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Vote For Your Favorite PropellerAds Follow Along #PA24
- Thread starter Luke
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I'm sad to hear you guys feel that way.
I don't see any point in posting at least 4 updates where I'll just have something like
Campaign #1 - Spent $50 - Revenue $20 - Profit -$30
and repeat something like that 3 more times.
I like to focus on the process. If you remember my past PA FA:
I also used the similar approach, and it seems the members liked it.
In the end - members vote for FA-s and if they like it - you get the vote. So posting GIF-s about faking stuff just doesn't make sense.
I don't see any point in posting at least 4 updates where I'll just have something like
Campaign #1 - Spent $50 - Revenue $20 - Profit -$30
and repeat something like that 3 more times.
I like to focus on the process. If you remember my past PA FA:
I also used the similar approach, and it seems the members liked it.
In the end - members vote for FA-s and if they like it - you get the vote. So posting GIF-s about faking stuff just doesn't make sense.
SunTime
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It doesn't matter who wins the prize, as long as their campaign has indeed achieved outstanding results, or even if it didn’t succeed in hitting the green, they have shared useful ideas/experiences/techniques/etc. If there’s nothing of value and only a few updates made just to meet the contest requirements, then...
I want to start by saying that my intention is not to target or criticize anyone or what they are doing. If my words come across in a way that makes anyone feel upset or uncomfortable, I sincerely apologize. I only wish to express my perspective on the rules because, due to them, some of us who participated in the contest feel excluded now.I'm sad to hear you guys feel that way.
I don't see any point in posting at least 4 updates where I'll just have something like
Campaign #1 - Spent $50 - Revenue $20 - Profit -$30
and repeat something like that 3 more times.
I like to focus on the process. If you remember my past PA FA:
I also used the similar approach, and it seems the members liked it.
In the end - members vote for FA-s and if they like it - you get the vote. So posting GIF-s about faking stuff just doesn't make sense.
I honestly didn’t even know what mistake I made. I only realized I had been disqualified when I noticed my name wasn’t on the voting list. I am not here to argue about that or hold any hard feelings. It’s a contest, and if anyone can learn something from these contests or follow-alongs, that's a great outcome.
@dood , I truly appreciate all the work you’ve done. Whether you believe it or not, I’m a big fan of yours. I’m only referring to the rules, which have been emphasized more this time with the creation of a PDF. I’m merely pointing out my thoughts on the rules mentioned, nothing personal at all
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Thanks man.
Sad to see you being disqualified. I also feel that there was more "fear" among members in this contest because a few of them got disqualified in the beginning so I guess not many members joined the contest in the end because of that.
But what can you do. We don't write the rules.
YourAverageDegen
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Don't get me wrong. You post the most comprehensive guides on the forum. I love everything you do here (and my GIF didn't mean anything).I'm sad to hear you guys feel that way.
I don't see any point in posting at least 4 updates where I'll just have something like
Campaign #1 - Spent $50 - Revenue $20 - Profit -$30
and repeat something like that 3 more times.
I like to focus on the process. If you remember my past PA FA:
I also used the similar approach, and it seems the members liked it.
In the end - members vote for FA-s and if they like it - you get the vote. So posting GIF-s about faking stuff just doesn't make sense.
I loved your previous PA FA but you posted only one update as to how your campaigns performed in this contest and I just felt it seemed a bit far-fetched that you're #1 in the poll (you're one of the most helpful persons on the forum, so I get it). What I meant is that the quality of FAs has reduced a lot since the last PA contest.
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I read through every single follow along and voted for the 3 I thought were the best (and the 2 for the ProPush part). I didn't tie to to some member or favoritism. I don't think that is too hard to do, but if you prefer to vote for a member simply because you like them or their content, that is up to you. We're all adults here (even if we do like to use weird gifs to express ourselves at times).
The disqualification of some members from the contest was disappointing. I agree. This is the first contest we've had where that happened and it's something I am going to have to consider in the future. I agree that it negatively impacted the quality of the follow alongs which is the whole reason I run these things.
Assuming I don't see any sort of fraud in the voting, we're going to award the prize money based off who you all choose, just like we do every contest.
This is why I ask you all to cast your votes and take it seriously
The disqualification of some members from the contest was disappointing. I agree. This is the first contest we've had where that happened and it's something I am going to have to consider in the future. I agree that it negatively impacted the quality of the follow alongs which is the whole reason I run these things.
Assuming I don't see any sort of fraud in the voting, we're going to award the prize money based off who you all choose, just like we do every contest.
This is why I ask you all to cast your votes and take it seriously
sorrowz
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At least dood follow along had effort like most of his work. I can't get salty for doods votes he is one of the backbones of this forum. But a lot of the other follow along that have lots of votes, its so obvious people cooking with eachother in the background and my guess is there will be money splitting. I find it very anti- sportsmanship and I ll most likely stop putting effort in my FAs or stop participating in contests in general.
chinopapa
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I think we can elect several people to vote, such as Luke, the contest organizer propeller, and several forum members who are not participating in the contest. Then everyone can express their opinions on the entries before voting, and the elected people will vote for the ranking. Of course, if we want to be more rigorous, we can combine everyone's opinions and have a final vote (for example, if everyone thinks that the third place in the first vote is not suitable).
By the way, the work I most wanted to vote for was not on the list.
By the way, the work I most wanted to vote for was not on the list.
Gavin
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I think Luke should make one or more rules for this kind of competition to prevent some people from posting worthless content.
In addition, I think a vote can be set up to select worthless posts and then disqualify them from participating. Of course, this may be a bit radical and may not be friendly to some forum members participating in the competition.
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I suppose you have to define “worthless” because as we know, people do not like to get disqualifiedI think Luke should make one or more rules for this kind of competition to prevent some people from posting worthless content.
In addition, I think a vote can be set up to select worthless posts and then disqualify them from participating. Of course, this may be a bit radical and may not be friendly to some forum members participating in the competition.
We have had rules before on how much you need to spend on your follow along and show it (example: spend $200 on the campaign and show a screenshot).
We’ve also run contests totaling $xxx,xxx in prizes and this is the first time there’s been any sort of conversation like this that I can remember.
sorrowz
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That means things have changed since then manI suppose you have to define “worthless” because as we know, people do not like to get disqualified
We have had rules before on how much you need to spend on your follow along and show it (example: spend $200 on the campaign and show a screenshot).
We’ve also run contests totaling $xxx,xxx in prizes and this is the first time there’s been any sort of conversation like this that I can remember.
SunTime
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The current voting results are indeed quite amusing.
Calling for votes is acceptable, what we should be contemplating is how to prohibit potential "incentivized voting"? For instance, revealing who everyone voted for? Investigating if FA's votes are concentrated in the same GEO?
Calling for votes is acceptable, what we should be contemplating is how to prohibit potential "incentivized voting"? For instance, revealing who everyone voted for? Investigating if FA's votes are concentrated in the same GEO?
Tamas
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The current voting results are indeed quite amusing.
Investigating if FA's votes are concentrated in the same GEO?
Gavin
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Yes, there is indeed no clear boundary for defining worthless content, so I would say this rule is relatively radical.I suppose you have to define “worthless” because as we know, people do not like to get disqualified
We have had rules before on how much you need to spend on your follow along and show it (example: spend $200 on the campaign and show a screenshot).
We’ve also run contests totaling $xxx,xxx in prizes and this is the first time there’s been any sort of conversation like this that I can remember.
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