Skinner reward proposal #2
Tuesday, October 12, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Okay, how about this concept for rewarding skinners:
WinCustomize starts running regular contests in which the top 10 skins in terms of downloads by users who are also subscribers get a percentage of the revenue we receive from new subscriptions. It would be done for only certain sections so that we could highlight a given section for that period (and we could even have multiple sections featured in a given time).
So at the end of the 3 months, we would tally the # of downloads that were done by subsribers (best way to avoid download stuffing since it's hard to "stuff the ballot" that way).
So the top skin would get something like $200. Second place $150, third $100. Fourth $50. Fifth $25. Sixth through 10th $20. This would depend on the # of subscribers of course but it would be in this ballpark.
A given skin author could make the top 5 skins though and collect it all. So it would favor quality skins and quantity.
So let's say we started the first one in January and focused it on WindowBlinds and Iconpackager. The following one might focus on DesktopX and CursorXP. And so forth.
What do you guys think?
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Reply #42 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:29 PM
Cheers, -Will
Reply #43 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:04 PM
I support either plan proposed by Brad.
I will also be just as content with no reward, as I do it for the fun, and the satisfaction of looking at the finished product and saying hey... I did that!
The ultimate goal is to help maintain the longevity of this site. For the past 3 years, it has been my home in cyberworld and it's a much better place with WC in it.
So... let the games begin!!!
Reply #44 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:28 PM
It's not broken, So don't try and fix it.
Reply #45 Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:51 AM
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Reply #48 Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:54 AM
| #25 by tjesterb - 10/12/2004 7:17:52 PM Although I've never posted any skins, I have tried out many from this site. I've found that many skins that look great in the preview don't work well for me, for one reason or another.My point is that, I don't think DLs is the best criteria for giving awards/rewards, as something that looks great in preview may be a dud, and conversely a design that looks ho-hum may turn out to be a real winner.I think rewarding talent and hard work is the right thing to do, but maybe some kind of vote (by WC subscribers) or rating on a selection of skins chosen by the Admins would better serve the purpose. |
yeah get like the top 50 authors and make a big vote at the end of the month/week what ever the time period is
Reply #49 Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:22 AM
~Its My Secret~
Reply #50 Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:51 PM
1st: No contest will satisfy everyone. Some people need to recognize that in the real world that perfect is the enemy of good.
2nd: We are going to hold a WindowBlinds test contest that will begin probably next week and end in early December (first Tuesday in December probably). It will be based on downloads of individual skins. IF someone were to make a bunch of incredible skins, they could walk away with several of the top 10 prizes.
3rd: Any skinner can participate.
4th: Only original skins will count. I.e. Longhorn skins or ports will not be counted.
5th: The rankings will be dtermined by # of WC Subscriber downloads. They're the ones paying the bill on this so their favorites will determine it.
6th: A portion of new subscriptions in that time will be set aside to be split amongst the winners. Based on September's new subscriptions that means around $500 to be split amongst the top 10 (probably most of that amongst the top 3, we'll decide the exact splitting shortly).
7th: If this goes well, this will be an on-going thing where we highlight different sections at different months - sometimes doing multiple ones.
8th: Our goal here is to encourage people to subscribe to the site, encourage more good quality skins to be made, and have some fun.
Reply #51 Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:19 PM
ack, talk about not being mozilla frinedly editor. Let's try that again.
Okay here is what we've decided to do.
1st: No contest will satisfy everyone. Some people need to recognize that in the real world that perfect is the enemy of good.
2nd: We are going to hold a WindowBlinds test contest that will begin probably next week and end in early December (first Tuesday in December probably). It will be based on downloads of individual skins. IF someone were to make a bunch of incredible skins, they could walk away with several of the top 10 prizes.
3rd: Any skinner can participate.
4th: Only original skins will count. I.e. Longhorn skins or ports will not be counted.
5th: The rankings will be dtermined by # of WC Subscriber downloads. They're the ones paying the bill on this so their favorites will determine it.
6th: A portion of new subscriptions in that time will be set aside to be split amongst the winners. Based on September's new subscriptions that means around $500 to be split amongst the top 10 (probably most of that amongst the top 3, we'll decide the exact splitting shortly).
7th: If this goes well, this will be an on-going thing where we highlight different sections at different months - sometimes doing multiple ones. 8th: Our goal here is to encourage people to subscribe to the site, encourage more good quality skins to be made, and have some fun.
Reply #52 Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:41 PM
Reply #54 Friday, October 15, 2004 12:40 AM
| in the real world that perfect is the enemy of good. |
And yet it seems you've found the middle ground between perfect and good............. which is excellent! 
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Reply #41 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 6:47 PM