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Originally Posted by sonofsam
i think if you make it that only top advertisers can run contests then there wont even be many contests at all, since most of them are offering a lot of money in the thread... i think some people opt to spend the money on a contest thread rather then a top spot..
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Exactly.
Why should these companies get the exposure from GFY whilst Lens loses out on potential ad revenues?
Think about it, every contest thread offer $1k+ for posters, is losing Lens $1k plus per contest in exposure for his current
PAID advertisers.
IMHO the rules should be as follows:
1) Only top sponsors can post contests awarding
CASH prizes. (they have already PAID for ad space if they want to pay for contests to thats their decision)
2) No more than 3 contests a
WEEK. This way, GFY might actually have some use to those members who are looking for help and advice in the industry without having to weed through a bunch of worthless sigwhoring threads.
3) Other companies who arent
PAID sponsors can hold contests however they can only offer non cash prizes unless, they give GFY / Lens a percentage of the total cash prize offered. If they dont, they get banned.
4) No consecutive contests by anyone, for example, if TopBucks posted a contest thread today, they couldnt post another until next month.
5) Rules to change at any tme, for any reason, they dont like it, they know where the door is. Lens is running a business despite what most of the sig whores think.
Just my thoughts on the matter anyway
Regards,
Lee