We're gaining in members and we've been having discussions about discoverability of photographs, among other topics. We have tangented the topic of featured images section on our front page already. I would like to voice out a, well it may not be a concern but let's call it that, for a lack of a milder word:
The selection process is not very transparent. What pic gets there, what doesn't. We have that stickied thread where anyone can make a suggestion and then a moderator judges the suggestion either way. But how I see it, the majority of featured content comes from an opaque machine from the moderators.
Moderators, in plural or is it just Matt busy there? 🙂
Seriously, no offense to Matt. Thanks to his background, he's probably the most qualified one as a curator. But anyone, qualified or not, is just a one individual making the choices. And it's not like photography can be measured objectively anyway. There's always individual taste present in curation.
I hope this will not be a touchy subject but it's something I wanted to open a discussion about. Can we democratize and open up the process?
The selection process is not very transparent. What pic gets there, what doesn't. We have that stickied thread where anyone can make a suggestion and then a moderator judges the suggestion either way. But how I see it, the majority of featured content comes from an opaque machine from the moderators.
Moderators, in plural or is it just Matt busy there? 🙂
Seriously, no offense to Matt. Thanks to his background, he's probably the most qualified one as a curator. But anyone, qualified or not, is just a one individual making the choices. And it's not like photography can be measured objectively anyway. There's always individual taste present in curation.
I hope this will not be a touchy subject but it's something I wanted to open a discussion about. Can we democratize and open up the process?