Background for the suggested change in policy and posting format
Based on the experience with the 'Daily Blog' run in 2016, the NG Team has decided to reduce the possible rate of submission, plus change the format of the subforum itself. Suffice it to say these measures are intended to help our members be more attentive to the quality of the submitted work.
While the notion of 'stream of consciousness' indubitably can be valuable, it mainly works on an individual level and for a shorter period of time. On a community level, it can tend to lower the signal to noise ratio of users' contributions. The pressure to post
something, no matter what, every day is in itself non-conducive to quality work and thus can alienate participants as the days pass by. Even the most talented of us hardly can deliver consistently peak results day in and day out.
For the entire NG community a more appropriate format has to be established. The NG Team suggests the following policy:
- The submissions will be at a recurrent interval to be decided (see the poll): either weekly, bimonthly, monthly, or per quarter.
- Each member can only post 1 (one) image in the given period. You can, however, replace your submitted image at any time until the end of the period.
- No contest as such is implied. The contributions will not be ranked.
- A member does not need to participate in all periods.
Please cast your vote in the Poll to help us decide what format to use in 2017.