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<p>[QUOTE="ratio411, post: 1310990, member: 26729"]I would have 2 concerns with this contest:</p><p>1) Some people are voting multiple times, skewing the votes.</p><p>2) As time nears the end, the people submitting ideas have less and less exposure to views in order to get votes.</p><p>Maybe the ideas should be submitted by a certain time, no likes allowed until after, and then after likes are allowed, have a deadline for likes, then tally likes given in that time, disqualifying any before or after the 'like period'.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first idea is to have people guess an ancestor's name.</p><p>Example, I would ask people to guess my maternal grandmother's middle name.</p><p>One guess per member, per day (calender date), until the name is found.</p><p>You could use anyone that you feel has a first or middle name that is uncommon (and unknown to members) enough to be fair.</p><p>If it drug on for too long, you could then start offering very slight hints, like how many letters, or one of the letters in the name, etc...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ratio411, post: 1310990, member: 26729"]I would have 2 concerns with this contest: 1) Some people are voting multiple times, skewing the votes. 2) As time nears the end, the people submitting ideas have less and less exposure to views in order to get votes. Maybe the ideas should be submitted by a certain time, no likes allowed until after, and then after likes are allowed, have a deadline for likes, then tally likes given in that time, disqualifying any before or after the 'like period'. My first idea is to have people guess an ancestor's name. Example, I would ask people to guess my maternal grandmother's middle name. One guess per member, per day (calender date), until the name is found. You could use anyone that you feel has a first or middle name that is uncommon (and unknown to members) enough to be fair. If it drug on for too long, you could then start offering very slight hints, like how many letters, or one of the letters in the name, etc...[/QUOTE]
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