Botm

[JacquiiDesigns]

Originally Posted by championcycle

So only good ol communities should win? so only forums with thousands of users should be this contest? How would that be fair to the rest of the people who just want to have a little fun.

I'm guessing new communities should not try and participate in anything because they have little users, and small amounts of information? Interesting,

Great to know all old forums when made came with hundreds of users with it and the ability to have awesome graphics and features, what was i thinking!, some how i thought it was slow and took time to create a forum, change it from time to time, make it better when you could and gradually build a user base.. pfffff silly me.

i should have hired you long ago.. *slaps hand on forehead*

but first id love to see you AWESOME better than the rest site.. please show us.

Last time i checked just because a forum has users and looks good does not mean the little guy hasent worked just as hard to start building something just as good.

My forum won (http://wlsjourney.org) and it is not nearly as active as I'd like it to be. But apparently I've become lazy in promoting member activity.

My forum (http://wlsjourney.org/community-forums/) is a relatively new forum as well - active about a year and a half...

I don't think anyone is saying "new communities should not try and participate in anything because they have little users, and small amounts of information" -- Noone's saying that at all, except for you perhaps... But rather, comments have been made that QUALITY forums with quality design and quality content should win BOTM...

And that criteria is not exclusive to only established boards.

Jacquii.

[Roms]

Not sure where some of the animosity is coming from but it's all fairly simple. Nominate it, other members like it and it gets seconded... get enough seconds and you will be in the poll. Totally member based.

Lets keep this positive! What do you want changed?!? This is member based, I think the setup is good. I think we just need everyone to nominate, second, and lend a hand to make good boards so those boards will get votes!

Jacquii kept adding her boards, improving them and won! ask her for advice!

[BirdOPrey5]

I nominate my board most months but I really don't see what the value of "winning" is? It's not like the link is prominently displayed anywhere- you have to go digging to find out who even wins... and it's not like there's any great need on the web where someone is looking for links to new forums.. As the contest stands I don't see why anyone would care if they won? Merely getting into the voting will probably bring as much traffic as actually winning. Maybe I'm missing something?

[JacquiiDesigns]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

...but I really don't see what the value of "winning" is?

Personal satisfaction in knowing that a community of webmasters really appreciate all the hard work you've done perhaps...?

[BirdOPrey5]

LOL... good one.