POTD

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A POTD is an acronym for "Photo of the Day", "Picture of the Day, or "Poll of the Day". It is a term most commonly used by online digital photography communities as an honor to outstanding photos that are selected daily from among that community's membership. They can either be tagged as POTD or displayed in a special page on that site.

In additional to digital photography sites, other focused topic sites may solicit and display chosen POTDs that relate to their given topic. Sites pertaining to news, weather, animals, nature, videogames and sports are among the many that display such POTD selections. In the case of videogames, a POTD refers to a screenshot from a (usually) upcoming release.

Additionally, the GameFAQs social board for their Poll of the Day is frequently abbreviated to PotD, with special consideration to the capitalisation of the letters.

Selection

POTDs can be selected by a single judge or voted on by a blind panel. Other sites operate the POTD selections in a contest/polling format, allowing members to vote on photos with the highest vote-getters receiving POTD honors.

Sampling of POTD web pages

• Wikipedia's Picture of the Day
• Australian Digital Photo of the Day - Open to residents and photography of Australia.
• A Photo a Day - One photo taken and published daily. Sydney, Australia
• BetterPhoto.com - Single photo selected daily from member entries.
• Daily Awards - Daily POTD winners in 24 categories voted on by membership.
• NASA Astronomical Picture Of The Day - Astronomy Picture Of The Day picture with explanation.
• NASA Image Of The Day - Pictures relating to manned spaceflight.
• Earth Science - Earth Picture Of the Day.
• photographyvoice.com - Daily selections in 12 different categories.
• Poll of the Day - PotD