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To answer Daniel Hagerman, experienced computer programmer, who posted here.....................
Since the new Collections addition to any/every page in Search, any tag, there is now a preponderance of images from the same people...........we all know it now, after lengthly discussions in forum,and a lot of heated posts.
Well, I'm still heated.
What on earth does anyone do? I have used a tag in good faith...........abstract square painting.......of course thousands use it too.........but guess who shows up, not just by clicking those little Collections boxes for the chosen few.........well, it's those self-same peoples' artworks on the page below the "chosen-few" boxes...........which means.....one cannot get past them now.
What riles me is........now , if I use a tag also used/completed by the Collections committee, then someone clicks that tag at my page, and I am
therefore sending them away from me, understood, and advertising the Chosen Few for FAA..........
I will now remove my tags so as not to do FAA's promotion work via the Collections Committee choices overriding me being seen now, ever! Why should I promote anyone else via this new system that shows only Chosen Few..........?
Collections have indeed changed the search outcomes/images..............yes.....this is STILL a BIG issue...........Daniel Hagerman....see below
October 1, 9.15pm
13 Days Ago
Daniel Hagerman
OK ... I think some clarification is in order here.
This is a BIG issue.
Although it doesn't take a computer expert to diagnose there is a problem here, I am a certified computer expert.
KEYWORD Search is the foundation of any database. GOOGLE built their business and reputation on this principle. When you type in a naked Keyword you should expect items with all instances of that Keyword to show up in the Search Results. At least in the case of my Geronimo example above, that is not happening.
If the Search algorithm or programming is faulty, Artists' offerings will not show up in searches; and, likewise, collectors will not be shown all that is available for purchase.