I thought they changed the rules so you had to write a comment in order to cast a vote on a photo. Maybe it's just my browser (Chrome). I was a bit confused when I'd see a 3 star rating with a comment raving about what a great photo it was.

Also, I can't say 5-stars is perfection. I cast only 5s really, since 4 is mediocre and 3 bums people out. 1 star must be an out-of-focus, webcam on your parents' Welcome doormat or something (I won't bother rating, cos you've gotta know it's a poor shot already). So a 5-star shot ranges from pretty damn good to outstanding. And I'll tell you what I think anyway.

i agree with you guys on the ratings. it should not be annonomys. you should have to leave your opinion if youre going to rate a pic and say why you think it deserves the rating of whatever you decide to give to that pic

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my appologies then to Falcon. Lost in translation is correct.
looks like there is a mysterious 1 starer out there. who is this evil person

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NO NO NO. all is wrong ! I never give one star for you. When I see one star in your shot got me the attention. "Why" a cool pic in rating so bad? who was? somebody this giving bad stars and you´re one more with the problem.
Dan and me says that words for the bad guy..who is?

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So what you're saying is you saw the problem, a low star rating, on pictures posted by Footloose, AgentViper and RTG, you not saying these guys are the problem.
We can just chalk that little misunderstanding to "Lost in Translation"

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I haven't seen Footloose as a problem in an way, shape, or form. I've never seen him say anything bad about anyone's pictures, but then again I don't read every critique either. RTG has a bit of an attitude, but he's above doing something as childish as giving low ratings, same with Fireflyed. I'd like to think think with all the flack AgentViper has been catching lately that he's doing what he can to change people's opinions of him for the better.

As far as whomever is giving low ratings to good pictures, why? This site isn't a popularity contest, there's no year end prize money for whomever has the best rated photos.

I understand the concept of constructive critisizm, and not every picture is worth five stars, but giving a picture one star isn't constructive critisizm without an explanation, and even then, a one star photograph is an out of focus picture taken from a bad angle that's too dark and blends in with it's backgorund.

I admit, I like to see a four or five star rating on my pictures, but I'm more interested with what fellow board members have to say about them.

I like the idea of the stars not being annonymus, then the "One Star Bandit" would have to give their reasoning.

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falcon if i miss read your comment then i appologize. but if i have then please let me know that i have

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