No - they are more than good enough - I like them. It’s just that the charts are biased towards those with a large number of watches and a large number of followers. I personally have neither. I don’t care about the charts at all - they sre only a bit of nonsense really. I started this topic indicating the same.
The only person that is important to appreciate the design and the time put in on your watchfaces is you - everything else is not important!
@BIELITZ & @hippocampus.watches
I’m happy when one of mine charts, but what really keeps me going is the people who take time to comment on how they like my watchface. That means a lot more to me than meeting the criteria of an algorithm to be included on a webpage.
Does not matter what for scores you have, you are one of my examples in this app.
Great designs and always a helping hand… Keep on like this.
It’s tough to decide what people will like. Some like digital, some like analog, some like both. Some tips would be to make things a little bigger than you think so they’re easy to read (a problem i’ve had and still do lol) and make things that you think will appeal to a large audience and don’t include niche elements like brands or characters. Not saying those wouldn’t do well, some do, but not everyone is into say, Darth Vader or whoever.
Try to be unique while staying true to form. Include at least a date and battery level. Weather is also a desirable feature, steps and bpm are a little lower on the list I’d think, but whatever you do, make sure the important things are legible.
Good luck and have fun!
Bravo @Rator . Well said . I think that is exactly why some Makers feel a little dissapointed Facer Studios jumped on the " Pedro " Band Waggon . But Hey Ho .
Good general description of what are the basics of good smart watch. Not only are there three types of watchfaces- digital, analog and hybrid, but also 3 types of free designer, at least in my opinion- those that design solely to get in the chart, those that design for themselves but are happy if a watchface gets into chart (however briefly) and finally those who design purely for themselves and don’t care about the chart. Me, I’m in the middle in both groups.
@BIELITZ You forgot one catogory . Those who Publish multiple Zero Effort Faces that turn Fresh Faces into some sort of Swamp . That Particular effort pushes Faces with any Merit out the Bottom so quickly most of the Browsing Users on the Planet never get to see them . I think Facer should limit the number of New Faces a Maker can publish to one per day . Give Creativity a chance to Shine .
There is one particular " Maker " that publishes his faces without giving them a title . He pushes out about 10 a day representing 10% of the number of Faces in there . I have actually stopped browsing Fresh Faces . I am glad to see the work of those I follow in my Notifications .
Thanks!
Thanks! And yeah me too, i design things I like while keeping in mind what people might want. I personally dont care about steps or bpm but of course I make faces with that info.
Yeah this is a topic of discussion among partners too. Sucks. There should be some sort of auto limit. Like the system should only put maybe 2 or 3 of someones new faces in that category. Anything more is probably just spam like you said.
I’m not sure that limiting the number of faces will resolve the problem -whatever the number of allowed faces they will filled by idiots - I even saw a watchface which was JUST a photograph (of the designer presumably) and nothing else - no hands, no time nothing! This is similar to the way hooligans tag public buildings etc, in order to be recognised by other hooligans.
No, I think that the best way is to affect their psyche is by NOT limiting the number of watches that can be published rather, the frequency of publishing - say 1 every 4 hours. In my opinion such idiots will soon get fed up with the inconvenience of having to wait. At least the quantity of their handiwork will decrease - hopefully.
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it makes sense. A time limit such as your suggested 1 in 4 hours would be a good approach to the problem.
I’ve given up looking at the charts as I’ve only ever had one face appear on it and that was for a day or so. Yes followers are probably important for that, currently on 326, so I need to acquire more.
I usually design what I think I like, and hopefully what others will like too but usually one a week on average.
What Iv’e noticed is that when I publish a face, I can’t see it on the Recent/Newest page but if I refresh then I see newer faces drop on to it.
I experience the same thing. I think it is because so many are being published at nearly the same time, by the time ours shows up it’s 2 or 3 scrolls down the page.
Odd! I published 2 faces about 20 minutes ago and when I refresh the page it’s still the same faces at the top of the page!
Probably just a delay in updating exacerbated by the problems described above. Facer probably dont have a live web page.
Hi everybody. The top free charts are a little misleading. It is not about the free faces of free face makers. It would have a more promotional character if there was a extra filter for that, so that starters get also a chance and that should be the default display, the first look.
I like the sharing and the comments mean a lot to me, here or elsewhere. A like, sync does not mean so much to me. The comments are the only thing - besides the forum here - that add a social layer to it. Bianca is such a lovely person. She write a book for every face and i love it. They pick me up, when i need it.
Makes me wondering if there should be a chart with the most commented faces. Somewhat like these reviews data for popular restaurants. You want to know perhaps what is so good about them…
The trending chart is more a swamp to me. I stop looking.
Being creative, creating - subjective - beauty to me, doing graphic design in Blender and pouring all that - especially animations - combined with the possibilities in Facer, in faces. I like my freedom and i do not want to change that with anything. And of course this forum where knowledge can be gained and shared.
Greetings
BC
Unfortunately, for me the faces I have gotten the most comments on in the past are the controversial ones. The anti whatever you posted group loves to pile on with their hate and vitriol always outnumbering the positive comments.
@mrantisocialguy
I am sorry to hear that, you deserve more than that garbage. Somehow we get the world here too, and it ain’t always beautiful. But i must say, most of them are kind or just telling correctly their opinion. Both are welcome to me and informative. I do not know if others share your overall experience, turning out negative.
On the other hand, likes and syncs are lacking a human touch. It is never perfect.
Hate speech in whatever form, whenever and wherever, is simply unnecessary and unacceptable.