Astrobin versus Flickr

big fan of astrobin, because it does not mess with your images with compression or any rubbish like that.
and my images need all the help they can get !

www.astrobin.com/users/manic_dave/

manic_dave wrote: big fan of astrobin, because it does not mess with your images with compression or any rubbish like that.
and my images need all the help they can get !

LMAO!!!

One thing it does lack, or maybe I just haven't found it, is the ability to group images into Albums of Folders, I want to upload all my DSLR ones, but want to put them in a separate folder

Kinch wrote: Hi guys,

I am also on Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/users/Kinch/

There are some really good features as you both mentioned. One thing I don't like (as mentioned in one of my other posts here) it tends to be a mutual admiration society - the same people passing 'Likes' back & forth regardless of whether they have good images up or not. It is better than it was but Image of day was sometimes a really rubbish shot.....but had gained many 'Likes' simply because the imager had lots of followers. It still goes on to some extent - but image of the day now has Site Admin input. This is what I was also proposing for the monthly competition here on IFAS site.
But - looking at the good points - it remains a good site for showing & seeing some great images.

Looks like that is still the case, look at the FAQ:

How is the Image of the Day selected?

Every night, an algorithm looks at the images uploaded during the previous 7 days. The image with most Likes in that period is selected as Image of the Day.

Hi Simon,

Look at the blog & comments here: (Scroll up for the blog entry when you get to the page).

www.astrobin.com/blog/2014/05/29/changes-image-day/#comments

Ironic this statement:

From tomorrow on, a semi-automated approach will be used. Every day, an algorithm will present me (or other individuals whose judgement I trust deeply) with a list of candidates for the "Image of the Day." The one that's deemed the best will be selected manually.

So all the images that get the most "Likes" will be reviewed and a "Best" will be selected from that group, still doesn't solve the original issue in my opinion