joke -- nothing personal Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawngibson Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 It's just math, and is dependant on your closeness to the North Pole (i.e., that's where elves live). http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/notes/potential/igf.htm (This is meant in humour...hope it's taken as such). Shawn:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kazan Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 No matter how it is calculated it is meaningless due to mate rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I say be a mate commenter . . . liberate yourself from a concern about numbers and make some friends instead. More fun, more feedback in the end. Jeez, there's been a lot of postings about ratings lately. I gotta say (admittedly off topic, sorry Jon), like it, don't like it, the ratings system is what it is. But if you (not Jon you, but the more generic reader you) are a posting photographer looking for feedback, well, your pictures are worth a thousand words, not just some numbers. On this site, unless your work is considered extraordinarily good or the subject matter is considered fascinating (a minority that does not include me), the best solution appears to be to give in order to receive. Make constructive comments on works you find interesting of people who have a history of responding in kind. Its been a successful strategy for a lot of people. In other words, if you are frustrated by the amount of feedback on your photos, you can demand the site change, withdraw, look for other sites, etc., but in the meantime one answer remains literally at your fingertips. Find some works you find interesting and start typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Jon, Try this . . . http://www.photo.net/photodb/top-rated-photographers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giuseppe_miriello1 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Robert gave you the right address where you also find the official photo.net explanation... but if you look closely these portfolios have been tailor-made to stick at those criterias, photographer - despite having really aestethical images there - have been forced to cut down any low rate picture, that means few variety and sometimes just 3 pictures just to be there with the minimum requirements. <br><br> Ben S. instead, omitted he is promoter of a *very* interesting initiative that allows us to exchange thoughful comments with each other... go <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/4062848"> here </a> take a look, and hopefully you too will be joining five and enjoing exchanging the most precious thing of all: your thoughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggerjon Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Thanks for all the replies, my idle curiosity is satisfied. I will look at the links provided Thanks all for your time. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
._._z Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 <i><blockquote> Can someone tell me how top photograher by average is calculated? </blockquote> </i><p> I think it involves goatskins, chicken entrails and a candle-filled altar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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