plant of the month, contest.
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Silky Shagsalot
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this site claims to have contests/points etc. but i haven't seen a single one! maybe i just missed it...
we've had a few various plant related contests. all in all they are REALLY a big deal to organizes and eat up a lot of personal time.
I suggest we have a pic submitter and than people vote not comment per month and it computer analyzes whos the winner l than the photo of the winning plant is posted on a banner or something and so on and so forth,.
because every time we've done contests its like.just a huge big mess like HUGE mess. its like not even organized chaos its just chaos
I suggest we have a pic submitter and than people vote not comment per month and it computer analyzes whos the winner l than the photo of the winning plant is posted on a banner or something and so on and so forth,.
because every time we've done contests its like.just a huge big mess like HUGE mess. its like not even organized chaos its just chaos
yeah see all contests must be approved by our lawyers before we do them. You cant just do a contest on here, it has to go through a mod than to admin than to lawyers and than back down to the person doing it.
Anytime we've done a contest its just not gone well.
If you feel like doing one for bragging rights than make a different thread and do so, as long as its just for bragging rights i can approve that
You'll quickly see what i mean by how they go chaotic
Anytime we've done a contest its just not gone well.
If you feel like doing one for bragging rights than make a different thread and do so, as long as its just for bragging rights i can approve that
You'll quickly see what i mean by how they go chaotic
this is int he make your requests section he cant start a contest in this section anyways it would be moved. im just letting him know how much of a hassle these things are.
Some people have taken it upon themselves to say "no prizes" and they do it anyways
he wants a plant of the month contest, which will take extreme organization and a mod put into the contest.
whos to say he will be here every month to decide winner how will he work site functions if he has time limits on editing posts because hes a user.
Its not that i dont want him to do it , but he will need a mod to do it and organize it.
mudballs
Well-Known Member
oh my god! i didn't even realise it was in request section! (facepalm) derp but good to know under the parameters stated he could do it
if it was a one time contest it would be easy but it isnt its a monthly contest.
that requires having access to site features only mods have inorder to change and edit posts ect.
The only way i could see this working is if i put up a thread, and people post ONLY 1 photo submission, than by the end of the month we lock the thread say january 31st at 11:59:59, and the person with the most "Likes" Wins.
So since OP cannot remove posts that will be general chatter, close threads,edit posts ect there would be too lack of control over it and it will go into chaos
Silky Shagsalot
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you don't let an individual decide a contest! especially a plant of the month one. you let the members vote on it. i don't see how members voting can get to be a huge problem... everyone will see who votes for whom, pretty simple. did it every month at couchlock. i think what it really takes is someone with the position to see it through. maybe appoint someone to plan/put these things together. a lawyer to decide on a picture contest??? doesn't sound right to me...
our laywers have to go through contests with prizes because its a liability on what we can and cannot do it due to illegal things its a precaution
this is why i suggested by going by likes we can declare a winner.
i thought of a poll but, it would have to be constantly updated because not everyone will submit right away.
If you go by most likes, users can post a submission, than people can like their photo instead of having to go by my sech of me updating the poll.
furthermore me and no other mod have that amount of time to dedicate to updating a poll several times a day especially right now during the holidays.
you have to realize we have like 600,000 members while not everyone will participate many will and updating a poll every single day multiple times a day wont work for us.
if you go by most likes however that would be the easiest.
I;ve been here for over 8 years now I kinda know what will work in terms of contests and what doesnt because we've been here through trial and error before.
because there is a limit to polls. you will have more than 10 people who want to entry this. or 20 or so on , eventually most of the participants would be left out
that would be unfair to everyone else who wants to do it.
what should be done is 1 post by a mod declaring the rules, and how to do
1 photo submission can be posted of the users choice of their plant.
thread will be locked at the end of the moth at 11:59pm
than a mod will manually go through and figure out who has the most likes than that person wins they will be declared winner than they will have bragging rights
than it will start again.
Believe me, ive been here for over 8 years i know what will work and what wont. this way will be the most organized way of doing a plant of the month contest.
Not sure why youre fighting it so hard.
mudballs
Well-Known Member
hmm didn't know that but honestly i don't see that as a concern and here's why. even the most popular thread posts only have like 11 likes. so 5 entries probably wouldn't even get to 100 by end of poll. majority rules is fair enough i would like to a vote poll maxed out then maybe go to likes. there is the option of a locked thread with the entries and csn like only.is that possible? but that would involve a mod which i would like to avoid.