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I really don't like explore. Sorry not sorry. It's the same thing as with the Daily Deviation back on deviantArt - with the difference, I only once ever achieved one of those. But the concept remains the same. First of all, it goes on my nerves how it causes a notification like every five minutes. Also, since it's per definition a picture that's a few days old already, it seems to drag attention away from more recent uploads. That part I really can't explain, but it happens all the time. Something gets explored and keeps popping my inbox, while the two or three newer uploads published since get barely anything, as if there was a connection somehow. Which is especially frustrating when they carry some writing I really wanted to get out there.

 

Also, Explore is little more than a hot thumbnail contest. If enough people click on it, it ends up getting explored. Only, if all the people then decide, it's not such a great picture at all, that doesn't get accounted for at all.

 

In short, I wish one could disable participation in that with a checkbox somewhere.

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