Feedback

Feedback is a process in which information about the past or the present influences the same phenomenon in the present or future. As part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop, the event is said to "feed back" into itself.

 

Although there are a number of problems with flickr I still think it's the best, and I do think if you really want to you can get some useful feedback you can, but you do really need to ask for it. I've done it before and you've been good enough to oblige so I'm asking again....

 

This is the sunset that was going on opposite my previous shot.

 

I'm not looking for comments on this shot other than enough to satisfy what I'm going to ask shortly, I'm not looking for favs either.... I would just like if you have the time to comment using either 'like it' or 'don't like it', nothing else. At some stage I'll add in my own opinion but I'm interested to obtain other's opinions.

 

I will not be offended by those that say they don't like it, I'm trying to obtain some feedback that helps me better inform myself about my photos. In general all you ever receive on flickr and other sites are comments talking about what's good or right with a shot... but really it's the feedback that points out something that is wrong that is often more valuable. e.g. when I'm looking to buy something on amazon and I've narrowed down my choices, then I look at the negative comments in the feedback as it is generally a lot more useful to know what is poor about a product rather than all the comments saying what is good... of course by taking into account the good comments with the bad then you can make an educated decision... but here on flickr you don't tend to get that negative balancing feedback

 

I think it would be a useful feature for flickr to have... a like/don't like button, perhaps with option to turn it off for those that don't like to know that someone doesn't like there shot.. :o)

 

Another useful feature would perhaps tohave the ability to have a poll on a shot so that again you could try and obtain some kind of feedback beyond the 'lovely capture' variety.... of which I'm just as guilty as anyone.

 

I suppose thinking about.... if you also want to comment why you like or dislike the image then that would be fair :o).... although I doubt anyone ever reads this far... which will make it interesting to see all those people that fav the image because they obviously haven't even read the beginning of this description/message.

 

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Uploaded on January 20, 2013
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