amoxtli wrote:The logic of my proposal is that you can not upload to multiple galleries simultaneously. As I wrote in my message out of 36 recent galleries earlier today 8 were insect galleries from one subscriber, and there were several other multiple galleries of 3 and 4 each posted as well. If you think that should be permitted, then we disagree.
I practice “Human moderation” on the discussion board of the photo group I organize. I remove inappropriate posts. With almost 900 members these creep up from time to time. I don't see anything wrong with having a responsible moderator.
Thank you, Walter, for your answer and explanation.
While I fully agree with you about “Human moderation” which can be fairer and more selective than automatic filters, I’m not sure I can see anything wrong in people who feel like posting different photos in different galleries. Sometimes we might have sub-galleries which are part of the same gallery and we might have photos ready which find their place in different sub-galleries. For example if I create a gallery of photos taken during a trip, I might decide to present it in sub-galleries, for example, night pictures, details, people, all related with the main theme.
I fully agree with Bob and Helen who expressed their opinion in a very well-articulated way. For me it’s a bit annoying that the ridiculous behaviour of few, who think that appearing at the top of the recently uploaded galleries is the only way to become good photographers, leads PBase management to impose limits and filters to all their members, who are supposed to be adult and responsible.
Personally I don’t post in the meta-gallery Photo a Day either. I really don’t see why I should select one of my gallery as PaD, then to change the selection, day after day, only to take advantage of an extra chance to show my most recently uploaded photo also in that page.
I think it might have a meaning only for the people who really have a well-defined PaD gallery, not for the people who select as PaD a different gallery of theirs according to the photo they post.
But it’s not such a tragedy. After all it’s just a matter to appear in a meta-page for a short time, there is not any prize to win.
But I consider a matter of principle, as I have already said, to not be treated like schoolchildren, mostly when it’s just a matter of a hobby, like posting photos on a website.
Besides that, if we want to be fussy, there are other rather mean little strategies which a few people adopt, to attract some ephemeral popularity, as, for example, commenting compulsory all what they see in …the recently uploaded pages, without making any selective choice, but celebrating with a short sycophantic comment all at the same way, good photos or casual snapshots. Either they are easily pleased jolly good fellows who like superficially all…or it might be a little fishy.
But it’s not the case to take all that too seriously. The majority, the greatest majority of us are common people who behave properly and simply enjoy our common passion for photography.
All the best
Marisa