So, what is SoylentNews? This is your chance to tell us!
I am announcing the first ever SoylentNews online video contest. The rules are pretty simple.
Too easy, right? We will count the views on 31 March 2014, at 11:59 UTC. The winner is the individual video that has the most views.
You do not actually have to appear in the video! Make a cartoon, do CGI, do a voiceover of a movie, whatever. Be creative and explore your artistic vision! (Yes, you have one. It may be underutilized at times but it is there).
We have not yet determined the prize for the winner, but it will be jaw-droppingly awe-inspiring (it's a key-chain I found on the sidewalk somewhere). No, it'll be something good. At a minimum we'll feature your video on the site here and interview you for the "making of" your entry. But probably more (it's a keychain).
On behalf of the entire staff and volunteers, we continue to be amazed at the response we've gotten from the community so far. We will continue to provide ways that you can interact with us and help define us. I hope you enjoy this contest. If you have any other suggestions for how we can better meet your needs, feel free to let us know in IRC, the Forums, or the Wiki. Thanks for reading!
~Mattie_p
p.s. keychain!
p.p.s updated based on feedback
(Score: 2) by mattie_p on Wednesday February 26 2014, @04:38PM
Well, if it doesn't work and no one comes, we've learned something. And that is ok. We are going to try very hard to avoid forcing change on the community. Some changes (like bug fixes) will come down, and some UI changes will come (minor) that will make the site more usable.
But we will offer ways for people to participate in building the future of the site. We will never be able to please everyone all of the time. Our aim is to serve most of the needs of most of the community most of the time. Sometimes we'll make mistakes, and as long we we learn from them it is ok. I'm not yet convinced this is a mistake, but even if it is I will learn from it, and mark an item in my notebook: "no more video contests, evar!"
We have a couple of places for suggestions. Some of them have been submitted as bugs (although we'd prefer you don't do that), some of them have been posted to our wiki page [soylentnews.org], and we now have suggestions (at] soylentnews [dot) org available. We'll get them to the right group if you email.
Thanks for reading and contributing! ~mattie_p