Gallery Showcase suggestion

Now before I make the suggestion, I know this would be quite difficult to police but bare with me, someone else may also have a suggestion

I've noticed that quite a few gallery showcase threads go unanswered or have 1 or 2 responses, yet have 50 views or so.

Now theres nothing wrong with viewing at all! I do it, you all do etc! But at the same time everyone likes posting work and getting reponses.

An idea might be: For every thread you post in there, could you please critic 2 other peoples work.

It might bring a bit more activity back rather than just lots of empty threads.

Anway, i know the logisitics are tricky, and it would rely on goodwill of members.

I like the idea... However how would be control that? :x



The ammount of spam that it could possiblity generate also worries me.

what bennett said

There may be hack for this - not sure. My main issue would be spam - it would have to be well policed.

Yea, im sure i've seen a hack somewhere for it.

As you've all said it would need to be policed well, perhaps bring in a moderator, that would do only that section.

Just set the minimum word count to around 40 or so. Then they can't say 'looks good' and get it over with. I'm 100% for this idea, because it would help everybody get reviews.

Originally Posted by JamesH Just set the minimum word count to around 40 or so. Then they can't say 'looks good' and get it over with. I'm 100% for this idea, because it would help everybody get reviews.

There's already a 10 character minimum...which stinks IMO. Sometimes, you can give a concise critique for less than 40 words too.

Thanks for the support for this idea guys, a little give and take would improve things so much more in the showcase.

I mean how long does it take to put a couple of constructive ideas down for 2 or so people? In return you can get everyones thoughts in your threads.

I firmly believe with a character limit or good moderation, this could bring quality posting to that forum, as well as activity.

In order to give a decent, thorough review that is actually worth reading it should be at least a paragraph in my opinion.

Originally Posted by JamesH Just set the minimum word count to around 40 or so. Then they can't say 'looks good' and get it over with. I'm 100% for this idea, because it would help everybody get reviews.

I don't believe you can set this on a forum by forum basis though