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Norma Desmond

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Glenn, are you aware that, in the past, when a photo was chosen as POTW, the software was able to be programmed so that that photo could not be deleted, thereby maintaining the integrity of that little corner of the site? I believe a user could hide the photo in his own portfolio but that would not affect its appearing in its slot in the POTW history. By the way, I didn't think anyone was intentionally messing with us. It seems like an issue of omission, not deliberateness or malice.
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Glenn, are you aware that, in the past, when a photo was chosen as POTW, the software was able to be programmed so that that photo could not be deleted, thereby maintaining the integrity of that little corner of the site? I believe a user could hide the photo in his own portfolio but that would not affect its appearing in its slot in the POTW history. By the way, I didn't think anyone was intentionally messing with us. It seems like an issue of omission, not deliberateness or malice.

 

If a photographer wishes to remove their photos we are not going go against their wishes to have it removed - they can do so easily enough in Member Center.

 

A possible solution is to have set up at upload they opt their photo into POTW consideration and by doing so are acknowledging it will never be removed if chosen for POTW. This will of course will reduce the pool of photos POTW can be chosen from as not all will opt into consideration for it.

 

I suspect that the folks removing their photos are doing so because of prior conversations that have occurred in POTW got heated and/or went off track (putting it nicely) as can happen sometimes in an online photography community. Just a hunch though.

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If a photographer wishes to remove their photos we are not going go against their wishes to have it removed

Seems reasonable for users to have that choice, though it does make the POTW section a bit unpredictable. Thanks, though, for the explanation.

A possible solution is to have set up at upload they opt their photo into POTW consideration and by doing so are acknowledging it will never be removed if chosen for POTW.

Good idea, if it can be implemented without too much effort.

I suspect that the folks removing their photos are doing so because of prior conversations that have occurred in POTW got heated and/or went off track (putting it nicely) as can happen sometimes in an online photography community.

That's possible. It can be a tough crowd. I wonder if there's a way to make the POTW a little more appealing, as it used to garner a lot of good conversation (along with some of the harshness). Don't know if this is too much work, but I wonder if a one-time notice went out or was posted as an administrative thread, simply asking for members who would volunteer a particular photo to be POTW. Then a list could be kept and each week a photo could be randomly selected from that list. To go along with that, and this idea has actually been discussed over the years, perhaps giving the photographer the opportunity to make an accompanying opening statement would personalize the situation a little more. When there's a personal connection established, I wonder if the critiques themselves, even if negative, would maintain a reasonable degree of respect and camaraderie.

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Seems reasonable for users to have that choice, though it does make the POTW section a bit unpredictable. Thanks, though, for the explanation.

 

Good idea, if it can be implemented without too much effort.

 

That's possible. It can be a tough crowd. I wonder if there's a way to make the POTW a little more appealing, as it used to garner a lot of good conversation (along with some of the harshness). Don't know if this is too much work, but I wonder if a one-time notice went out or was posted as an administrative thread, simply asking for members who would volunteer a particular photo to be POTW. Then a list could be kept and each week a photo could be randomly selected from that list. To go along with that, and this idea has actually been discussed over the years, perhaps giving the photographer the opportunity to make an accompanying opening statement would personalize the situation a little more. When there's a personal connection established, I wonder if the critiques themselves, even if negative, would maintain a reasonable degree of respect and camaraderie.

 

Having a mechanism in place on site for community nominations is something we are talking about. In effort to make POTW more predictable, plus we in theory would get a larger pool of photos coupled with a notification automatically sent to the photographer for POTW. As part of that nomination notification we would ask if they agree to have it considered and if chosen - it can never be deleted so our POTW photos can be consistent.

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I'm not going to comment at this time regarding how POTWs are selected. However, Glenn, you opened another door by using the phrase "community nominations." I don't have any specific ideas as to how to implement this but, for openers, here are some topical suggestions: Photographer of the (year, quarter, month?), Most Improved Photographer of the ( ), Best Critiquer.
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