Hey Koby

Congrats on no 99 in a large field in the b&w contest, you beat 271 people!!

Peter

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Thank You for the vote in the B&W contest.

MikeB

Thank you muchly for your vote in the B&W
contest.

Thank you so much for your vote in B&W contest. :)

MunWai

Gidday Koby,

Bad weather over here today and I've been playing with fotki. I made an account photo puzzle that you might find fun on a rainy day.

http://public.fotki.com/Pedro23/fotki/account_photo_puzzle/

Peter

Thank you for your vote in the black & white photo contest

Koby,

I read your comments on Napomo's picture. I agree with some aspects of your comments and disagree with others.

I try to vote on every picture as well. But, I vote based on the quality of the picture, whether it's on page 1 or the last page. It doesn't seem fair to give a picture on the first few pages a low vote soley because they were able to have a picture ready at the start of submissions. What are they supposed to do? Wait until the end so they don't upset the other 300+ members?

There is more to it than where a picture is placed too. There are people who get high scores every contest just because they are a popular member. If you're going to randomize the pages, then the name of the person who submitted the picture should be withheld until the end of the contest so there isn't an unfair "friend" advantage.

A member also shouldn't be able to see their own score until they've voted on every picture either. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people give someone a low score because they didn't like the score or comment left on their picture. Basically, it ends up being "revenge" voting.

This would be my suggestion. (And I have emailed Fotki several times, with nothing more than a we're working on it response.

1. Mix the pictures up on no less than a daily basis.

2. No member name, title, or descriptions. Even though I love the title and description aspect...people would start putting who they are in the descriptions.

3. No scores should be visible until the end of the contest.

This is the only way I can see that people will vote based soley on the merits of the picture rather than it being a popularity contest.

Thank you for your vote in the Black and White photo contest.

Take Care,

Lara

thank you very much for your vote in the photo contest and i wish you all my best for the new year!

Thanks for the vote! St. Petersburg is a beautiful city.

Hi. Thank you for voting on my photo in the b/w contest. You have some very excellent photos on your site. Thanks for sharing them!

Thanks for the vote in the B/W contest

Keith

Thanks a lot for your vote in BW contest

Thanks for your vote, it is very kind! Happy New Year!

coby you ar krazy happy new year!

Thank you so much for your vote in B&W contest :-)

Ellenka

Thanks for you vote, much appreciated :D Claire x

Hi! Thank you for your vote on Black and White contest!

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Thanks for the vote, on my Black and White pic.

http://www.miltonp.fotki.com/pce/ndscn8560b.html

Be Cool, Happy New Year!!!