Some insight into the Calendar Photo Ratings system.

[Edson Carlos]

Don't go by what you see, the number of comments on a photo or number of views means nothing, just a tidbit, many of the current TOP photos have 0 comments. 3 people voting a photo Five stars, could drive that photo to the top, while a photo getting rated 10 times, with 2 five star votes, and a couple ones and twos may not match the one with 3 five star votes. Its all statistics, we don't do anything half assed here at PL like leaving myspace comments to count a vote, funk that, we're about metrics and fairness =) Ratings are being tracked to crazy decimal points... check this sample rating: 3.1875000000001 out of 5 .

How many tenths is that? Yup, serious business... One photographer pulled out his photos this morning stating the "competition" was a joke. Little did he know that his photo was by the numbers well ranked. Oh well, go ahead and walk off stage while singing with top 16 in American Idol for public votes thats fine. It's not on us =) And don't mind being near the last pages either, many photos near the last pages have the top rank, this means people are totally being picky, which is fantastic. Think you know the outcome by selecting "Display by Top Rated"? BRRRRT The software will not count all the decimal places in the database, all 1s,2s,3s, etc will be lumped in chunks in no real order...

As you can see ranking has GREAT power vs voting. And of course, there are more than 12 slots for the calendar, and we will make sure its an amazing and diverse spread. Nowhere did we state ONLY/ALL THE TOP 12 PHOTOGRAPHS would make it in...

NOW GO VOTE! ! ! ! Be as picky as we are! It's anonymous!



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[AbSINthia V.]

i have given up on contests. they are popularity contests. but this voting system is better. and its a photographers contest. so my photog entered me. I havent been begging for votes, i HATE to do that. i hate to be asked, i hate to ask. maybe thats why i never won. who ever has the most frineds wins! !!

oh and to the guy who dropped out. these are some of the BESt pics ive ever been up against! its hard when everyones a "pin up" these days. they get there buddies, and they vote based on friendship not quality of photos.... sad.... cuz some guys will have to look at the calendar all year! good luck to everyone!

[Skarlett Rawk]

how do you get your photos in there to be ranked? sorry i'm a dunce. haha

[ROXI DLITE PHOTOGRAPHY]

"If you're gonna whine, i'll show you to the cheese factory outside" - HA HA HA HAAAAA

Daddy Cool said:

MM, Give models a place to showcase their work and watch them cause drama.
PL, Give photographers a place to showcase their work and watch them cause drama.

Who would have ever imagined a contest could have great photos and less great photos, winner AND losers, what a friggin surprise!

I'll remind you all with this statement that PL is not a democracy altho we went thru GREAT lengths to be fair well beyond ANY contest you've ever put your photos into. If you're gonna whine, i'll show you to the cheese factory outside.

Welcome to the Republic of PL. Note our red/black color theme and wargames member map? All of you are directly in the center of one of those targets and all it takes is a click of the ban button!