It has come to my attention that my gift for words has been failing me miserably these past few days. What I mean to impart is coming off as bitchiness rather than humerous o helpful.
For that, I want to apologize. Especially to Harold, who works hard for this site and didn't deserve to feel like he was under attack at all. I'm an idiot. I would offer to smooch and make up, but I'm too old to be getting beat up da anyone's wife...
Now, having detto that, I am going to go over a few things that might be responsible for this mood lately. I simply feel like I am banging my head against the bacheca on a daily basis.
First off: Ratings.
te are not what is being rated (usually.) Yes, there are trolls here and there that will pop a 1 because they don't like te personally... I've gotten a few myself.
But in general, what is being rated is something te found on the Internet somewhere, not you. I mean look here... I have loaded up a bunch of video to various spots. I did not create those videos. When te rate those videos, te should rate the video based on how much of an asset it is to that spot, and nothing else. Three is not a bad rating, and really should be the baseline. I have rated YouTube video 3 and then linked them on fanpop only to be amazed that they got a 5 here.
Strange, that.
Second: Images. And this really is my main beef. Folks, fanpop is a business. The spazio is not free. The time and effort to run it is not free. It is here to make money.
I have detto this before and will likely say it another 100 times: If the image is not searchable then it is pretty much useless. te cannot load 50 immagini at once and label them 'Generic Book Cover' with no Key Words specific to that image, and with no image credit.
In order for this website to continue and sposta forward, it has to have everything (or at least most things) searchable places like Google. When someone is searching for a particular video o image, fanpop needs to come up on that first page.
That is not going to happen with things the way they are. I know that te are trying to help. I know te are trying to fill spots with cool stuff. But te have to remember that one image that is well marked is più valuable than 200 generic immagini with no specific tags.
I'm not trying to make it be like work. OK? I have fun here, and I think everyone should have fun here. But te can have fun while doing things that are to the benefit of Fanpop.
Look... I don't work here. I should not let this bother me to the point that it does... but I Amore this website, and I believe in it. I hate the thought of it eventually going down the tubes because of things like not taking the time to make sure the majority of our immagini are not in violation of Copyright laws, and that they are useful from a cerca perspective.
I am not trying to be mean. I am on my knees (shut up John) and begging te to think about it successivo time te find a cool image. Take the time to find a reasonable semblance of ownership and cite the credit. Take the time to label the image as specific as te can.
Please.
I had more, but my fingers hurt. Sucks to get old some times... heh.
Lori
For that, I want to apologize. Especially to Harold, who works hard for this site and didn't deserve to feel like he was under attack at all. I'm an idiot. I would offer to smooch and make up, but I'm too old to be getting beat up da anyone's wife...
Now, having detto that, I am going to go over a few things that might be responsible for this mood lately. I simply feel like I am banging my head against the bacheca on a daily basis.
First off: Ratings.
te are not what is being rated (usually.) Yes, there are trolls here and there that will pop a 1 because they don't like te personally... I've gotten a few myself.
But in general, what is being rated is something te found on the Internet somewhere, not you. I mean look here... I have loaded up a bunch of video to various spots. I did not create those videos. When te rate those videos, te should rate the video based on how much of an asset it is to that spot, and nothing else. Three is not a bad rating, and really should be the baseline. I have rated YouTube video 3 and then linked them on fanpop only to be amazed that they got a 5 here.
Strange, that.
Second: Images. And this really is my main beef. Folks, fanpop is a business. The spazio is not free. The time and effort to run it is not free. It is here to make money.
I have detto this before and will likely say it another 100 times: If the image is not searchable then it is pretty much useless. te cannot load 50 immagini at once and label them 'Generic Book Cover' with no Key Words specific to that image, and with no image credit.
In order for this website to continue and sposta forward, it has to have everything (or at least most things) searchable places like Google. When someone is searching for a particular video o image, fanpop needs to come up on that first page.
That is not going to happen with things the way they are. I know that te are trying to help. I know te are trying to fill spots with cool stuff. But te have to remember that one image that is well marked is più valuable than 200 generic immagini with no specific tags.
I'm not trying to make it be like work. OK? I have fun here, and I think everyone should have fun here. But te can have fun while doing things that are to the benefit of Fanpop.
Look... I don't work here. I should not let this bother me to the point that it does... but I Amore this website, and I believe in it. I hate the thought of it eventually going down the tubes because of things like not taking the time to make sure the majority of our immagini are not in violation of Copyright laws, and that they are useful from a cerca perspective.
I am not trying to be mean. I am on my knees (shut up John) and begging te to think about it successivo time te find a cool image. Take the time to find a reasonable semblance of ownership and cite the credit. Take the time to label the image as specific as te can.
Please.
I had more, but my fingers hurt. Sucks to get old some times... heh.
Lori