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Award awesome threads?

CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in H.Q. Reception Desk
I'll be the first to admit (Probably because it's my idea) that I thought of this because I think the threads I make are goddamn awesome. Still, does anyone think that having a monthly award (Recognition, not some kind of physical prize) for the best thread in G&T/SE++ etc. is a good idea?

It seems as if offering recognition for effort put into making threads would improve the average quality of those threads.

Ninja edit: Also I want to point out that making a joke along the lines of "This thread wouldn't win" is mega-balls.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Or it would mean that there are a ton of wanky threads made just to get an award.

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  • CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Willeth wrote: »
    Or it would mean that there are a ton of wanky threads made just to get an award.

    Wanky? You mean, bad? Then they wouldn't get the award, would they?

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  • Grid SystemGrid System Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    There's already the thread rating tool, and people hardly ever use that outside of the AP forum.

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  • IriahIriah Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    and then perhaps a Tidy Thread award for the threads with the neatest punctuation and spelling and hedges and so forth

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Centipeed wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    Or it would mean that there are a ton of wanky threads made just to get an award.

    Wanky? You mean, bad? Then they wouldn't get the award, would they?

    I mean like a Beige thread.

    "The Role Of Female Protagonists In a Male-Oriented Entertainment Medium" or whatever.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Grid System wrote: »
    There's already the thread rating tool, and people hardly ever use that outside of the AP forum.
    Exactly. This and the AP forum. Job done.

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  • ObsObs __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2009
    What can we do to increase people's awareness of the rating tool for threads?

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Iriah wrote: »
    and then perhaps a Tidy Thread award for the threads with the neatest punctuation and spelling and hedges and so forth

    Writer's Block :arrow:

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  • IriahIriah Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    whoosh

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited February 2009
    we don't need to award threads, it just seems unnecessary

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    we don't need to award threads, it just seems unnecessary

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Tav wrote: »
    Iriah wrote: »
    and then perhaps a Tidy Thread award for the threads with the neatest punctuation and spelling and hedges and so forth

    Writer's Block :arrow:

    Clearly you've never ventured into the chat thread.

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