I wanted to ask what you think of a possible change to the scoring of the weekly challenges.
Right now most of the scoring is based on who gets the most upvotes. It works well for keeping things impartial, but those who post early will get more views and more chances at being upvoted than those who post later.
We already try to make things fairer by awarding bonus points to the last two images and a penalty for posting within the first 24 hours.
That last one got some feedback with some valid points, so I would like to suggest something different.
I want to see if having a separate submission and scoring post might work for the next challenge. Everyone can submit their images for at least 7 days and then I put them all together in a new post with separate replies to let people vote for at least 24 hours. Maybe even wait with posting until the weekend to get the most out of it?
I'd be happy to hear your input on this. It's a bit more work, but I don't mind doing it if it makes things more fair. And I hope I can automate the tedious stuff.
Nothing much changes on your end, but it might make the whole experience more fun and less of a race :)
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Thank you so much for your input and appreciation. I've heard some great arguments and will keep these in mind.
I'm going to give this a try for the coming challenge. But to whoever wins next, feel free to ignore all of this and try something different for the challenge after this.
Just know I'm always happy to help out in whatever way possible.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/25716230 here's merde's recent post. I would like to ask that 'not sharing prompt results in less points' be looked at and possibly changed. Not all of us have the same image making process and some of us vary significantly. My own process is different from merde's, but also 'when i create an image with a logical, on topic, shareable prompt', as I do for most of the challenges, it often is a subpar image compared to if I had created the image naturally, in my own style.
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my generator is like a witches brew where what is thrown in may have little to do with what is generated. It cares about maximum beauty and that the result is beautiful matters more than closeness to prompt. I could type 'unicorn' and my image have no unicorns and be, instead, a perfect space scene for the challenge. Because promptsharing is tied to points, I often, instead, submit worse pictures but with a legit prompt.You make a good point, and I'm fine with dropping that one.
It was originally included to encourage sharing of workflows and prompts. Some of us are new at this, or appreciate a peek in the kitchen (sorry, bad Dutch expression :) to get some inspiration.
But I agree that it doesn't mean that people should be penalized for having complex workflows.
thank you