So, what is SoylentNews? This is your chance to tell us!
I am announcing the first ever SoylentNews online video contest. The rules are pretty simple.
Too easy, right? We will count the views on 31 March 2014, at 11:59 UTC. The winner is the individual video that has the most views.
You do not actually have to appear in the video! Make a cartoon, do CGI, do a voiceover of a movie, whatever. Be creative and explore your artistic vision! (Yes, you have one. It may be underutilized at times but it is there).
We have not yet determined the prize for the winner, but it will be jaw-droppingly awe-inspiring (it's a key-chain I found on the sidewalk somewhere). No, it'll be something good. At a minimum we'll feature your video on the site here and interview you for the "making of" your entry. But probably more (it's a keychain).
On behalf of the entire staff and volunteers, we continue to be amazed at the response we've gotten from the community so far. We will continue to provide ways that you can interact with us and help define us. I hope you enjoy this contest. If you have any other suggestions for how we can better meet your needs, feel free to let us know in IRC, the Forums, or the Wiki. Thanks for reading!
~Mattie_p
p.s. keychain!
p.p.s updated based on feedback
(Score: 3, Insightful) by cloying on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:04AM
...and I know its not me doing it so beggars can't be choosers. But this video concept is a car crash. Are the wrong people driving this train?
I don't appear online in videos. Or as an image, or as me real name. Not anywhere. I don't have facebook. I don't twatter, or Google +, or instaidiot. I never will. I've always had the impression many slashdotters were in a similar boat. There is nothing to sell here, no popularity contest necessary. No likes.
Its also such a banal concept. ..I like soylent news because....
Please don't take this path of horror.
I'd be delighted if this article is PPs'd with ok, due to feedback no key chain, no videos, no contest!