Newsvine Photographers: Extending & Clarifying the Scope

Well, I'm not so concerned with getting my name out there, but I like pictures with articles. Of course, mine is a biased opinion - LOL:)

Dang I hate finding typo's after the edit time is up.

Fletch as the unofficial Typo King of the Universe I feel your pain my friend. ;-)

I undersand. I seem to have 6 fingers some timezesssss. :-)

I appreciate the difficulty of the issues you brought up Viki. Perhaps there is some sort of intermediate solution. Maybe... as a reward for "good behavior" the ability to add photos to comments could be given to "selected" Viners... Something like the way entry into the beta program is handed out.

Just a thought Mal...your idea of image-use collaboration is intriguing, but perhaps instead of a 'good behavior/reward' approach, which I think will inevitably lead to hurt feelings and charges of bias and favoritism...the use could be physically confined within selected 'private' groups. That way it's available for 'collaborators' with specific and relevant needs, but kept off the public groups and pages that the comment-spammers and whackadoodles like to hit.

Hi W,

That idea had occurred to me too... except the private piece which would certainly solve the spam and abuse issues. But one of the purposes of these photography groups is visibility... so the privacy piece kind of works against that... Furthermore, having to get approval for being "let in" to a private group or having been kicked out for "bad behavior" is also likely to lead to some hurt feelings. I am thinking of the "good behavior" reward as sort of another phase... Kind of like the Greenhouse... only getting more instead of less...

There are plenty of hurt feelings around this place and I doubt that some people getting a reward while others have to, as Schnoo once said to me, "earn yer dues" is not likely to make a dent in the amount of hurt feelings we see. Furthermore, it seems to me that have a few "rewards" for behaving nicely might be a very useful tool for encouraging better behavior around here.

..."rewards" for behaving nicely might be a very useful tool for encouraging better behavior around here.

I certainly wouldn't argue with that.

...one of the purposes of these photography groups is visibility... so the privacy piece kind of works against that...

Yes, I see your point. But I think you could still confine the use to members within selected groups; groups that are still visible to the community-at-large who may be non-members, [of that group], but who can still comment the ole' fashioned way. Either way it would demand greater vigilance on the part of group admins/owners/members, and maybe more members with access to the tools to remove inappropriate postings. 'Shoot on sight', [if you'll pardon the metaphor], rather than report and wait on the sheriff to arrive.