Friday Q&A

Questionable Defibrillation

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome to another edition of the Friday Q&A. Thanks for joining me again. Each week, I examine the issues facing Fark's Photoshop community. Recently, I've been discussing a few of the new changes made to our contests. They all seem to be an effort at stemming some perceived exodus. And as usual, they stop short of being effective in any way other than to annoy. That's MY job!

Q: What can actually make the contests better?

A: More of them, especially more themes. After all these years, it's ridiculous to still see this problem in the queue. After all the management's attempts at ginning up participation, they continue to ignore the frequent requests by various PSAEF members for more themes. It makes you wonder why they ignore that sector of the Photoshop population, or Photoshopulation.

Q: Why ignore that segment of the Photoshop population?

A: Photoshopulation. Maybe it's just fewer people who enjoy these special freestyle Photoshop contests, but they always seem to drive more entries, and attention from the general Fark population. Why then, is the queue frequently so sparse with them? It's been an ongoing problem for the past few years. Maybe we ran out of ideas, or the admins don't like the ideas submitted for review. Fark submission can be a tricky game, and getting attention for a potential good theme is hit or miss.

Q: Why is it so hard to get a theme approved?

A: I have no idea what steps the approval process consists of, but I assume each admin is hogtied in front of a computer, with two buttons and each potential contest scrolling in front of them. If they hit the red button, a powerful electric shock is delivered to the genitals. But if they hit the green button, badgers come out and gnaw off their fingers. Why hit any button at all, you ask? Well, Fark admins have a thing for being electrocuted in the genitals with occasional badger gnawing. Don't judge them for it.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully the Fark admins will see fit to toss a few themes our way. But regardless, the fact remains that theme submission/approval has been a constant problem in this community for several years now. There's really no solution other than to submit more ideas, and hope they get through.

Stay tuned for more hopeful submission from the Doctor!