cb submission standards Options

[micron]

i posted this in backstage aimed at staff members, just felt the community should know.


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im still making sure there arent any bugs in the submissions engine, but i want to say something about standards that i think is way over due.

i understand that many of you want cb to only have the highest of quality, but i personally think this is counterintuitive to bringing createblog to the masses. for example, lately (and one of the main reaons ive decided to seperate myspace layouts to div overlays and standard), is because increasingly i only see div overlay layouts. sure, div overlays are pretty and look great, but that only accounts for less than 1% of the entire myspace community. i think its a flaw in our logic to think that highering the standards even more will bring in more members. in fact, its just going to do the opposite. submitters will stop submitting their layouts, because they will fear (know rather) that it will be rejected. and without new layouts, people will visit createblog less often to check up on the new layouts, which means with less traffic theres just less opporunity for people to submit things. you see, its a downward spiral were going, if we maintain our current rediculous "standards" aiming to please only the measly 0.0001% of our potential audience. which says something especially if the staff members themselves dont have any quality layouts /graphics submitted to cb.

in anycase, im going to ask everyone to loosen up on teh standards. instead of accepting what pleases you, think in terms of the community. ask yourself, will someone out there use this layout / graphic ? if the answer is yes, accept the layout, no matter how you may feel about it. your perspective is very important, but only because you should be thinking behalf of the community, not yourselves.

i hope i made myself clear. if you disagree wtih my stance, feel free to tell me why.

[fainaru]

^ Hmm, I didn't take into account about the whole submission date, but I don't quite understand what you mean by "how long the layout has actually been visible". When you put it that way, I think you're implying how long it's stayed on the site, which is essentially organizing by date no? Unless you mean something else.

@ mzkandi: I have definitely noticed the boom in submissions after the revamp, but I have also noticed the decline in layout views from visitors. My guess is that submissions just keep getting pushed back for no one to see. cB is still getting decent traffic right? Or has the new look generated even more that people just don't drop by the designs as often?

[falsetigerlimbs]

^ Hmm, I didn't take into account about the whole submission date, but I don't quite understand what you mean by "how long the layout has actually been visible". When you put it that way, I think you're implying how long it's stayed on the site, which is essentially organizing by date no? Unless you mean something else.

Yeah, I meant how long it has been on the site, how long the public has been able to see it. Layouts that haven't been on the site long, but got submitted before others, get bumped to the second page quickly.