Yes, if you follow the instructions I gave above - given you haven't already voted that day, you will see a popup bar that says "Thank you for placing your vote!"
You only need to click "vote to hitlist" and then your vote has been placed!
Thanks
]]>I just followed your instructions and found the link...
Being curious, I clicked it and did not get the normal response which is a list of the last 30 days to choose an artist from.
I got a square bubble with a 2 line message saying "www.ishotmyself.com says" and "Thank you for placing your vote"
I couldn't do anything til I clicked OK... When I did, I noted the vote to hitlist link had disappeared... I refreshed the screen and the link did not reappear... She is still in 9th place on the hitlist, but I have no way of telling whether my vote was recorded or not, but because of the behavior of the vote link on the profile page, I would assume I just inadvertently changed the voting results...
I wonder if that link will be back in 7 days, the normal delay period...
OK, I did vote for Viscous because I just tried to vote for Bobbie_T and was told I can only vote once a day...
and that is new info I mussed a year ago, didn't know I could vote every day
]]>I see what you describe for all primary contributors for the last 31 days, but not for reloads. I'm not complaining because I personally think that the hitlist should be limited to primary contributors, as before, but I'm just confused because I've followed your path for Viscous and cannot see a way to vote for her, as I did with Bobbi_J earlier (her contribution has since passed beyond 31 days, so I do not expect to see her now).
]]>You can infact vote for others by clicking through to their folio, scroll to the end of the images and click 'vote to hitlist' next to 'view artist profile' and 'download folio as zip'. This also works in video format.
I hope this helps!
]]>What I do not see is a way to vote for reloads or video contributions. The "vote here" note under the hitlist leads to a page that lists only eligible primary contributors, and neither the reload or video page nor the artist profile accessible from the reload page contains a hitlist vote note.
I see no way to vote for reload contributions, yet somehow some reload contributors keep collecting votes. I'm obviously missing something. How is this happening?
]]>Leo, and everyone, we'd appreciate input from our subscribers! Would a personalised page where you could have an identity and curate your favourite images into specific sets (eg. 'LeoBloom's PERFECTLY SANE CAT LADIES' best cat shots of ISM) to share (or keep private) and engage with other subscribers and contributors be of interest to you?
What kind of things do peeps think you'd like to do on ISM? How could we make it more interactive?
Yes. I do think that would be good, but I had the impression it wasn't in keeping with the site's ethos (is it possible there's been a changeover at the top?) I definitely seem to have a memory of someone being lectured way back as to how unhealthy it was to be fixated on certain kinds of erotic stimuli, and how the site was supposed to be opening our minds to all kinds of beauty. Well OK, yes, but we all of us find ourselves drawn to and wanting to return to certain kinds of beauty, and it seems natural for the site to facilitate this.
]]>An additional thought, I know Feck does not want to establish a "dating service" but it has occured to me that you might keep your standards high and yet also allow members to contact one another privately through the site so that you have both public and private discussion. If a member didn't want to be contacted in general or by a specific member, this could be accomplished in the member's preferences, by not responding or by blocking. Any member who was out of line with the expressed standards and policies of Feck (most importantly, respect and sensitivity to all) could be exiled from the community.
In fact, I had thought that this was possible from the member profile options but don't see that this is actually effected:
Set your privacy options
Select whether you want your email address to be viewable to other users or not and if you want other users to be able to send you email via the forum (form email) or not.
Display your email address. Hide your email address but allow form email. Hide your email address and disallow form email.
Leo, and everyone, we'd appreciate input from our subscribers! Would a personalised page where you could have an identity and curate your favourite images into specific sets (eg. 'LeoBloom's PERFECTLY SANE CAT LADIES' best cat shots of ISM) to share (or keep private) and engage with other subscribers and contributors be of interest to you?
What kind of things do peeps think you'd like to do on ISM? How could we make it more interactive?
]]>As for the hitlist, I think the sentiments expressed by each of the above members are thoughtful and wonderful but I also suspect that the staff are merely searching for ways to engage the members so as to retain them. I've long felt that this moderated Forum might be key but to make the Forum a greater draw I believe the folio contributors (far past, like you, Aven, as well as recent) will have to become more involved. After all, they are the basis of the enterprise.
Might there not be a great deal of potential for the business in creating greater synergy between folio and forum? As it is, rarely do the folio contributors even thank those who praise their folios in the comment sections. Several of the staff jump in with thoughtful posts in the Forum and I've noticed this generates more comments but there isn't much followup so the discussions usually die quite quickly.
Finally, back to you, Aven. I think you are a real #1 hit. Thank you.
]]>Maybe you could keep the hitlist but hide it from public so nobody knows who's on the list and who's not. Better yet just invite everyone back (not sure the Feck accountants would like that idea though).
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