12-24-2011, 06:46 PM
I see where every so often, people are looking for contests - lately for Vivarium pics.
Contests on Forums, (as I see it) are fraught with problems :
1. General Apathy. I think @ 70% of forum attendees like to look at posts but only 30% actually post and slightly less post up builds and pics. Where you would think any contest would have a goodly amount of submissions, most are pretty slightly attended, even with prizes, which brings me to the next problematic issue...
2. Voter fraud. There was a rumour of multiple accounts / screen names and voting in our first contest and from what little investigation I did - I believe it happened. Horrible but true. With ANY Internet activity and voting, you can expect some shenanigans, I guess.
I'm sure I could get a few of our sponsors to kick in stuff....but will it be worth the turnout ?
As usual....thoughts ?
Contests on Forums, (as I see it) are fraught with problems :
1. General Apathy. I think @ 70% of forum attendees like to look at posts but only 30% actually post and slightly less post up builds and pics. Where you would think any contest would have a goodly amount of submissions, most are pretty slightly attended, even with prizes, which brings me to the next problematic issue...
2. Voter fraud. There was a rumour of multiple accounts / screen names and voting in our first contest and from what little investigation I did - I believe it happened. Horrible but true. With ANY Internet activity and voting, you can expect some shenanigans, I guess.
I'm sure I could get a few of our sponsors to kick in stuff....but will it be worth the turnout ?
As usual....thoughts ?
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