How are sets chosen from Member Review to become SET OF THE DAY

Some of the discussion at the head of this thread was really helpful from a member's point of view - I'm assuming the criteria Sean posted remain the same following recent changes?

I'd just like to clarify - the length and quality of comments does count, but further comments from the same member won't, even if some time has elapsed? How does the process work once a set has gone up?

A couple of personal observations:

I tend to notice sets with strong imagery and/or ideas, and definitely agree that creativity should count, but not necessarily novelty for the sake of it - sometimes the simplest sets work beautifully

I like sets that evoke personalities and stories beyond the frame and sets that make me think again - I often go back to a set more than once before I comment, for what it's worth

I'm grateful for the opportunity to be involved, but glad MR is not just a numbers game. I hope staff and council can stay focused on redefining beauty without getting jaded - it's a tough job.

i think you're right. theres a few sets in MR with high comment counts that havnt been bought which leads me to think the quality/theme etc isnt up to the standard, some have been there for years - and on the other hand theres some sets that get alot less comments and are still bought so quality/theme must be the deciding factor with these. correct me if im wrong

I agree with this. When I submitted my application to SG and uploaded my set yadda yadda yadda I knew what I was getting myself into. So after I made staff pick and am awaiting MR I started to browse the site and the girls and saw some of their pics, and I'm a little worried because my pics arent as explicit as some of theirs and I thought maybe I did something wrong...
But I'm just not comfortable with that (not just yet anyway) and I don't want that to affect my chances of people liking me. I think that quality should matter rather than how much is shown.

I didn't think this was suppose to be straight out porn I thought SG's were suppose to be pin-up girls doing tasteful art and some of these comments and some of the ideas as to what should be shown or how somethings should be shot doesn't seem very fair to people like me arent ready or arent into that kind of thing. *shrugs I think it should be considered...

Please look at the sets that have gone up in the past year and let me know when you figure out the percentage of "explicit" pics to "non-explicit" pics and see what your opinion of this idea is afterwards.

I'm also curious what your definition of "explicit" is. I just checked a few of the most recent sets and I didn't see any masturbation, or any of pelvic-exam or anal-exam shots you see on porn sites.

I specifically want to address this:

If you base your idea of whether or not people "like you" on how many comments your Hopeful sets get or whether or not you become an SG (or if you actually think that people leaving nice comments on your nudie pics means they "like you" or even think about you in any way other than to think you're hot and that they might want to jerk off to your pictures)... well... you might wanna think about that for a couple years before you get naked on the internet, on any site.

I'm sorry I didn't mean solely the pics when I was saying that. I meant in the ideas of what some of the pics should have been. In another board I was reading about comments and tags that SG's had received that they deemed ridiculous and there seemed to be a majority when it came to tags and comments stating that they needed to show more vag or something along those lines and I wasn't expecting that to be something you would comment on to complain about.

And I didn't think that would be a problem since in the criteria for sets it says that breasts and ass are a must and I didn't really think much more on it. But after I saw the other sets... I suppose what I meant was that I wasn't expecting it.

But I still think that for hopefuls that type of thing should be taken into consideration for their sets getting chosen.

Oh thanks I'm just trying to figure out what works and what doesn't, and today I stumbled across this thread talking about "wtf comments" and I got kinda freaked out. I wasn't expecting that. I understand that people will get good and bad comments but some of the comments and tags seem a little ridiculous and if comments are what help decide whether or not a set gets chosen I think it would be unfair if a set didn't get picked because some members think it didn't show enough.

But thanks Cherry and Shalome for replies. It helped. :]

I definitely think the level of effort and creativity should be a major factor in choosing sets. I feel like an exceptional set should take work, and that work should show in the final product. Planning all the aspects, such as background, theme, hair, makeup, outfit, props, etc. make a set of much higher quality than those that are seemingly just thrown together or not thought out. Of course there are exceptions, but in general I like when the effort pays off for both the viewer and the model (and photographer).

Ha it seems that way....

the criteria are vague enough to leave room for the staff to make the final say and not let too much bias or favoritism by certain members take away from good sets goinng live!

Hm... creativity.. But half of live sets are girls in bed. This same poses, same faces.

im a fan of the super creative sets...i wish there were more of them....

100% agree.

Unfortunately if a very creative set does not have good modelling/expressions/photography then of course the more natural bed set with good modelling/expressions/photography is going to trump the former. At the end of the day that first criteria has to be fulfilled first and foremost.