Originality?
I've seen a lot of entries to the April Fool's Project Prank Contest, but a lot of them aren't original - someone's made it before. Some of these have even made it to the front page (such as the Plastic Wrap Prank), even though they were simply either taken from youtube or have poor instructions. What I'm asking is: isn't it unfair for those who thought of their own ideas for pranks - like mine, and just because the idea hasn't been publicized much, it doesn't get much votes?
Aren't we looking for creativity here, not popularity? (because, if you think about it, most people already know how to make the popular ones, and it would be unfair for an instructable about that to get the most votes)
I'm not trying to discourage others to not make instructables anymore, I'm just trying to encourage a little creativity, to encourage members to add their own twists to it and stuff like that, rather than just copying and pasting others' ideas.
Just a shoutout... Tell me, what do you think?
Aren't we looking for creativity here, not popularity? (because, if you think about it, most people already know how to make the popular ones, and it would be unfair for an instructable about that to get the most votes)
I'm not trying to discourage others to not make instructables anymore, I'm just trying to encourage a little creativity, to encourage members to add their own twists to it and stuff like that, rather than just copying and pasting others' ideas.
Just a shoutout... Tell me, what do you think?
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Apr 11, 2010. 5:17 PMMadBricoleur (author)
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Oh, well I didn't know that front page selections were mechanical... interesting thought :)
Yea, some of these were done similarly for last year's contest. But this isn't confined to contests.
Note that front page selections are mechanical, based upon various criteria including newness.
L
Note that front page selections are mechanical, based upon various criteria including newness.
L
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