Comments on: Fstoppers Wants Your Help To Improve Our Picture Of The Day Feature

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:32:00 +0000

The Carousel as everyone is calling it features the Top post of the last day in the top slot, the POTD in the second spot, the 2nd most popular post in the last 3 days in the 3rd spot, and the final spots are the most popular posts over the years on FS. So yes some of them are older posts but most of them are the current trending posts from the last day to last 5 days.

By: O'nev

O'nev — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:44:00 +0000

agreed!! the carousel is pointless if it’s displaying old articles and no point placing picture of the day amongst articles. you are better of giving picture of the day its own dedicated space/position on the fstoppers landing page and make it more apparent. If its obvious then more people will click on it.

Or you could do it in a way ACMP, http://acmp.com.au/, does it’s photographer of the day. A series of images.. choice is endless :-)

By: Mike_Kelley

Mike_Kelley — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:31:00 +0000

We get hundreds of emails a day. Would an auto reply be that appreciated? We can’t reply to everything, it would simply take all day. If it’s something awesome, we’ll definitely get back to you.

By: Silkswift

Silkswift — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:12:00 +0000

My advice would be to take it out of the carousel. I personally do not look at the carousel anymore, as it seems to showcase old articles that I’ve already seen. The picture of the day is a nice feature as it is, it’s just too hidden. It probably should be its own daily article (so it appears in the news feed), or have it more prominently showcased in the right sidebar.

By: Scott Ripley

Scott Ripley — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:02:00 +0000

Weekly or monthly themes, non gear-specific. Perhaps an occasional gear week.

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:44:00 +0000

It already does that.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:17:00 +0000

monthly theme i think would be the best along with feature photographer maybe have two part featured photographer for one week showing his images and talking about his backround while also showing themed images from many other contestants.

By: Dev Ambardekar

Dev Ambardekar — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:58:00 +0000

How about the same facebook or Flickr idea but with some voting involved? Featuring a photographer for sometime might get boring for visitors who are frequently visiting fstoppers since they get to see the same person again and again. If you have a voting procedure you might get a greater user interaction and at the same time make things interesting by putting the ball in ‘our’ court by letting the users select the best image.

By: Vince Smith

Vince Smith — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:47:00 +0000

you guys could go with best surf pic best wildlife pic best street photo (exaples) ……basically have differnt photos of the day but differnt categories of photo of the day

By: BDWT

BDWT — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:34:00 +0000

What if the POTD was the first thing on the slideshow at the top of the home page and when you click on it, it redirects to a mini post where readers can see an additional 3-4 photos from that same photographer and a link to the photographer’s site?

This way you’ll get the same coverage as your weekly rotation idea but Fstoppers would still be able to feature 365 photographers a year instead of 52, giving more readers a chance to show off their skills?

Or to boost views on POTD, what about having a weekly vote every friday for best POTD? It’s more work on Fstoppers’ part but it engages the readers on a different level, everyone likes voting and a little friendly competition is always fun. Maybe the photographer that wins could get a full on article featured on them? Just throwing it out there!