RE: WOX authors who are eligible for support from the Steemit team
I utterly agree with you @o1eh.
Very interesting thread.
On the hand, following your reasoning about quality and quantity, I have always wondered why Steemit puts quantity before quality. There is a clear example, entries with one (only) excellent photo receive miserable rewards and others with a lot of identical photos bordering on aesthetic horror get substantial rewards.
I don't quite understand why all the communities insist on promoting quantity. Quantity of photos and quantity of text, when many, many times we can see entries rewarded with huge amounts, which publish many practically identical photographs of dubious quality. The same happens in the field of text, I have seen entries with hundreds of words, with many spelling mistakes, syntactic errors and the worst, that said nothing.
As a professional photographer I would like both moderators and curators to be aware of how much it costs to make a good photo. On the other hand, it is frustrating to see how in photo contests, photos of very low quality are awarded and others that can certainly be considered good, are ignored. I have judged many photography contests, both analogue and digital, and I know that the job is not easy, but there are communities, even in photography, where it is clear that the jury or curators have little or no idea how to evaluate a photographic work, and this is clearly unfair.
Sorry for the length of the post, but because of your importance in the platform, it was an opportunity that I could not miss.
I also agree with you.
I believe that photos are as unique and important content as text. And when the photo is accompanied by a description, it's great. However, photographs are underrated here, as well as painting. Imagine how much time you need to spend to draw a good picture. Much more than writing a 300 word text.
I think you yourself have answered the question why photos receive few rewards. Most, if not all, curators do not know how to judge the quality of a photograph. Few people can tell the difference between an artistic photo and a good smartphone shot.
It would be great if there was a powerful curator account managed by skilled photographers or artists. This account would specialize in visual art. But creating an account requires resources. Perhaps something like this will happen someday. At least I'll try to offer something like that to the Steemit team in my next report.
Hello @o1eh
Thank you very much for your answer and opinion.
Along the lines we discussed, I had the proposal to make a post with a photo with a careful composition and perfect light, explaining why and how it was taken, both technically and creatively. The frequency could be more or less weekly. I don't know where it would fit in, but I think it would give some creative recognition to photography in general, as well as to the community.
On the other hand, if you plan some kind of activity for the Steem team, I'd love to be able to collaborate on the project.
I think it's a great idea. Any educational materials are extremely useful, especially if they are written by experienced professionals.
Tomorrow I will write a report and I will write a proposal in it. Let's see if the Steemit team responds to this offer. If so, then you will have the opportunity to work :)