[shuttertalk]

Hey, I'm thinking of implementing some sort of scoring/rating system to help people critique photos. As you know, people share some amazing stuff, and sometimes I feel a "Nice!" or brief comment doesn't do it justice, or people comment on one particular aspect of a photo, but neglect other important attributes.

I'm thinking of something along the lines of a score out of 5 for attributes such as composition, technical quality, artistic interpretation, post-processing, wow factor etc. It could be implemented by a popup form activated by one of a bbcode buttons, which will then insert some code into your reply and will be displayed along with any comments you may have. It's purely optional of course whether to use it or not.


What do you think? I think a few questions need to be answered:

1. Should we even have such a system? Are comments enough? Will it be crushing to our members if someone gave them a 1/5 or 2/5? Will it become a lazy way out - instead of putting thought into commenting, people will just score?

2. If you think it's a good idea, what attributes should photos be "graded" on?

3. Any other suggestions? Maybe making the "score" more like a preference - e.g. "not for me / indifferent / appealing" - so that it's not so harsh?


Let me know what you think...