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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 303043" data-attributes="member: 1061">As the original creator of this site's photo contests, this is the exact reason why I initially set it up as the &quot;Weekly Challenge&quot; that was run by the community, and not moderator staff. Moderators are supposed to do just that, monitor the forums...not judge photo contests. There's no value in that for anyone.As time has gone on, the photo contests have gotten stale for a variety of reasons. It's not particularly anyone's fault, that's just the nature of the beast. This is a volunteer-run site, and not enough hands on deck.I would urge the community to take matters into its own hands and run your own contests again.[EDIT] ClarificationUnless you've moderated a site, you can't truly appreciate the hard work behind the scenes. These contests are just another thing heaped on the pile, and they're not easy to organize and maintain.There's no hard and fast rule here that states you can only participate in moderator-run photo contests. If the community wants something different, there's nothing stopping you from creating one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 303043, member: 1061"] As the original creator of this site's photo contests, this is the exact reason why I initially set it up as the "Weekly Challenge" that was run by the community, and not moderator staff. Moderators are supposed to do just that, monitor the forums...not judge photo contests. There's no value in that for anyone. As time has gone on, the photo contests have gotten stale for a variety of reasons. It's not particularly anyone's fault, that's just the nature of the beast. This is a volunteer-run site, and not enough hands on deck. I would urge the community to take matters into its own hands and run your own contests again. [I][EDIT] Clarification[/I] Unless you've moderated a site, you can't truly appreciate the hard work behind the scenes. These contests are just another thing heaped on the pile, and they're not easy to organize and maintain. There's no hard and fast rule here that states you can only participate in moderator-run photo contests. If the community wants something different, there's nothing stopping you from creating one. [/QUOTE]

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