Fic Talk > Felix Awards 2011
Exit Survey
julilly:
Participation in all facets of the forum is a huge issue but Felix has seen a significant decline. We have considered not doing it anymore because it does generate a lot of sour grapes for some people but I get the impression they are the ones only submitting one story nominations and not voting.
Maybe if there was a better way for authors to get the word out about their nominations then voting may pick up but we need more nominees. You're right Julie in saying that the selection is limited because it's the same people nominating.
For the most part it was just the forum regulars who submitted nominations and perhaps that is because it's forum based? Part of the point obviously is to get members on the forum but maybe a different way not submitting nominations would help?
I definitely am keen to hear everyone's ideas. Having a suggestion is great but a solid way to implement it is even better because otherwise its something we've likely already tried.
julilly:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 19, 2012, 07:34:24 AM ---Or maybe we need to go all P. Diddy and start a "Vote or Die" campaign LOL.
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I will just start showing up at people's homes and stay until they vote lol
RokofAges75:
Yeah, it does seem to be tied to forum participation. It's the same core group of us who participate in everything. It would be great to get more people posting here; it's been pretty dead lately.
You might have more luck in getting nominees if you just did it with a form on the site instead of asking people to register an account on the forum and PM their nominations. You'd have to require an email address or trace IPs to prevent writers from trying to nominate themselves incognito, but I guess you could have the same problem if people register multiple accounts on the forum to try and get away with that. But you may get a wider variety that way.
That said, there are 427 members of this forum. That means 427 AC users have already created an account here. Why didn't more of them nominate, given that they didn't even have to take that extra step to do it?
I'm not sure how else you could publicize the awards. You posted about them in the site announcements, tweeted about them from the Twitter account, and many of us promoted them on Twitter and/or our own sites too. You'd think that any reader who came to AC with any frequency would be aware they were happening.
Maybe it goes back to the same reason people read, but don't review. They think, "Oh, what I think doesn't matter... other people will take care of it." Hopefully knowing how few other people actually are taking care of it will motivate others to put in their two cents next year.
Carter-Orange:
I would've thought more people would take the time to vote and nominate too. It doesn't take long! And if you have time to read/write then surely you can spare a few minutes to vote/nominate your favourites.
I like your idea Julie.
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 19, 2012, 07:45:13 AM ---Yeah, it does seem to be tied to forum participation. It's the same core group of us who participate in everything. It would be great to get more people posting here; it's been pretty dead lately.
You might have more luck in getting nominees if you just did it with a form on the site instead of asking people to register an account on the forum and PM their nominations. You'd have to require an email address or trace IPs to prevent writers from trying to nominate themselves incognito, but I guess you could have the same problem if people register multiple accounts on the forum to try and get away with that. But you may get a wider variety that way.
That said, there are 427 members of this forum. That means 427 AC users have already created an account here. Why didn't more of them nominate, given that they didn't even have to take that extra step to do it?
I'm not sure how else you could publicize the awards. You posted about them in the site announcements, tweeted about them from the Twitter account, and many of us promoted them on Twitter and/or our own sites too. You'd think that any reader who came to AC with any frequency would be aware they were happening.
Maybe it goes back to the same reason people read, but don't review. They think, "Oh, what I think doesn't matter... other people will take care of it." Hopefully knowing how few other people actually are taking care of it will motivate others to put in their two cents next year.
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I think if people knew they could get away with multiple voting and voting for themselves, then you would have dishonest people taking advantage. Like the ones who set up loads of accounts to try and get around the rules :(
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