Just a couple questions...

December 6th, 2010
I'm still not sure how the theme works... how are the nominees/winners chosen?
And what makes a photo popular?
And how does it get in the top 20 or anything like that?
I'm filled with questions! Thanks guys (:
December 6th, 2010
With the theme, the site creator Ross picks the 5 we vote on each week. The popular page is sort of a mystery ... seems like it's a combination of views, comments, and favs and is usually based on how many you get immediately after posting your picture. And the top 20 is chosen based on these same things -- this was from a post a while back from the site creator Ross ... "The list is compiled from data collected from the site, including favs, comments and views. Any photo on the site can make it in to this chart, not just photos added recently." Hope that answers some of your questions!
December 6th, 2010
The person who wins the comp will choose the next theme, not quiet sure how the nominees are chosen if its just Ross, but we all vote for a winner.. in the side box sometime in the next day there will appear Vote vivid, and there will be 5 photos to chose from. all you need to do is look at them all and vote on the one you like best, Im thinking the one with the most votes is the winner.
The monkeys choose the popular photos.
How you get into the top 20 I have no idea..
Hope this answered some of your q's.
I know other people can answer more in depth..
December 6th, 2010
The popular page is like the big black misterious hole of this website.
I have never made it there,so far.And I don`t care.But most of the time,the trick is to make a lot of "friends",who allways comment your photos,mostly because they`re friends,and not because they are actually impressed.Then,if you`r photo gets a lot of comments really fast,and gets favorited too,it will most likely end up on the PP.
And only new photo`s get there,you won`t see any 2009 photos there.

...and last week,I`ve seen a guy`s photo on the PP,but he had 6 views and ZERO comments. So nothing makes sense.

December 7th, 2010
@eliserose781 @nikkers @spaceman Thanks everyone, that was very helpful!
December 7th, 2010
@kelseyyx23 DON't get caught up in being popular - it fades very quickly unless you are ..... have the 'majic combination' .... just remember why you're here and don't lose sight of it ... unless it's to be on the 'recently popular' page ... then you should research who they are and point the questions at them or mimic their style. Just don't upset the 'monkeys' who chose ....
December 7th, 2010
@misschuff Thanks, I'll make sure I don't!
December 7th, 2010
You take a photo that in some way keeps with the theme. You tag it. At some point during the following week, Ross will have chosen his five favorites and the rest of us then vote for one of those.

The popular page and top 20 are based purely on stats, if I'm not mistaken. It's not really that hard to understand if you look at them… 50 views doesn't make a picture popular if there are only 5 or 6 comments... whereas those 5 or 6 comments on a picture with only 10 views means more than half of those views (versus 10%) led to an actual remark; the more comments (and favs, I would assume) are what essentially make it popular. Then the top picks make the list.



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