So guys. OLP1.6 is starting to take shape. We’re really keen this time that its all about discussion, not just a popularity contest. We’re thinking about whether it makes sense to allow voting on submissions this time round. What do you think?
The advantages:
- Allows non-english speakers to show their views
- Helps find the most popular designs
- Well its sort of fun
The dis-advantages:
- The score can become more important than the discussion.
- Its not so open, anyone can anonymously comment or spam their friends and get them to vote up the design. Maybe voting is a little over-used these days.
Some other voting options:
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Allows you to express your opinion, but its just a I like, I don’t like it type thing. Similar to Diggs comment system.
- Voting in Comments
Leave it to you to rate the design from a-d or 1-10 or whatever scale you like, as a comment. Its simple, less formal and anonymous but hopefully still fun. You see this a fair bit at la Fraise.
Or we could have both of those ideas, or just no voting at all, looking more at your comments. Leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts. Or perhaps we should take a vote on it :)
Maybe both voting options in “Some other voting options” should be linked. The “thumb up/thumb down” thing is too restricted imho. Maybe one more neutral-thumb will be just enough…
Unfortunately anonymous votes in the internet can be (and will be) manipulated too easily :-(
I think the community didn’t will pay that attention to your OLP1.6-project again. Basically 1.6-years ago we all know spreadshirt as a “little-nice-we-are-a-start-up-thing” so we joined your contest for free.
spreadshirt isn’t that little-nice-thing-anymore, so do that what other companies do: pay people, agencies, e.g. for their work. As a “brand evangelist” you know how fast the weather can change. Want make a bet that you will not receive more that 20% of high quality ideas compared to the last contest. Make a bet for a “Wacom tablets”…
Does this mean you’re out? ;-/
Just kidding - I get it, but it’s not my/our mindset. We know that the first OLP was a (sort of unexpected) success, which is hard to just simply “re-do”.
But we work on it, and yes, we got bigger, but we’re still open. And we’ve actually also hired an agency to help us with some basic work, but we still think it’s better and worth it to involve the community at this point.