Forum: Photography


Subject: RATINGS GAME...want ratings? Don't want ratings? Your thoughts.

TomDart opened this issue on Apr 09, 2005 ยท 61 posts


ReBorneUK posted Sun, 10 April 2005 at 5:30 AM

Let's face it, anyone who requests ratings expects to have an excellent, don't they?!? I mean, they wouldn't want to upset the RR boat by being NEGATIVE in any way!!

Unfortunately, RR isn't a place for honest criticism. When you ask for crit here even on a mediocre picture it's treated like a competition finalist, instead of getting the truth - and that's even when the real truth is that you should have posted a different picture. If you post the same picture on other sites, it gets slated and you get told it's crap..... at least there's some honesty instead of a constant fear that a negative comment will OMG actually alienate someone, or make them feel bad.....

You can't use viewings as a guide, either. You don't have to post GOOD pictures, just POPULAR pictures. ie, ones with a popular name under them. That's probably why we see so many thumbnails with just text getting loads of hits when decent pics are once again ignored.

OK, you can say it's me just being negative coz I want to - no doubt some of you will feel that - but hey, I'm just saying what I see and feel.

Your favorite Psycho Troll. EDIT : I'm working back over the last coupla days posts and just saw the one about Brenda's image. Small world, I guess.

Message edited on: 04/10/2005 05:33