Soooo... it looks like this new format with a poll instead of judges isn't working out. Can those of you who were still participating until recently share what you liked about the previous format?

I tried to give feedback when I was judging, but I was never certain if it was appreciated or not... For image styles where I know next to nothing (landscapes, Karsa's astro/northern lights shots), it was hard to give meaningful feedback, but I tried to give *something* for each shot. Was this type of feedback wanted? Is the lack of interest in a purely poll based image of the week down to the lack of feedback?

I also noticed a drop in participation when we switched from Monthly to Weekly. I know to me it just felt like a constant pressure to produce something each week, and the quarter end with the same image being in a weekly result, monthly result, then quarterly result.... you just get sick of voting for the same image. The final image in a quarter never stands a chance. What can fix it? A bi-weekly schedule? Skipping monthly, and doing quarterly polls, but delaying that vote by a month to try and prevent voting fatigue?

Lets use this space try to figure out what can revitalize this for the new year. Comment on my thoughts, or post your own ideas.