Hi Trax! How does this invite disaster? I'm still not getting it. I'd like to go over the idea with you, you can email me via the site, I can't private msg due to the nature of my account. I'd hate to bloat the thread with unnecessary tedium.
But thx for the football analogy. Aren't league standings decided by _wins_ and ties? E.a., a club _only_ gets points when they win. Isn't this in all sports? Your wins count, your losses are just losses. Since when do teams/players get negative points for not winning? Correct or not?
Imagine a league where teams got minus points for losing, and top teams got automatic extra wins for having top league ranking. What a concept. Talk about your heads-I-win tails-you-lose situation. Losing teams would have to go on a winning streak just to break even. This is precisely the incentive arrangement that A.net has put into place.
I think it's a good argument that long-participating photogs have made the site what it is, fine, reward those guys with infinite upload slots, wonderful... but don't _punish_ aspiring members for trying to join. I guess I'm belaboring this point because it seems so glaringly obvious to me. I thought Demand Media had a clique of Harvard MBAs onboard. Did they skip the class on Incentives or what?
Regarding the other site... it's basically the scene for photogs right now. The public is still at A.net. But your problem is, the public goes where the pictures are. A.net regulars keep saying they're still seeing excellent photos coming through, but I happen to have a few shots I consider "excellent" that aren't on the site, how many other hundreds/thousands of pics do other new photogs have that aren't on the site? There must be over 200+ photogs who regularly go spotting/shooting at Chek Lap Kok, how many do you see posting here vis-a-vis the other site? Multiply that by all airports around the world. Day-by-day I'm seeing more and more familiar names popping up on the other site and it's only a matter of time before momentum starts drawing the public in there, as a matter of fact, exactly how A.net rose to "fame." Most trends start small and don't go noticed until they're obvious to everyone.
As others have said.... let's not kill the goose....
Thx again and apologies for the lengthy post. My words-per-post privileges haven't been cut just yet I suppose. Probably after this post. Rejected for "noise."