It's more about views and not quality....

[bigbassloyd]

Originally Posted by JimThias

I knew that post would get your attention.

You posting several photos grabbed mine.

If the great Jim Thias can post multiple photos on RP, maybe I can too.

Inspiration!

Loyd L.

[Noct Foamer]

Originally Posted by JimThias

Kent, I witnessed recently someone bitching at a photographer on flickr, accusing him of never commenting on anyone else's photos.

A snappy response might have been, "Well, I could comment on your photos, but only if you PROMISE to not get mad."


Kent in SD

[JimThias]

Originally Posted by bigbassloyd

You posting several photos grabbed mine.

If the great Jim Thias can post multiple photos on RP, maybe I can too.

Inspiration!

5 cloudy/common pics submitted and accepted. I must be paying them.

[jac_murphy]

Originally Posted by Noct Foamer

Too many forums that had a great start have begun to end up like Flickr. I think some of you are getting at this, too. It's becoming not about how good a shot is, but how many "faves" or views you get. Last fall I gave a couple of genuinely constructive observations (both very mild and very obvious) to a kid on Flickr with the purpose of helping him along. Others have given me some great pointers over the years that have saved me tons of time. Anyway, the kid went absolutely beserk! I'm talking Wackoville here. And then he begins with the personal attacks. (He's still stalking me after well over half a year now.) Anyway, his defense was, "I get a lot more faves than you do!" Well yeah. I'm not playing the "fave game." "Faves" on Flickr (and maybe here?) are mostly only becoming a measurement of how often YOU "fave" others, nothing more. When I was in Jr. High, we called that a "circle jerk."


Kent in SD

I think I remember that! A flash-lit night shot of a WSOR freight, or something of the sort? I remember trying to intervene on your behalf, but just gave it up because I couldn't argue with "he can criticize my photos when he has more faves than me." He did take damn good photos, but wow.

-Jacques

[miningcamper1]

Originally Posted by Noct Foamer

It's becoming not about how good a shot is, but how many "faves" or views you get.

How else would you measure how "good" a shot is???

Certainly not dollar value:

[Noct Foamer]

Originally Posted by miningcamper1

How else would you measure how "good" a shot is???

How would you measure how much better the color blue is than the color orange? That's just it--you're in a realm where there can be no objectivity. As for "faves", everybody knows they aren't a measurement of how good a shot is so much as a measurement of how many shots from others an individual has "faved." It's become a measurement of of social activity, not quality. At some point, maybe it's not important to measure how "good" a shot is--you just know it? The knowledge that you pulled off a great shot is fulfillment in itself? I've often thought I'd rather have two or three people I really admire (including but certainly not limited to Joel Jensen, Brian Plant, Steve Crise) than a 100 "faves" from people I either don't know or whose images I don't personally find compelling.


Kent in SD