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criti.pics is a place to rate photos. Photos go up with no names and no captions, and other people rate them on the picture alone.
Getting started
- Sign up with an email address or a Google account. New accounts get 5 stars (= your first upload is free).
- Rate other people’s photos on the home screen to earn stars.
- Spend stars to upload your own photos and get rated.
Rating
- Once you log in, the home screen becomes the rating queue: one photo per screen, swipe down for the next. Your own photos and photos you already rated are left out.
- Ratings go from 0.5 to 5 in steps of 0.5. Tap or drag across the stars; the rating is saved when you let go.
- The average and the AI score stay hidden until you rate. The idea is that nobody sways you before you look.
- You can change a rating at any time, or remove it with “Undo” next to your rating.
- Photos with few ratings come first in the queue, so every photo gets a minimum of attention.
Stars
| When | Stars |
|---|---|
| Sign-up | +5 |
| First rating on someone else’s photo | +1 |
| Changing a rating | 0 |
| Undoing a rating | −1 (gives back what you earned) |
| Uploading a photo | −5 |
Deleting a photo does not refund its stars. Stars have no monetary value and cannot be refunded or transferred.
Uploading
- Image files up to 20MB. Photos are resized on save and metadata such as location is stripped. Originals are not kept.
- Every upload is screened automatically for inappropriate content. If it is rejected, the reason is shown.
- Uploaded photos are visible to everyone, including visitors who are not logged in.
Scores
- Until a photo has enough ratings it shows “Rating in progress” instead of a score.
- The score is the average of the ratings. People who rate a lot count a little more. The number of ratings is not shown.
- The photo page, My photos and Browse all show the same score.
AI score
- On upload, an AI looks at the photo and gives it an AI score from 0 to 5. It is shown separately from the human average and never mixed into it.
- It is for reference only. The judgment is very rough, so trust it lightly. If it fails, the photo shows “No AI rating”.
Browse
- Recent uploads: newest first. Photos you rated show your rating in gold; your own photos have a gold border.
- Top rated: photos with enough ratings, highest rating first.
- Top AI score: by AI score.
- Open a photo from Browse and use the ← → keys, the side buttons, or a swipe to move to the previous or next photo.
- A dot next to the logo means there are photos you haven’t rated yet. Tap the logo to go rate them.
My page
- Account: star balance, ratings given, ratings received, email.
- My photos: your uploads with their averages. Delete a photo from its photo page.
- Rated photos: your rating shown in gold.
- Deleting your account permanently and immediately removes your photos, ratings, stars, and account data.
Reporting
Use “Report” on a photo page for anything inappropriate: pick a reason (copyright, duplicate, inappropriate content, …) and add details if needed. The operator reviews and removes or dismisses it. You can’t report your own photo, but you can delete it.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Where | Keys |
|---|---|
| Rating queue | ↓ or J next, ↑ or K previous. Dragging with the mouse works too |
| Photo page | → next, ← previous |
Language
Switch between Korean and English from the ☰ menu. Your choice is remembered.