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Nic Name · 03-19-2002, 09:48 AM

The challenge for IotD is quality and impact, not quantity.

I really think that creative changes to move Photoshipe Phrenzy! into the Main, and perhaps another Caption IT! forum for potentially humorous images, would provide alternatives that would naturally improve the quality of IotD.

If IotD were a "one a day" image selected by UT, there would be less "reward" for repeat visits during the day.

Some awesome images have been posted by others:

Is this Art? by Muse with 33 replies and 1413 page views;
Tug vs. Bridge by Slithy Tove with 45 replies and 3387 page views;
Israelis, Palestinians and Death by dhamsaic with 38 comments and 1833 page views;
Desert by Nic Name with 8 replies and 1147 page views;
Columbia Dawn by blowmeetheclown with 8 replies 1172 page views;
(that awesome fighter) first post ... by spirit with 11 replies and 1233 page views, although its title could have been better.

In fact, my two favorite IotD were posted by other members:

Freehand Mountain by dhamsaic
city lights by Joe

both of which have made it to my desktop background.

I emailed Frozen Auto for you to post, but I don't think I would have been "on the lookout" for images with impact like that if email were the only way to get images of this quality on the thread.

There would far less incentive to submit for consideration than directly post and get immediate feeback. See http://www.dailyimage.com/about.cfm How lame is that?

I'll concur with others that your posts to IotD are more often than not "images that blow my mind -- every day" but sometimes they just blow. (e.g. Bob Vole ... ha ha but not an IotD unless it's under my desk: would have made a great Caption IT! opportunity.) (Defense spending over time?) (Snowfall across US?) (Pearl the dog gets hives?) No doubt there will be others who would defend these as some of your best posts. I'll try not to suck up! :p

I guess the point is, as you would have said to me a month ago, that although yours is often the best judgment, it isn't the only view, and the Cellar has a way of evolving by design rather than by imposition of rules.

The broader the community grows, the less likely it will be that any one person's view of what makes an IotD will hit a common chord with the larger audience. The unique advantage of the Cellar over alternative sites is its participatory democracy, and the potential for more than one image every day that will blow our minds.

03-19-2002, 09:48 AM	#12
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	The challenge for IotD is quality and impact, not quantity. I really think that creative changes to move Photoshipe Phrenzy! into the Main, and perhaps another Caption IT! forum for potentially humorous images, would provide alternatives that would naturally improve the quality of IotD. If IotD were a "one a day" image selected by UT, there would be less "reward" for repeat visits during the day. Some awesome images have been posted by others: Is this Art? by Muse with 33 replies and 1413 page views; Tug vs. Bridge by Slithy Tove with 45 replies and 3387 page views; Israelis, Palestinians and Death by dhamsaic with 38 comments and 1833 page views; Desert by Nic Name with 8 replies and 1147 page views; Columbia Dawn by blowmeetheclown with 8 replies 1172 page views; (that awesome fighter) first post ... by spirit with 11 replies and 1233 page views, although its title could have been better. In fact, my two favorite IotD were posted by other members: Freehand Mountain by dhamsaic city lights by Joe both of which have made it to my desktop background. I emailed Frozen Auto for you to post, but I don't think I would have been "on the lookout" for images with impact like that if email were the only way to get images of this quality on the thread. There would far less incentive to submit for consideration than directly post and get immediate feeback. See http://www.dailyimage.com/about.cfm How lame is that? I'll concur with others that your posts to IotD are more often than not "images that blow my mind -- every day" but sometimes they just blow. (e.g. Bob Vole ... ha ha but not an IotD unless it's under my desk: would have made a great Caption IT! opportunity.) (Defense spending over time?) (Snowfall across US?) (Pearl the dog gets hives?) No doubt there will be others who would defend these as some of your best posts. I'll try not to suck up! :p I guess the point is, as you would have said to me a month ago, that although yours is often the best judgment, it isn't the only view, and the Cellar has a way of evolving by design rather than by imposition of rules. The broader the community grows, the less likely it will be that any one person's view of what makes an IotD will hit a common chord with the larger audience. The unique advantage of the Cellar over alternative sites is its participatory democracy, and the potential for more than one image every day that will blow our minds. Last edited by Nic Name; 03-19-2002 at 11:25 AM.