About me


  • bill has started 1 topic. 3 people are following it.
  • bill has made 0 replies.

Recent activity

Subscribe to this feed

  • Jason Schupp started following the discussion "Why do people cry (when the mods delete)" in 8020 Media.

  • talk

    Nicole Gesmondi replied on March 18, 2008 02:37 to the discussion "Why do people cry (when the mods delete)" in 8020 Media:

    Nicole Gesmondi
    Bill,
    I agree that this is all getting a bit out of hand. However, I have also experience a photo getting removed from a theme. It wasn't a voting theme, it was a challenge theme. I read the photo guidelines and it still got removed. As it turns out, it got removed by accident but I only knew this because I had emailed support because I was annoyed and didn't see how my photo didn't fit, especially since afterwards there were many photo's just like mine being submitted. So unfortunately, I think it varies by case. In Aaron's situation, it wasn't necessarily what happened but how it was handled.

    But i agree with you in the respects that people need to learn to take constructive criticisms and JPG needs to work out the kinks a bit. I think they are getting great feedback from everyone and hopefully everything will be back and kicking in no time.
  • talk

    bill started a conversation in 8020 Media on March 18, 2008 00:10:

    bill
    Why do people cry (when the mods delete)
    I know, I know, I'm probably going to just stir up the nest a bit more, but why do people cry when their photos get deleted and JPG staff says that the photo doesn't meet submission guidelines? The guidelines are clearly posted, and software isn't perfect, nor are the mods. Ok, so you uploaded a photo, then some staff member is perusing recently uploaded images and realizes that you have a photo that just won't look good in print. They delete it and send you an email. Maybe there was a little bug in the upload software, maybe a mod had a bad day. Why cry like a baby? Why not take the time to remember that JPG, while an awesome community with many talented photographers, does exist to make money, and the majority of their decisions follow that vein. I'll admit, I'm a fan of some of Aaron's work, he's got an amazing eye, but I don't think one photo will make you or break you, nor will you lose the respect of your peers if it vanishes. Perhaps some folks should chill for a bit, and let the fuss die down for a few days while the powers that be (at JPG) work on implementing some of the many changes that have been thrown around in the blogs.

    I'm hoping the daily limit goes away and instead a monthly limit comes up, maybe 50 a month, to help people learn to self edit a bit better. I admit to occasionally putting up a photo that I know isn't great, but that I hope I can get some constructive criticisms from folks for next time I'm in that situation. Hmm... maybe a way to mark photos as specifically being for peer review/constructive criticism would be helpful...