[Matt Krass]

I love CD-Media, and as Brandon can tell you, I was one of the first offenders of the “instant upload”. Speaking from my experience with that, and the kind of photos I’ve seen, I would recommend turning the approval system back on. Unfortunately it seems the community hasn’t learned yet what constitutes an “appropriate” or “useful” image. Pictures of robots, mechanisms, events, designs, diagrams, technical things like that all have a place in here. The Who Am I gallery also has a purpose. But some of the pictures I see being posted have no business up here, and some are just outright far too personal for my tastes. I think perhaps a system where a person needs to be approved for picture uploads, that after a certain trust is gained, such as X approved uploads, or a good ratio of approved to disapproved uploads, they can upload without moderation. These pictures slow down portal loading, and I would appreciate at least waiting for pictures that belong up here, instead of seeing several different shots of the same person doing something that they probably shouldn’t be advertising on CD anyway.