Submission + - FlickrCombat, a New Mashup in Town
Pink Fluffy Dinosaur writes: There are so many great photos added every day on Flickr. So many, that no human being can ever rank them. FlickrCombat's aim is to manage to do that, involving the community power.
Flickrcombat.com is a mashup that is offering an effective process to involve the community in revealing the best Flickr photos (sourced via the flickr.com API) and at the same time to keep things interesting and entertaining. In the good web 2.0 spirit, the users exercise an influence over the content and the more they get involved, the more value they add to the application.
As for the theme... nothing new under the sun. The idea of two pictures fighting against each other had been exploited before in various ways, especially when it came to pictures of hot babes, a category preferred by far by a male majority user community. Everybody knows that sex sells. The other categories seem almost an overplus since they are not really addressed to the target. It's more of a bonus for those who, in addition, are pet lovers or just enjoy nature and art. As for the "guys" category... how many women really waste time participating in that combat?
The design of the web site is a plus, though. Simplicity does its work here, highlighting the photos in the combat. And you can easily find your way around.
So what is FlickrCombat all about? Two pictures in each combat, seven categories to choose from, and a top 21 that says it all. Users can choose from several categories — babes, cars, cats, dogs, views, guys and art — and vote on one picture they like best out of two. The rank of each picture is determined by the number of defeats, wins and combats. The users can enjoy the result of their rating checking out the goodies in the top (and by this you know what I mean...)