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There´s a tread at the MP Forum http://www.mostphotos.com/forumviewthread.php?thread=1049

We need to come up with a new way for voteing that brings the right photos to the top.  The best way would for sure be reviewers, but I guess that is currently not an option.

It´s a democratic site, so what we come up with is important!

Let´s give them our proffesional thoughts

I hope that they decide to scrap the ratings as I will then seriously consider uploading my portfolio there.

There had been similar discussions in SP in the past, and I got tired of defending image submission.  People who are serious about photography mostly agreed.  A few of them argued that sometimes a low-quality image sold.  But then there were the people with mediocre images but who believed they are masterpieces, and who often complain about low ratings, and they defended the current no-review model often using as an argument that art is not so easily judged.

Which I agree, except that I don't see art in an unfocused macro with vignetting on a white background that turned out grey.... 

Regards,
Adelaide

The way I would see it is made a review  at the entrance to assess the quality of the  photographer with less say 10 pictures for the initial submission, then no review for the subsequent submissions , make sense?
Too bad it is too late to implement that at MP...

This was suggested at SP, and also that people should pass a "rating exam" before they could actually rate.  Mind you, when you join SP you are asked to answer a short test that covers the basics of photography, but this is not mandatory.

In their case people buy storage space in the site, so from a commercial point-of-view it is comprehensible that they don't want to drive new members away just because they don't have the slightest clue about aperture, depth-of-field, etc. 

In MP however, since they don't make money unless images sell, it should be advisable that some quality control was introduced.  Not necessarily a picky one, but checking a new photographer's first submissions to see what he can produce.

Regards,
Adelaide