Steps to report a moderator not following his own rules.
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I don't know where the contest suddenly disappeared to, but the moderator who ran the “Flower with insect (no butterflies)” as well as the “things-that-accidentally-look-like-human-faces”, has had repeated complaints about his decisions on which images he dq'd. He ended up disqualifying ALL of my images in both contests as well as some other people who had entered. He kept changing the rules and told us it was just a game and to get over it when it came to his decisions even though they clearly went against his written rules and the photo he had for his banner! For the first contest he dq'd one of mine because the size of the ant was “too small” despite there not being any rule about size. I entered 8 images, all of which were dq'd and of course no return of the 15 points per image for his outlandish, beyond the rules decisions. He also dq'd ALL of my images from the second one like “Smiling at the Office” which is an image in my collection. https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/artistic-objects/other-objects/smiling-at-the-office-5926476259393536 Something needs to be done to make sure such disrespectful and inconsistent moderators cannot be moderators, as well as we should have our points be returned for these two contests! There must be some method of accountability on the part of the moderator when they screw up, especially with so many complaints about his actions! BTW, I was only blocked AFTER I questioned his actions. He should not be able to block me or anyone else once we have submitted our images. The remaining three a in the first contest and ALL of mine in the second were dq'd because he blocked me mid-contest, NOT because my images did not qualify. "We are sorry to inform you that the image below has been disqualified from the challenge: Things that accidentally look like human faces.
The reason given by the moderator was: She is blocked" the emails I got today!
https://www.pixoto.com/contests/things-that-accidentally-look-like-human-faces#COMMENTS when I clicked on this link the response was: WHOOPS! “Sorry we couldn’t find the page you’re looking for.”
This kind of behavior by a moderator is unfair and in his case, unjust because he only dq'd or blocked women contributors!
Path: /contests/things-that-accidentally-look-like-human-faces
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Official comment
Hello Debbie, we have a moderator rating system in place to allow users to decide if they want to enter contest that is moderated by specific moderator or not. In case of moderator in question, with moderator rating of only 63 , it is obvious that users are not satisfied with how that moderator moderates his contests, and I would never enter contest run by such moderator.
Pixoto will not interefere with moderator of community contests (unless community contests violate rules for community contests).
All the contests you mention are normally in open stage.
Each user has right to block another user for any reason. Since you state that he blocked you, you are not able to see his profile, his images or his contests.I check all 3 contests now. I can see that all 5 of your images normally participate in the contest Graffiti,, they are not disqualified (none of the images by any user are disqualified). Also all 3 images you entered on Faces contest are not disqualified either (none of the images by any user are disqualified), and lastly, all images you submitted to contest Insects on flowers also participate (they are not disqualified either).
I would suggest, before entering any more contests, please check moderator rating for moderator that is moderating contest you want to enter, and then decide if you want to enter contest or not.
Regards, Jasenka
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I just discovered he dq'd ALL of my images from a THIRD CONTEST, one of which none had been dq'd before today! Again if a person has images in a contest and they meet the rules set by the moderator, the photographer should be allowed to stay in the contest and be judged by the voters (not the moderator)! The moderator can block me from FUTURE contests he runs (if he is allowed), but should not be able to do so at his discretion once the contest has begun!!! https://www.pixoto.com/contests/graffiti-on-walls-trains-and-anything#COMMENTS is the THIRD contest I was wrongly dq'd from! I should get my points back for those images and he should be blocked from ever moderating again!
https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/city--street-and-park/street-scenes/delores-del-rio-5749545764913152 This is one of FIVE images dq'd just because he blocked me AFTER they were submitted rather than because they did not meet one of the rules! https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/artistic-objects/industrial-objects/art-in-the-alaskan-frontier-4918669676511232 : https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/buildings-and-architecture/other-exteriors/art-on-a-wall-6246486834020352 : https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/city--street-and-park/historic-districts/remaining-berlin-wall-4658723558916096 : https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/transportation/trains/graffiti-on-railroad-car-6043533909032960 These are the others that were unjustly dq'd after the fact.
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Still, you have even poorer moderator rating than me, Debbie…
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Johan Schmidt show such maturity, doesn't he? Like that of a two year old. The harassment continues from him. At least I don't change the rules mid-contest, make up new rules, fail to follow the rules I (or YOU) in this case failed to do or act like a spoiled child like you CONTINUE to do! Give it a rest Schmidt.
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You are simply lying about me changing the rules. Don’t be a bad loser.
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And remember: YOU started the harressment with that unnessesery backstabbing in the graffiti-kontest.
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