This isn’t really doing the thing that the aesthetics strand is trying to do, which is prompt people to take more attractive photographs.

That’s true. I’m not sure how to enforce a subjective measure like aesthetics otherwise.

would this really help solve the problem? not sure why aesthetically pleasing shots are inherently more likely to satisfy criteria than non-aesthetically pleasing shots

There might be something in these kinds of numbers somewhere, but it’s not going to be aesthetic.

Withdrawn