Okay- Ive tried to voice my opinion here twice & it never posts....... why is that?

I'll try again....
What Lost is saying is very true and makes a lot of sense. Voting should be taken away from the members and let the people who are unbiased and know how to critique the artwork do the judging. This seems to be a lot more "Reciprocity" as opposed to "Renderosity" where people have admitted that they comment on images because the others comment on theirs. Members voting here would be like (the 12-16 yesr old age group) voting for "American Idol" where they will vote for their favorite(s) as opposed to the best performance.

Another thing to even the playing field might be to drop this from every month to maybe 4 times a year so the people judging wont go insane (or more insane). The AOM for Photography is really the AOY (artist of the YEAR). Give all trhe different mediums & the artists a better & more even chance.

One last suggestion I have is to not base anything on the number of viewings. Heck- don't even post now many viewings on teh page. A lot of members get real discouraged when their good work that something really went into itgets 1/8 the views of a snapshot. I have that quote by fellow member "RYNO" on my page- and I have received a lot of IM's from members who are ready to just give up but they see his quote- its true.

I understand that this would probably take some undoing & doing by the pooahs near the top of the rosity food chain. I'm just hoping someone will read this who has some say & gets an idea. GFor those who red it and disagree- I'll be waiting for the cannonballs to come flying over my bow.

Message edited on: 02/22/2005 22:05