Well, how about allowing some people to "opt out" of critiques by adding a
line to their submission email stating such. Or will that too much overhead
for the PUG maintainers?
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From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: About PUG Commentaries
> I'm a little torn about this whole thing.
>
> If you're going to critique, then you should critique. Don't hold back,
> don't be afraid to hurt someone's feelings, but don't get personal, and
> don't be surprised if your *own* judgment gets called into question.
>
> Shel's comments seemed a bit harsh to me at first glance, but I suspect
> this is only because they were in print. I bet if it were done face to
> face, it wouldn't have come across so harsh. People tend to take things
> so *seriously* when they're in print.
>
> The part that bothers me is that the PUG wasn't really set up as a way
> to have images seriously critiqued. In the past it's just been a way for
> members to share images they liked for some reason. Nowhere on the PUG
> pages does it say that a formal criticism will be undertaken. In the
> past, if no one said anything nice about your submission you could take
> that as a sign that it wasn't very good. If you needed further
> clarification, you could ask for it, like Dan Matyola did a few months
> ago.
>
> Personally, I feel a critiqued gallery will only make for better
> submissions, but I think that means less people will post. I have a
> friend just getting into photography, and if she thought Shel's comments
> were indicative of what she might expect from submitting, she'd never
> post.
>
> That might be a good thing for the quality of the gallery, but I don't
> know that it would be so great for her.
>
> tv
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