Photo contest post mortem

[Behind the Aegis]

2. I think you did quite well.

Personally, I am not at all concerned about the transparency of the voters. I still like the idea of blind submissions. To me, it makes the contest more real and less of a popularity contest. I know that may sound snotty, but it isn't intended to be. This group seems pretty tight, but there are a number of us who pop in from time to time, who aren't very good, but enjoy having others see our work and enjoy the topic. I learn quite a bit from different posters in this group and it is one of the few where I don't seem to be a lightening rod (hopefully the above sentence will have made sense and not make me a lightening rod here).

I really think the new feature of the polls allowing for automatic closing will speed up the process as there won't be need for a mod to lock and extra votes can't slip in under the wire.