KarenJ opened this issue on Mar 21, 2007 ยท 1211 posts
fivecat posted Fri, 25 May 2007 at 1:26 PM
I'm sorry to see that the club is beginning to unravel. I bowed out a few weeks ago, even though I love the concept and enjoyed participating. What drove me away mostly was the favorites/ebot method of membership. It is time-consuming and awkward to first add all members as favorites, and then try and keep track of all the new and retiring members by revisiting the list and comparing names. Most of us have time constraints, and being faced with an inbox full of e-bot notices can be overwhelming when we only occasionally have the time to comment. I initially liked the idea of a separate gallery, but I understand that this is not really workable from the point of rendo or from people who want to keep posting to the popular galleries. So, how to make it easier? I suggest a way to filter those images that posters would like critiqued. Rendo has certainly found a way to filter for nudity and violence, and also by genre. With a filter you can choose to see just those images from people wishing to be critiqued. You can see thumbnails to better select which to view and critique. Why not just create a new genre called Critique Club? No need to "sign up" or do anything but select the genre and browse and critique the images. I guarantee I would be critiquing many more images with this method. I doubt I am the only one who would find this so much simpler and less irritating then an inbox full of guilt-inducing ebots. :blink: Also, no need for posts here about joining or leaving the club. No membership to worry about. You use the filter if you wish, you comment if you wish. What do you all think? Can we please try this before the whole thing unravels? Lots of good has come out of this so far. We're all better for critiques we've received, and those we've given. I know I really want to participate, and this is the way I WILL participate. Maybe that is also true for those many very good artists who have been leaving recently.