Hello! Dracula brought up a good point about something I posted about in my Enemy Popularity Contest that I feel we should discuss separately. His post is as follows:
In the past, Johnny Unusual would solicit new topic ideas from the community when the current list hit #25, and the voting process for the new list would run concurrently with the last few entries and start when the current list was finished. However, Dracula brings up a very good proposal that I feel would help both the current list runner not suffer from burnout and posting constantly AND would generate more interest in these contests as two could theoretically run at once. There are potential downsides to this idea, namely that it might create a bit of oversaturation in this subforum for popularity contests drowning out other discussions, and the less likely but still possible chance for some conflicts between the organizers of contests running at the same time for whatever reason. I'd like to hope not, but I feel it should be said.
For the record, I don't have any issue with another contest running alongside mine. I put in a three day update schedule as that is common for these contests and I don't want to burn myself out, but the timespan is quite long as Dracula points out, and I don't mean to rob others of doing their own contests. I think some level of moderation should still be in play for these, and perhaps a mod or an assigned community member (Johnny has done a great job up to this point) can oversee all this in 3.0. But I'll open the floor to the rest of you to chime in. What are your thoughts?
Wildcat, I appreciate the challenges of creating all of this content. However, I'm wondering if you've thought about the ramifications for other people who want to run lists.
My thoughts: Posting three times a week for a regular top 50 would take 16 weeks, assuming one entry per post. But since this list is extended to a top 60, we're talking 20 straight weeks of thread, and that's if you maintain your self-imposed schedule, which we are not allowed to question, per your stated rules. I recognize that you're excited to share your art and storyline and make a fitting production of TT 3.0's first-ever list, and live up to the tradition of fun and exciting Top 50 list threads. I get that and I respect it, having been excited to share my own dumb photo comics in the past. But it's worth noting that four months of one list means that's four months, at minimum, in which other posters don't get to make lists of their own.
So if you're committed to your schedule above, would it be worth considering running more than one list simultaneously? That way others could have a chance at it and you'd feel less pressure from having to get yours finished.
In the past, Johnny Unusual would solicit new topic ideas from the community when the current list hit #25, and the voting process for the new list would run concurrently with the last few entries and start when the current list was finished. However, Dracula brings up a very good proposal that I feel would help both the current list runner not suffer from burnout and posting constantly AND would generate more interest in these contests as two could theoretically run at once. There are potential downsides to this idea, namely that it might create a bit of oversaturation in this subforum for popularity contests drowning out other discussions, and the less likely but still possible chance for some conflicts between the organizers of contests running at the same time for whatever reason. I'd like to hope not, but I feel it should be said.
For the record, I don't have any issue with another contest running alongside mine. I put in a three day update schedule as that is common for these contests and I don't want to burn myself out, but the timespan is quite long as Dracula points out, and I don't mean to rob others of doing their own contests. I think some level of moderation should still be in play for these, and perhaps a mod or an assigned community member (Johnny has done a great job up to this point) can oversee all this in 3.0. But I'll open the floor to the rest of you to chime in. What are your thoughts?