Idea for the territory: Bitcoin-centered writing competitions

1419 sats \ 25 comments \ @Fabs 11 May bitcoin_beginners

I'd like to introduce a new idea to the Bitcoin_Beginners territory: (Friendly) Bitcoin-centered writing competitions.

Motivation

I'd like to see more content tailored to people who'd like to learn something about Bitcoin, whether beginner or advanced, and thought about the following:

We have more than enough capable writers on SN, most- if not all of us have a shared interest for Bitcoin, and most- if not all of us have topics to learn (more) about.

In regards to the learning-part: I can speak from experience that writing about the topic forces you to actually learn about it, for how else would you be able to forge a coherent and correct summary, explainer, write-up et cetera?!

In my mind, people would actually (try) to learn something, the territory and platform as a whole would benefit from more Bitcoin-specific posts, and people would have a(nother) weekly chance of receiving some extra Sats---A win-win-win.

Idea (Experimental)

I'd like to organize a weekly writing competition featuring a collectively chosen topic, facilitated by a poll that'll contain topics to pick from, as well as the option to comment a topic of your personal liking; these will be featured in the next poll (can already be commented on this post)

Poll's will be posted on Monday's, while the upcoming theme (poll-winner) will be posted on Friday's, for example:

13.05, Monday: Poll posted.
17.05, Friday: Theme posted. The winner of that week's theme will also be featured in the theme-post.

Winners and Reward(s) (Experimental)

I'd like to hear you guys opinion about the following:

How many possible winners should there be? One? Three? Five? Something else?
What would be a fitting reward?
What should be the winning-conditions?

I'd like the reward to be a "thank you", instead of something people simply participate in to try and farm Sats; something that motivates people to participate and deliver a quality piece.

I was thinking in the realm of a fixed amount of Sats (but how much?), plus the Sats earned from both the poll and theme / winner post, or in other words:

Two non-fixed amounts plus a fixed amount of Sats.
I am excluded from the competition.

Let me know if there's a shared interest in the above, as well as to how it should be given form.

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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 11 May

This is a very good idea. I think maybe one winner to start, then get a handle on how popular the idea is. As far as award amount, right now I give 2500 for top post of the week. I can cut that down so that the contest has more popularity. Example- I cut my total award from 5k to 2.5k among the five winners. Then, if it's popular, we can phase mine out and you can increase the number of winners. I can chip in for awards. Let me know your thoughts.

54 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 11 May

Hm, the case with only one winner is, that people who think that they'll have a less-than-perfect chance of winning the reward, might choose to chime out, instead of in.

A 2nd and 3rd place + reward might have a positive effect in regards to participation, as people might take a chance and enter in the pursuit for the 2nd- or 3rd place + reward.

On the other hand: one big, fat 🏆 can be enticing in- and of itself... 🌝

I'll gladly accept your offer on chiming-in on the (fixed) amount, we're off for a solid start in that regard!

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 11 May freebie

It's your baby. Let's see how it goes.

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinAbhi 11 May

This a great idea! I would love to participate. Just wondering 🤔 do we have competition here.

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 11 May

Thanks, I'm with ya on the latter.

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 11 May

Cool idea Fabs!

23 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 11 May

Let's see.

2 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 11 May

Why don't you just test this in books and articles before creating a new territory?

52 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 11 May

We're already in the intended territory, as stated in the post above: I'd like to introduce a new idea to the Bitcoin_Beginners territory

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 11 May freebie

Oh my bad. I thought you wanted to start a new territory.

Looking forward to the competitions.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dollarparity 12 May

I would love to participate in this!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 12 May

I say run it and see. And then iterate based on participation and feedback.

Fail up!

Also, entry fee?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 12 May

There's no entry fee, but people are somewhat responsible for the price pot, since I plan on including two "floating" rewards + one fixed amount; the more zaps the former receives, the bigger the pot grows beyond the fixed amount.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 12 May

This is not like science fiction or whatnot, right? Just soley based on bitcoin topics?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 12 May

Correct, fine Sir...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 12 May

why dont you do something on short stories? That would be cool.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 12 May freebie

Because I'd like to see what other people's level of [technical] knowledge is, amongst other topics, which I'd be able to learn from in return for a prize pot.

Short stories and the likes can be done on Books_and-Articles; I want to cultivate content that also has a learning-factor.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Hamstr 12 May freebie

Ohh whoa! This sound so exciting! 100% true on this statement

"In regards to the learning-part: I can speak from experience that writing about the topic forces you to actually learn about it, for how else would you be able to forge a coherent and correct summary, explainer, write-up et cetera?!"

I reckon this would be a weekly contest? That seems a little too frequent for someone like me. But I bet this community will jump on it.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @2fc367a31a 12 May freebie

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