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Post by The Wirefox on Oct 5, 2011 21:07:54 GMT
The four shots in the photo banner with links to their respective threads were placed there as photographs that I considered to have particular merit. Not very democratic I hear you say...so I need another way of selecting four shots each week to showcase the talent within this community.
This is going to be difficult because it is so subjective. My thoughts so far as as follows;
1. Jiro and I (as admins) select 4 shots each week - dictatorship
2. 4 people (on rotation) select four shots to be placed in the banner - republic
3. Competition - Meritocracy but a pain in the a**e to do and likely to get tiresome
4. One person each week (on rotation of regular posters) is invited to select the four images each week - Liberal democrat
Can anyone think of another way to do this ?
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Post by robmarshall on Oct 5, 2011 21:25:23 GMT
Can anyone think of another way to do this ? Yep. Each of the four owners from the current week, choose one photo each for the next week. Or is that too complicated? If one of the four isn't around the Admins chose one in their absence. |
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Post by chrisc on Oct 5, 2011 21:42:14 GMT
Good idea, Rob...I am sure I would have thought of that myself if given another three or four months...nice to have you pick my brain whilst I was asleep.
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Post by katynoelle on Oct 6, 2011 1:27:31 GMT
Good idea, Rob...I am sure I would have thought of that myself if given another three or four months...nice to have you pick my brain whilst I was asleep. Giggle!  |
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Post by rasbury on Oct 6, 2011 1:49:10 GMT
And i imagine if two of the choosing individuals pick the same photo then an admin should choose the final image.Then again maybe not   |
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Post by Kit on Oct 6, 2011 6:46:19 GMT
Rob's idea sounds fine or failing that, I'm prepared to put up with a dictatorship.
Man, I never thought I'd see myself say that word. Much less in a public place.
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Post by clactonian on Oct 6, 2011 7:08:18 GMT
I'm not too bothered how you do it or what you show Steve. I'm here to learn and enjoy not to boost my ego.
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Post by manthos on Oct 6, 2011 10:54:34 GMT
Rob's idea is good. I would like that the photo banner be diverse and it probably will if we do that.
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Post by katynoelle on Oct 6, 2011 12:00:53 GMT
Willie, how did your photos get picked at Dgrin?
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Post by jiro on Oct 6, 2011 12:12:57 GMT
Willie, how did your photos get picked at Dgrin? I have no idea. My only clue was that I got a PM from one of the in-house moderators notifying me that I was selected as the first rising "hotshots" at DGrin. Maybe, the voting was done by the Mods themselves. |
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Post by katynoelle on Oct 6, 2011 12:22:45 GMT
I liked the fact that Steve just picked the photos on the first banner. There was no private peer acceptance involved - in other words - we need to let the cloud of mini-comps blow away. Also, the photos, in the original selection, looked gorgeous, together. Also, if there's just a small and consistent group of people picking, then, they'll be better aware of how the swing and flow and dynamics of it is going. Then, there's no fear or cloud of doubt about it being a popularity contest - it seems much more impartial. (Just being honest.... ) I vote for admin/mod acknowledgments of people's work. Is that too much work for you Steve and Jiro? Just being brave, here, and saying what I would, personally, prefer.... |
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Post by jiro on Oct 6, 2011 12:29:08 GMT
Technically it's not a big deal for me or Steve. I can simply fire up my dartboard and blindly aim at the names of all members that I can put in there and see where my darts would fall. I need to do it blindly as I have the tendency to hit what I want to hit most of the time. Ahahaha! Or, the simplest way to do it is to put all the member's name in a bowl, mix them, and just randomly pick one. No hassle, no politics, and even fun for me to do in between cooking meals and cleaning the house. Agreed? ;D |
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Post by katynoelle on Oct 6, 2011 12:38:47 GMT
Okay, well.....I wasn't meaning for it to be random.... Although, hey, talk about 'impartial'!  I was thinking that, perhaps, you guys could pick ones of note. Then, quite honestly, I trust you guys to spread it out so that the same people aren't always picked - if the same people are doing it every week, then, they'll have a better feel for it....of course, until the forum grows to a thousand people  ! THEN, you'll be 'in the soup!' ;D Also, like I mentioned before, you could keep an eye out for the "look" of the photo banner - you know, we're all visually oriented around here. We like things to look good! Just thoughts - I'm mellow!  |
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Post by jiro on Oct 6, 2011 13:02:08 GMT
Well noted. |
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Post by Stevewebb on Oct 6, 2011 14:32:25 GMT
I wouldn't get too hung up about how it is done at the moment. I like it how it is but I suppose it would be good to have it changing every so often. We could just add one image per week/month on the right side and the one on the left side drops off. That way we are not searching for too many images every time.
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