Will you vote for yourself?
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^Ok, thanks. I haven't voted so I haven't seen this. Now I know.
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I wouldn't have even thought of voting for my own pic, regardless of the rules. If I was lucky enough to get into the final 20, which I thankfully did, I'd vote for the best of the other entries.
When voting on this weeks challenge, I didn't even look to see how people were voting before I made my choice, so as not to be influenced.
I was stuck between 2 pictures, and seeing how everyone else was voting may have had a bearing on my final choice. It's human nature to gravitate to the majority opinion on a subconscious level, no matter how much of a rebel you think you may be.
I think it's a good idea to stop people voting on their own entry. It's the way in other photographic competition I enter. They also have an anonymous picture entry's till after the voting, so pictures are judged on the quality of the image, rather than the authors identity having any sway. Hard to do here, but the best way for an image to be judged only on it's own merits.
Also if people are taking the time to put pictures in to be judged, and others are taking the time to look, and vote, the least you can do is vote yourself if you're in the last 20. It's the decent and respectful thing to do, whatever the outcome you vote may have on your final placing. Be honest and play the game in the right spirit.
That's just my opinion, feel free to ignore.
When voting on this weeks challenge, I didn't even look to see how people were voting before I made my choice, so as not to be influenced.
I was stuck between 2 pictures, and seeing how everyone else was voting may have had a bearing on my final choice. It's human nature to gravitate to the majority opinion on a subconscious level, no matter how much of a rebel you think you may be.
I think it's a good idea to stop people voting on their own entry. It's the way in other photographic competition I enter. They also have an anonymous picture entry's till after the voting, so pictures are judged on the quality of the image, rather than the authors identity having any sway. Hard to do here, but the best way for an image to be judged only on it's own merits.
Also if people are taking the time to put pictures in to be judged, and others are taking the time to look, and vote, the least you can do is vote yourself if you're in the last 20. It's the decent and respectful thing to do, whatever the outcome you vote may have on your final placing. Be honest and play the game in the right spirit.
That's just my opinion, feel free to ignore.
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I'm sorry you may have misunderstood what I wrote as "the least you can do is vote for yourself if you're in the top 20", but I didn't use the word "for".
Maybe I should have phrased it as "the least you could do is join in the vote yourself if you're in the top 20", or "the least you could do is vote if you're in the top 20".
Either may have stopped any confusion you may have had.
Thanks for pointing out any mistakes in my grammar. Getting the right point across is always my aim.
Maybe I should have phrased it as "the least you could do is join in the vote yourself if you're in the top 20", or "the least you could do is vote if you're in the top 20".
Either may have stopped any confusion you may have had.
Thanks for pointing out any mistakes in my grammar. Getting the right point across is always my aim.
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