dialyn opened this issue on Jul 08, 2003 ยท 45 posts
dialyn posted Wed, 09 July 2003 at 8:15 AM
Well, I love the ten list, Lyrra. Because you don't seem biased toward a specific style (pinups exclusively or fantasy exclusively or whatever). The top hit getters are always going to be nude women but focusing on that genre exclusively limits the potential of Poser. I'd love a list of ten "not to miss" graphics on the community page that wouldn't get lost in threads. The only small suggestion I'd make is that you allow people to suggest "hidden treasures" that they've uncovered. I know the original list was based on your random selection, but we might feel more included on the hunt if we could submit what we think is something special. Yes, I realize, that the people with the most friends can abuse that system too, but maybe people can think of a way to keep that from happening. I'm going nowhere near a critic's corner. I know that will just turn into a flame fest. I don't think enough people are trained to provide constructive criticism without yanking in their personal prejudices and their bias (if you don't have a nude woman in the picture, it can't be any good; if it doesn't have a vacuous woman staring in the sky, it can't be any good; if it doesn't have a Bible theme, it can't be any good; if it doesn't have a black on black background or white on white background, it can't be any good, etc.) And people who don't like other people for any reason will just use it to push their agenda. If this site grows up in its overall maturity level, fine. But we aren't there yet. One way idea I do have is if the criticism was focused on one theme. Let's say, comment on lighting or posing or postwork and make all comments relevant to that specific topic so that we all learn from the criticism rather than having it turn into a bash fest.