I would like to see a prize or incentive for the best comment on an article in the last month. Has that been tried before? Looking at the number of articles now submitted, I think the forum is doing well on articles. However, the comments and engagement with each submission is still often low. The winning 3 articles this month got only 9-2-2 comments respectively. If they are exemplary of the community and platform (which after a quick browse I have no reason to doubt) surely it would be worth encouraging a few more comments and a bit more discussion?
Thanks for the suggestion! We haven’t tried this before, but it’s something that we’ve been thinking about for the last month or so. Many Forum comments are more detailed and labor-intensive than the average post, and I’m a fan of rewarding people.
I’ll discuss this further with the judge team and see if we can figure out a good reward system, though any changes would be implemented for the June prize at the earliest.
You could limit to comments on the winning posts? That would incentivize more comments on the high quality posts. Or just let Aaron do an initial screening / pick himself. I think he reads them all.
Reading to read and reading to choose a winner are different tasks, so even if Aaron chose a winner, I would be surprised if it didn’t create a significant amount of extra work.
I would like to see a prize or incentive for the best comment on an article in the last month. Has that been tried before? Looking at the number of articles now submitted, I think the forum is doing well on articles. However, the comments and engagement with each submission is still often low. The winning 3 articles this month got only 9-2-2 comments respectively. If they are exemplary of the community and platform (which after a quick browse I have no reason to doubt) surely it would be worth encouraging a few more comments and a bit more discussion?
I’d second this. I think great comments/feedback are underrepresented at this point. Do recognize it would be tricky though.
Thanks for the suggestion! We haven’t tried this before, but it’s something that we’ve been thinking about for the last month or so. Many Forum comments are more detailed and labor-intensive than the average post, and I’m a fan of rewarding people.
I’ll discuss this further with the judge team and see if we can figure out a good reward system, though any changes would be implemented for the June prize at the earliest.
That sounds like a ton of work. There are a LOT of comments.
You could limit to comments on the winning posts? That would incentivize more comments on the high quality posts. Or just let Aaron do an initial screening / pick himself. I think he reads them all.
Reading to read and reading to choose a winner are different tasks, so even if Aaron chose a winner, I would be surprised if it didn’t create a significant amount of extra work.