I'm thinking we could use some refinements to the contests forum.
I figure it should be only used for true contests, such as the 'photoshop morpheous' contest.
This might make some people miss the old forum with it's broader rules, so I'd propose splitting both the contests and marketplace forums.
In the end it would look like this:
Contests: For true tests of skill that do not give the starter of the contest anything tangible. (No 'the person who gives me the best name for my new site gets 100frih$' type threads)
Games of Chance: For 'contests' that do not involve the skill of the person entering it, such as lotteries and 'guess a number' games.
Marketplace: For selling or buying things with the price, the person paying, and person being paid clearly defined from early on in the process.
Requests and Auctions: For requesting things where the requester will only pay one of several people trying to fulfill the request, or where one person is selling something to the highest bidder.
I think this would make things better and easier to find for buyers, sellers, contest starters, and contest participants. It would give all of them less things to wade through while looking for what they want, while giving them the advantage of looking only at the type of thing that they want to do.
For example, I like to fulfill graphics requests sometimes, but I like to have a contract from the beginning, so that I don't end up doing it all for nothing. With this system, I wouldn't have to wade through the type of requests I don't like in order to find the kind I do.
Another example: I like contests of skill (if it's a skill I have), but I don't like games of chance (the person running the contest always profits). This way, I could find the kind of contests I like, and avoid the others.
I figure it should be only used for true contests, such as the 'photoshop morpheous' contest.
This might make some people miss the old forum with it's broader rules, so I'd propose splitting both the contests and marketplace forums.
In the end it would look like this:
Contests: For true tests of skill that do not give the starter of the contest anything tangible. (No 'the person who gives me the best name for my new site gets 100frih$' type threads)
Games of Chance: For 'contests' that do not involve the skill of the person entering it, such as lotteries and 'guess a number' games.
Marketplace: For selling or buying things with the price, the person paying, and person being paid clearly defined from early on in the process.
Requests and Auctions: For requesting things where the requester will only pay one of several people trying to fulfill the request, or where one person is selling something to the highest bidder.
I think this would make things better and easier to find for buyers, sellers, contest starters, and contest participants. It would give all of them less things to wade through while looking for what they want, while giving them the advantage of looking only at the type of thing that they want to do.
For example, I like to fulfill graphics requests sometimes, but I like to have a contract from the beginning, so that I don't end up doing it all for nothing. With this system, I wouldn't have to wade through the type of requests I don't like in order to find the kind I do.
Another example: I like contests of skill (if it's a skill I have), but I don't like games of chance (the person running the contest always profits). This way, I could find the kind of contests I like, and avoid the others.
) makes no profit, and just today I made ten frih from it.
