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Originally Posted by justinsain
Contests could really liven this place up and I'd love to have the chance to win an iPad 
However, just like the rep thing I see plenty of opportunities for abuse. My concern about the longest thread of the week is what's to stop the thread starter from constantly posting in their own thread with either a thinly veiled bump or the same regurgitated dribble. One could start a " best ass " thread and continually bump it with hot linked images off google.
Perhaps adding a rule like the thread starter can only post a maximum of 50% in their thread would help. One person with multiple fake nics causing fake drama always made for long threads but I don't see how that would be fair in a contest.
Great idea and I hope it gets thought through so everyone can have some fun  |
I was thinking more like, the OP post in the thread would not count other than post 1.
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
@Eric
Maybe vote the finalists publicly to ensure that the awards will go to "quality OPs (thread starters)" and to topics that are relevant to the members? . |
The weekly longest threads would just be which ever thread ends up being the longest for the week. Then of those four each month we would have the community vote for the best one of the month. I would think that having a business or educational version of this contest would pretty much keep it to topics that are relevant to members.
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Originally Posted by Michael O
From an old contest whore.
Make the longest thread biz only and/or only count the real replies.
Award the people that have been here 5+ years with a contest of their own, no idea what or how to do it.
Its easy to get a few post whores together and win the longest thread contest avoid that. No voting for a prize it only means the guy with the most friends (paid or not) will win.
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Good ideas. I disagree that it is easy to get a few post whores together and win though. I mean what happens if you do that and then on Friday someone drops a Bomb like "Manwin Shut Down by the Federal Government!" That thread would probably trump any other business related thread for the week.