StoneNYC
TPF Noob!
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2012
- Messages
- 130
- Reaction score
- 16
- Location
- Connecticut, USA
- Website
- www.stonenyc.com
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos NOT OK to edit
Why the fuss?
500Pix is just an image host with some built in social activities/features. It's just like Flickr in that its just a place people host photos on to show on the web and also talk with other photographers.
It really only gained popularity because a host of "skilled" photographers on flickr got tired of seeing "bad photos" so shifted to a smaller niche-focused site. As the site grows in popularity the range of skills increases as well as does the volume at each skill level. Since there is no examination nor assessment to block people joining, if 500Pix continues to increase in popularity it could well end up identical to flickr's user base overall.
The only time a community will have a fixed level of skill is when there are barriers/gatekeepers to entry into the community. Even then the barrier is likely to end up more focused on style than skill unless they retain a broad spectrum of moderators approving the content.
As for nudity on the forums, we do not allow hosting/embedding on the site of nude content. We do allow emedding/hosting in the subscribers NSFW section and we do allow users to link to NSFW content on the open forums, but provided it has a warning above the link to inform that it is linking to NSFW content.
As a rough guide line we generally accept skimpy clothing akin to what you'd see on a normal beach - anything less and its likely to be removed.
Thanks! So my link is safe cause I made a warning, good lol.
And glad we agree, as 500px grows it will get crappy ... Hah!