One thing to note in this: the person cited in the article, Rebekka Gu�leifsd�ttir, is Flickr's Lise Gagne - an article in the Wall Street Journal even referred to her as "the web's top photographer". Personally, I take exception to this, and view much of her Flickr fame to be the result of her being young, attractive, and quite willing to publish provocative self-portraits in a predominantly male environment. Her work can be good at times, but not that good - there are very many other Flickrites who are much, much better. Give yourself a two minute break from things and click here to see her work.

I keep hearing everyone talking about this idea of making room for text.  It is my opinion that any designer worth his salt can easily do just what you did and make his room for text. 

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Quote from: mjp on January 15, 2008, 04:25

I do not have time and skills to write massive amounts of comments which eventually drive traffic also to your own portfolio as well.

Exactly.  That's not a good way to drive traffic to a portfolio.  Has anyone considered that it tilts heavily toward Americans, who are chatting together and leaving comments for each other, as opposed to people from other countries who may be producing brilliant imagery?  But even so, why should folks pairing up on the message board to write comments for each other be allowed to gain added spotlight?  It seems more like a scheme than it does a relevant search result.

And why should "Views" play a role in portfolio exposure anyhow?  A View without a Sale is totally useless.  In fact I would go as far as to say a high ratio of Views to Sales suggests prospective buyers are clicking on your images, and determining that it doesn't meet their standards.

Quote from: bryan_luckyoliver on January 14, 2008, 13:37

I think rewarding Carnies that have participated in the community with exposure isn't a bad thing.  It's statistical analysis. Many of these artists are driving traffic to other people's work. 

I respectfully disagree Bryan.  I don't like the idea of awarding a lot of message board posting with increased portfolio exposure.  A lot of the posts I read when I was active had to do with griping about slow site traffic, and how people were doing at other agencies.  I don't know why this should be rewarded with portfolio exposure.

If you are looking for innovative ways to give people empowerment and exposure, I suggest basing an idea on 123RF's "Fave" list, which is one of the simplest, best ideas I have come across.  It allows contributors to take 1 image for every 20 accepted images (5%), and "Fave" it.  The result is the any "Faved" image ends up near the top of the relevant search list. 

I like this type of empowerment, as it allows artists to put their money with their mouth is with ideas of what their best images are.  Something along these lines is smart in my opinion, and a lot more empowering than something you are going to run into elsewhere.  Think along these types of lines and get artists more involved with promoting their portfolios.  If people want to post a lot, let them post a lot. 

I prefer to create images rather than chat about a site.

So how is this list defined?