by lakemen » Fri Oct 31, 2008 02:23 pm
Dear Members,
It truly feels good to see the success of AmPm-Marathon over the months. We have witnessed a considerable increase in the volume of posts of late, and this has led us to give you all an opportunity to enhance your quality and accuracy.
We have come up with an idea of selecting our winners through your votes from now on. This would give you a scope to monitor each others' posts and evaluate their worth in terms of both information and quality. Our panel of experts have decided to pick up the top five performers every month for your consideration.
We would expect each one of you to vote for the member-id that you believe to have participated effectively and promoted the cause of our forums through quality posting and knowledge-sharing. The winner for Oct'08 would be declared automatically once we achieve the polling results after 7 days.
I would certainly look forward to your kind cooperation towards the success of our contests.
Regards,
Lakemen
It truly feels good to see the success of AmPm-Marathon over the months. We have witnessed a considerable increase in the volume of posts of late, and this has led us to give you all an opportunity to enhance your quality and accuracy.
We have come up with an idea of selecting our winners through your votes from now on. This would give you a scope to monitor each others' posts and evaluate their worth in terms of both information and quality. Our panel of experts have decided to pick up the top five performers every month for your consideration.
We would expect each one of you to vote for the member-id that you believe to have participated effectively and promoted the cause of our forums through quality posting and knowledge-sharing. The winner for Oct'08 would be declared automatically once we achieve the polling results after 7 days.
I would certainly look forward to your kind cooperation towards the success of our contests.
Regards,
Lakemen
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 02:29 pm Post Subject:
I don't know any domestic terrorists or a plumber named Joe.
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 04:38 pm Post Subject:
8)
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 04:40 pm Post Subject:
Voted. Don't klow if I like this or not... but it's interesting.
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 04:56 pm Post Subject:
I think it is really a hard choice here to make because I feel all four (myself excluded) have all been wonderful posters and have a lot of repect for all of them. They are my favorites when coming here to either get answers or to post with. Each one has taught me a lot concerning the insurance world since I came here and I do not think I can choose.
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 05:13 pm Post Subject:
Yeah, sorry Lakemen, I don't think I like this idea either, I'll certainly cooperate and vote, but not sure about it...do you have to be a registered member to vote? If so how many posts must you make prior to voting?
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 05:14 pm Post Subject:
sorry forgot to vote and apparently you have to post in the thread to do so...
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 06:53 pm Post Subject:
Two things I'm a bit iffy about.
1. You have to post to vote (what Lori pointed out)
2. I'm not so sure I would have the poll restults visible
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 07:43 pm Post Subject:
I personally think this will just have to be a "trial and error" type situation, but at least it's a start in the right direction.
I haven't seen any guidelines as to what is or isn't a "quality" post. We all have our own individual ideas, but I think it would be better for us to all grade a member's work based on some established guidelines, some common ground.
My vote would be to allow only registered members to vote on the winner.
I don't think we should ever judge anyone's commitment to the community by the "number of posts" he or she has made.
What has a member done to develop a more professional insurance community? Does he/she have a blog with current content?
We obviously have members with insurance experience and also those who don't have any experience, other than their own personal experience.
How do we grade knowledge against just opinions and experiences?
Even though we shouldn't be giving out professional advice as in an agent/client relationship, there are just some things that we know.
I don't think the votes shoud be visible and how do we prevent a member from voting more than once?
This is an excellent idea, just needs some thought and work.
Maze
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 08:07 pm Post Subject:
I don't believe the results are visible. I didn't vote because I couldn't chose between so many good people (self excluded). I honestly and personaly don't think winning something can replace being a member to the community.
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 08:08 pm Post Subject:
Once you vote, your access to the poll is turned off.
I admit, I am one of those who probably "chatter" more than I should. Is that necessarily a bad thing? I'm not so sure that chatter is bad. Everyone comes to message boards for one reason or another. I personally would hate to see a board that has no personality. If everyone strictly posted factual information, no lame jokes, or off the wall comments, I think things would be pretty boring.
As people read the different threads, if they see a post that isn't adding anything to what they are looking for, they will just move on by.
It doesn't take that much time to skip a post or two because someone is talking about a pony or a pot of chili or something that happened to them several years ago.
Too many things in today's world are negative. Bad news everywhere it seems sometimes. If I can find a place that will make me think or laugh, smile, shake my head, groan, or entice an emotion, well, that is where I want to be for part of my day.
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