MONOMAD - November 3rd - What's Up With All Those Single Image Posts For #Monomad??

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We noticed that the amount of single image posts in the Black And White Community and for #monomad is rising.

A little hint:

Longer and multi image posts will give you a better chance to be selected as a #monomad winner and will definitely put your publications in the curation zone.
Most curation projects in Hive simply ignore single image posts. 🙂


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  • Post your entries in the Black And White Community (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Clearly mention the #monomad challenge in your post title or post body. For example: "This is my entry for the #monomad challenge" (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • At least 50% of the submitted post, including the first image, needs to be black and white (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Use the #monomad tag (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Every photograph must be yours. Plagiarism will be immediately reported (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Reusing previously posted images will be treated as content recycling and it will be reported as well (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
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RULES :

  • Post your entries in the Black And White Community (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Clearly mention the #monomad challenge in your post title or post body. For example: "This is my entry for the #monomad challenge" (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • At least 50% of the submitted post, including the first image, needs to be black and white (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Use the #monomad tag (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Every photograph must be yours. Plagiarism will be immediately reported (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • Reusing previously posted images will be treated as content recycling and it will be reported as well (ELIMINATORY FACTOR).
  • We reserve the right to change the contest rules at any given time without further notice.

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Yes I totally forgotten about more photos in monomad post, did alot before, will make one for tomorrows :)

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There are some pictures that look so good I wouldnt mind it be the entire post, capturing the moment and creating a scenario its not easy and it takes a lot of talent, great photos

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Thanks for encouraging posts with more than just one photo.

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It's actually something we don't quite understand why it happens. We never encouraged the single image approach.
It's common to see the same user posting single images for #monomad, while publishing multi image posts into other places.
Perhaps the fact that #monomad is a competition led people to think they should post that way. No clue.

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Congratulations to the winners and participants ... Congratulations to
#monomad and the Black And White community, and thank you for this beautiful recognition.

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I have some some questions...

If I post the color versions of my photos to my blog and then come here and post the b&w versions, does that count as recycling content? The requirement that it be posted from within the community kinda seems to create a perverse incentive for single image posts. I'm still a bit foggy on communities and cross posting but it seems like if there's anything I want to post in a different community but also fits here, then I have to choose between the two or else post the pertinent photos here and the main post in the other. Am I missing/misunderstanding something about how all this works?

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Hi
Posting black and white versions of images previously published in full color it's not considered spam at all.

Regarding your second observation.. I don't quite understand why do you think that asking users to post in any specific community can be seen as a perverse incentive for single image posts. Care to elaborate on that one?

EDIT: The general idea behind communities is to organize content according to topic.
If you choose to post in a certain community the post will be visible not only to your own followers but also to all the members of that said community. So it will help with visibility and it will reach people with the same interests a lot faster.

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Awesome, thanks for clearing that up. As for the second observation I was thinking of when writing for a different community, say travelfeed or haveyoubeenhere. Whereas before I would just use the tag and put everything into the one post, now it seems like I have to choose between the communities. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to put most everything into the first post and just hold back the one or two I thought best to post here for the competition. I've tried to refrain from that but the temptation was definitely there.

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So the competition factor in #monomad is what triggers that temptation to post much lower effort content in our community than in some others?
Genuine question here.

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Not really, at least if I'm understanding what you mean by competition factor correctly. Think game theory, assuming effort is a zero sum game (it's not exactly but it's close enough), with more posts to accomplish the same thing there is less effort for each. I think the ones posting lower effort content want to be a part of the competition still but their focus is elsewhere.

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