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See I feel so secure being taken care of...

let me rephrase....category average is based on just what your weight is which counts once edited to add; it count once according to your weight number...oh forget it , you know what I mean.*big sigh..tired* ...So a lower weight has a higher bearing than it did before...

Do I have that right?...now..

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I can understand the "newbie" factor playing a minor roll in low votes due to their naivety, but this issue always seems to come to light when images approach award qualification. I am still convinced that some members hold a dummy account which is used purely for targetting the competion. Newbie low votes tend to be erratic and evenly spread, targetted votes seem to come at a regular point in the qualification process and come in thick & fast.

If this is the case, it's a shame that people have to cheat to gain recognition, but I guess it isn't just me that has this problem.

My two cents (or should that be two pence)

Geoff


"...I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman. ..."

Another way to think about this phenomenon would be to acknowledge that the newbies are right.  They have a fresh mindset, uncluttered by what has happened here in the past, unaware of the ever-inflating scores, and not yet bummed out by getting bombarded with Requests for Comment when their opinion happens to differ with the group mentality we have developed.  One could argue that this small community has become isolated in it's thinking; and that, to a certain extent, we have lost touch with reality and the newbies are bringing our feet back down to the ground.   

sure the scores may be high here but those scores have come to mean specific things , at least to me.

nothing wrong with the scale being brought down a notch or two(there is always room for improvement) but ,here is where I will go technical,  if elsewhere has a scale which is largely populated by scores of 3-6, well that is basically the same as a scale geared at 5-8.

When I was new I rated a tad lower..it really isnt "falling in with the mentality" that supports why my own values have increased...After voting so many images and learning ,one comes to an understanding of this sight's images in the pool...what merits it does and does not have.according to the knowledge base here.this is based on very subtle factors that not all will understand...I think this applies more so to newbies and those who started at DA first vs. experienced and knowledgeable folks with  previous experience with other sites..My scale also does fluctuate,,this is natural because there is a learning process here...each new technique or technical issue comes to light and from there one starts to apply this new "eye" to the images viewed hence you have another criteria you look for in each image...either you see that particular tech. in the image or you dont...so another reason for fluctuating scores..

I can definately tell you that what is appealing to me today , may not be tomorrow..All part of how our innards work and fluctuate with hormones  and rythm etc...

I do not fully understand such compulsion to compare to other sites all of the time and how they rate images.. like I said whether it be a standard rating of 1-5 or 5-10..same difference in my mind...

just some thoughts..

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