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Some kind of gentle way to say "that doesn't look like a noticing"
Sometimes people upload photos of items that appear to be indoors and aren't specified as public places (photos of candy bowls, a jar of pens, etc), so I consider commenting something like "That doesn't look like a noticing..." on the Flickr photo, but I don't want to be rude. I just want to help guide the person into selecting better-qualified noticings, because that's more fun.
(I'd also like to give the person a chance to defend their choice, since I've uploaded photos that might look like bad noticings — such as this train car, which looks like it's moving, but it's part of a train yard where cars sit for weeks at a time, and the main part of the noticing is the set of vats in the background.)
This could take the form of a little button on the Noticings page for the photo that says "dear author of this photo, please re-evaluate this noticing", or maybe just a note on the blog encouraging people to politely dispute weird noticings.
(I'd also like to give the person a chance to defend their choice, since I've uploaded photos that might look like bad noticings — such as this train car, which looks like it's moving, but it's part of a train yard where cars sit for weeks at a time, and the main part of the noticing is the set of vats in the background.)
This could take the form of a little button on the Noticings page for the photo that says "dear author of this photo, please re-evaluate this noticing", or maybe just a note on the blog encouraging people to politely dispute weird noticings.
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Inappropriate?Brainstorm:
easy to imagine some system based on the existing points structure... you are awarded "community points" per noticing... and are allowed to award them to exceptional noticings of others. Or perhaps even nominate a noticing to receive a deduction (a qualified number of nominations "not a noticing" results in that deduction taking place?)
Maybe it is disqualified completely if enough people agree... perhaps enough qualified deductions to result in a 0 point score?
Such community points would also encourage the browsing of other noticings, not just the posting of your own?
But then, keep it simple is a good mantra too, and important while growing and attracting lots of players.
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Inappropriate?Hmm, thanks for the extended thoughts!
I feel like photos either qualify as noticings or don't, and then they get points based on the type of noticing (time, location, subject, etc)...rather than adding and subtracting points for quality. I think there could be a separate system for quality — see Stemming the potential flood of dirge for some discussion, although I've changed my mind about point bonuses since I wrote in that thread. :)
I like the gentlemanly idea of only calculating points once and letting not-really-noticings stand, instead of removing those photos from the game. I'd like to encourage people to submit better ones in the future, rather than penalizing them for mistakes. This is all pretty idealistic and probably only works when everybody has good intentions, but the benefit of extra points is so subtle that it doesn't seem likely to be gamed in a negative way for now...
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Inappropriate?Both really good ideas. I think a suggestion to a player that it might not be a noticing is polite and simple.
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Inappropriate?Hmm, do you mean that we should suggest this on the Flickr photo's comments? Can a person remove their own photos from the game if they've already been scored?
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Inappropriate?Maybe the rules need to be flushed out a bit more to help people understand what is a noticing and what is not. Maybe examples given in the rules section? I know that I'm still a bit unsure if what I captured is a noticings but I want to play by the rules (be they in flux). Just like I wanted clarification (and got it) on what constituted a city. Maybe these people needed some clarification as well. Just a thought as I'm new to this and trying to get up to speed.
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