Imhofoto - socially recommended photo service

Good day, habralyudi!

I want to pay attention to the newly opened Imkhofoto service ( photo.imhonet.ru ). It would seem that what else can be offered on the trodden-trodden glade of photosites? But in Imhofoto there are several important and fairly new differences from similar resources. First I’ll try to explain the essence of the problem that many have already encountered and are facing, which the service should help solve and is already solving!

We all know that photography is easy to take. Making a good photo is much more difficult (although I may be mistaken, someone takes excellent photos quickly and easily). But among all the diversity to find something interesting and meaningful for yourself is practically not realistic, or it will take a lot of time. And it’s quite difficult to weed out the whole trash. Nevertheless, Imhofoto aims to solve this particular problem. I’ll tell you about other important features below.

The principle laid down in Imhofoto, similar to the principles on which the entire project prostroen Imhonet - collaborative filtering (Eng. Collaborative filtering ).

How does this work specifically in Imhofoto?

Firstly, all photos are evaluated, and this is familiar to many, including the audience of Imkhonet. However, I’ll make a reservation right away that many photos are such that the hand just doesn’t rise to evaluate them)))) Therefore, those photos that are worthy of attention are evaluated. And secondly, our recommendation engine is included in the work, which selects for each registered user what he most likely will like.

As a result, having put just a couple of dozens of ratings (this is done in a few minutes) - you can already go and enjoy the result :) For example, someone likes to watch pictures of girls (and this, by the way, is absolutely normal!), And if he will evaluate them actively and a lot, and the landscapes are low and small, girls will be recommended further ... :) At the same time, you do not need to select categories, suitable tags, wander around the authors, trying to find something similar and so on. Well, since everyone knows that users are lazy and a large percentage do not want to categorize and tag their photos, and even more so to call them normally, such a selection mechanism works extremely effectively !!!

Further, then I didn’t come up with anything ... oh :) (well, I like this phrase!)

But still further ... About other innovations.
It is also important to note that it is on Imkhonet that each user, besides the usual information (name, age and other not always useful information), also has an estimated, taste or, so-called, consumer profile. And knowing who evaluates how they evaluate your photographs and works, you can very quickly and easily create a portrait of your fans. And what’s most interesting - through photos you can easily and quickly find interesting people for yourself. So, Imhofoto is closely connected with the users themselves, whose rich background (count the profile) allows you to more finely recognize them.

What will happen to this section in the near future?

Imhofoto will become an important entry into other related and non-related sections. Through photographs it will be easy to find not only interesting people, but also places where you can go, what you can read or listen to! Or all together: where, with whom and what to go to have a great time! :) And all this is only due to the evaluation of pictures;)

Your opinions, wishes, ideas are interesting :)