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Bring back Hot Topic??
Ian Sane:
I like Khushrenada's idea about general topics like those blog examples he used. But I think current news should also occasionally be the topic. If both are possibilities then that makes for more possible topics.
I like the idea of prizes though I won one of them once so I supposed I may be biased. ;) If it's a cost issue I have no objection with no prizes but otherwise why not have prizes? Who doesn't like winning stuff?
I suggest that joke posts not be allowed for it though as that kind of goes against the whole point of having a hot topic. You should be expected to provide some sort of opinion.
nforums:
--- Quote from: vudu on January 19, 2009, 05:44:01 PM ---1. Get rid of the prize. Contests ruin everything.
2. Encourage members to respond to each other's ideas.
3. Impose a 250 word maximum post length.
4. Ask people to only respond if they have something worthwhile to say.
--- End quote ---
That could fix most of the internets messages boards!
vudu:
One small step for NWR, one giant leap for teh interwebs,
Khushrenada:
What the heck? I thought I killed this thread. Let it rest in peace already.
Stratos:
You didn't kill it. I read your whole mega-post. If you write well I'll read the whole post and even if someone didn't write one very well I will still read it to try and understand what it being said.
I like your thoughts about the matter, Khush. I never partook in these since I was merely a lurker when they came and went, but hearing about them has piqued my interest in them.
Prizes can very easily ruin things like this. The closest thing to a prize should be seeing your quotes placed in the article. If someone needs a prize to motivate them to think and converse then I question whether or not they would have anything unique or relevant to the topic at hand. I could be proven wrong, but that's a general rule of thumb I've seen.