amoxtli wrote:There is no way that the voting system can be accurate given the information above. Also, what is to prevent people from setting up more than one account and then voting for all their own shots?
I'm not sure, but I don't think that trial accounts can vote. I'm fairly certain I read that somewhere, but I can't recall where now; that is, whether it was in the Forums or in the Help system somewhere. That means that someone could still DO that... but it's going to cost them $USD23 a pop. They'd need to be AWFULLY vain...
amoxtli wrote: Or how about leaving the little V and not voting for an image?
You're dead right, there's nothing at all to stop that. The only way would be for PBase to show you a list of how many votes each of your images has received. If the number doesn't increase, you'd know that they fibbed. This is something that's been discussed many times in the past; some think that such a feature would help you know which photos are most appreciated, others feel that it would result in a "votes race". I have mixed feelings on the subject.
amoxtli wrote:I don't really pay much attention to votes. I like the comments way better.
Agreed, it's even better if the comments say what the person likes (or thinks can be improved) about the shot. Although even this can be hit and miss; I know that I sometimes don't leave comments even if I really like an image. Sometimes it's because I don't have the time, sometimes it's because I'd just be parroting the previous 20 comments. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Using Stat Counter to see how long people view particular images for is another way, though that only tells you what they like, and not why.
(Comments don't always help with that either; I've had a couple where people have said something like "that's my favourite image in your galleries". Really? THAT one? Why... uh...
THAT one, are you SURE???
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But the big feature that I think is missing is the ability to see all of the images that you yourself have voted for or made comments on. I know that I've commented on / voted for some images that I'll probably never be able to find again now; you can't bookmark EVERY image or add every artist to your favourites. Being able to see a list of your own comments would be a great way to be able to navigate back to images that you've enjoyed in the past.