| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 8/29/2006 2:27:05 PM | To vote or not to vote.
Sensitive issue from many angles.
I think POF threw it in there just to see how many people will question it.
It's rare that someone admits to voting for pics in a forum so I admire you're courage.
There's plenty of info on negativity elsewhere to contemplate it's impact on the scoring system, and since there are not any real guidelines for the scoring, I would ponder the idea that there are more negative people voting than positive people which could skew the perceived results of the voting.
If I'm voted a 2, I guarantee you that I'm better than 10 or 12 9s put together by my rating system. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 8/29/2006 2:50:09 PM |
Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Why do we rate photos at all?
To each their own.
I don't rate others and no one rates mine.
Seems like a pointless function to me.
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/8/2006 3:59:42 PM | | I am not a mean person, but openly sexual photos always get a low rating with me.. They are not necessary and do not portray the person that person really is. I dont rate a normal photo any different than the glamour shots.. I look at the eyes of the person in the photo, doesn't matter if it's a professional photo or a home snap shot.. there is beauty in everyone.. Your abs or your double d's are not the best of you.. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/8/2006 11:55:25 PM | | What I find interesting is that if you look at the differences between same sex ratings, they are almost always significantly lower than ratings by the opposite sex. Men rate men lower than women rate men, and women rate women lower than the men rate them. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/11/2006 10:17:38 AM | I ignore all the testimonials and ratings. I don't care what other people think about someone else's character or picture.
I do think many people should reconsider the pictures they use. I've seen some women who only provide a picture of their legs. I wonder what they think of themselves?
Other pictures are really dark or blurry... Get a good camera with a flash!
I will say it's hard to get good pictures when you live alone... I'm not going to grab someone on the street, and ask them to take a picture! | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/11/2006 11:54:39 AM |
I will say it's hard to get good pictures when you live alone... I'm not going to grab someone on the street, and ask them to take a picture!
That's why they have timers on cameras!!
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/11/2006 5:29:44 PM | First Impressions is why we rate photos so harshly...As a guy I'm very visual...Only problem is with these bifocals all the women on POF look pretty damn good to me.
"Aged Wonder" I used my timer once & by the time I set still I had grayed & aged twenty yrs.
Why? Because I forgot to set the alarm.
Go Figure! LOL
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/11/2006 6:46:50 PM | I have always been confused by rating pictures and maybe I don't know what the reason for rating them is. Sometimes when I am bored or just phishing I will rate pictures but my reason for rating them has changed.
The first few times I rated pictures it was to find fishies that were appealing to me. If she wasn't what I found appealing to me they didn't score high.
But now when I do take the time to rate pictures I do it for a different reason. Now it is "Is this persons picture one that I think shows the best that that person can be?" There are picture that just are not good on any level, that don't show the person in the best light or are just plain stupid. Pictures of a group of people, blurry pictures, sad or angry pictures. These get a low vote from me regardless of how appealing the person is to me.
So I guess my question is which is the correct reason for rating pictures?
Thats my take on it. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 11/14/2006 6:11:35 AM | I agree with "bluesky02" if your intent was on a good first impression ....why make faces or hang with a crowd if you are promoting yourself?
Of course this is coming from a skunk who has his sleeping dog as his representative pic so...
Go Figure!
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 12/30/2007 2:14:07 AM | Does my picture next to this post look like the picture of an overweight cow? That's what one ignorant a-hole said to me! | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 1/10/2008 1:00:12 AM | | This Rate your Photo is so completely shallow and narcissistic. Is this junior high? Do you really care what people think of your face? It just feeds your insecurities. I can't believe this site has this option. How about "Rate Your Personality"? Something more substantial. What we look like is so ephemeral. And what ever picture you people post is probably a lie. An old picture of yourself when you were 10 pounds lighter and 20 years younger. I don't know. But I find this whole ratings system to be extremely juvenile. If you are proud of your face, good for you. If it feed your self esteem, I'm very sorry for you. And I don't care to rate other people's photo's. Again, it's so caddy. It's like Joan Rivers commenting on the Oscar red carpet. It's like junior high again. I don't care to comment on other people's looks, and I don't care to be commented on myself. This site might as well have a forum who people think are complete freaks or losers. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 1/11/2008 3:03:13 AM | This is a very interesting subject OP, I too really enjoy the "Rate" section and visit it quite often. I have found that I rate higher, and even on the "Top 500 " where someone is listed as a 9.6 or something, when I click my vote the little picture on the side shows 6.7 or some other figure way below.
I also found it quite saddening that what I thought was a fairly decent picture of me was only averaged at 3.95, so much so that I changed the picture!! This is just my own self - confidence, but I am sure I am not alone in this.... | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 1/11/2008 6:42:14 AM | I don't and won't participate in the "rate game". I always hate my pics..have never taken a good one..and that's my own opinion. I don't think I need to be torn down by someone elses low number system. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 1/11/2008 7:11:09 AM | It looks like photos are being rated by 2 different systems, those who judge on appearance and maybe rate according to their attraction to that person, and those who judge photographs for the artistic merit.
I don't understand why people would rate photos harshly, just can't understand what is gained by passing a negative message to a complete stranger.
One good point that was brought up and seemed to me the most practical use, was being able to see how any potentionals rated others.
My picture is not available for rating and i don't rate the photos of others,
just don't see the point. Looks like an ego trip to me on both sides of the coin.
Can understand commenting about pictures with those we are in communication with, but why should I care what somebody, who has no possible interest in me, thinks about my photographic abilities or my photogenics. | |
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| Why do we rate photos so harshly?
Posted: 1/11/2008 7:21:22 AM | | I have mine turned off as well.... I think there are a myriad reasons why a picture is rated and I just would rather get an email from a man who's attracted to my picture... looks are relative... and some are voting in a popularity pool as well... I do think some rate low out of jealousy too.... | |
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