I suspect that it is also intended to build brand loyalty through participation, which would make the voting a key part of the design.
Rick (who has yet to submit or vote on an image) --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My understanding is that the PPG is a site designed > to attract > customers and sell Pentax equipment. It's not an > artists' collective > web gallery presented for the purpose of celebrating > photography or > selling the artists' work. It's a marketing tool in > which Pentax > offers users of their equipment a place to show work > that they, > Pentax, deem to show the equipments' capabilities in > a good enough > light to motivate sales. > > On that basis, it is Pentax responsibility to fund > and manage the > submission and acceptance business, not anyone > else's. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.