ecjphotography Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Okay, lets say what really needs to be said... Ratings are regarded as a guide to how well we're doing as photographers. The opinions of our fellow photographers helps us to know what we need to do to improve our work. Subjective... Yes! Thus the variety of ratings. The only problem I have with this whole thing is "who" should be able to rate a photo? I do not believe that unpaid members should be allowed to rate. I say this because, by allowing non-paid members to rate we are truly allowing others to be abusive to our community members! It is to easy to set up bogus accounts to attack our community. For example: I have a number of competitors here locally who would love nothing more than to discourage me in this manner. No matter how thick ones skin is it still gets to you! Lets just keep it civil and amongst our community and I think that we can all live with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_chartrand Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Good Evening to you Edward Carvajol, Jr., I hope you don't mind if I make a few comments - I won't even be anonymous. Did you really mean to say that ratings are a guide of how well you are doing as a photographer? I hope you rely on something more concrete than someone giving you a number score. You make a lot of sense saying that only members that have paid should be allowed to rate a photo. After all, If I were a paid member, I wouldn't give you a bad anonymous rating. You might find out who I was and give me a low rating. My local competitors could tell everyone (and I suppose chuckle among themselves), "there, I told you so, that Mark Chartrand is a rotten photographer. He got a bad rating from a PAYING anonymous rater." Lord, Yes! Let's keep those ratings amonst our community so that we will give each other only high ratings. That way, we can all be great photographers. I do indeed get a 7 for these comments - even if I give it to myself - anonymously. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_chartrand Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Dear Mark, Just a quick thought to you from me or is it to me from you or is it ... whatever. Remember: you are not really paranoid if someone is really out to get you. Then again, if that person is anonymous, does he/she exist? If he/she does not exist, maybe you really are paranoid. Either way you are one sick puppy and probably should not be rating yourself -- especially anonymously. You might find out who you are and become really paranoid! Either way you should give yourself a 7 so that you and your competitors know you really are a great photographer. Mark - or is really Mark saying he is Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I disregard all ratings below 7 as they are clearly doled out by bots and the criminally insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturegirl99 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ooops! Lex, there goes a few more gray cells! Must.......eat.....brains...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisspracklen Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Brilliant, Laurent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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