Greetings
As the Comedy Open Mic community (COM) continues to grow we feel a clear relationship is required between us as admins, curators, moderators, and members of this COMmunity to ensure we don't have any problems going forward.
In this post, we will quickly cover a few points to avoid misconceptions.
GIFs and Pictures
Some of you may have read this post about how the use of GIFs may have crossed the line to the point of oversaturation. As curators and moderators, this is something we see every day. If you read the post then you know how we feel, if you didn't, then you don't need to as it will be clarified here.
First of all, we don't have any rule on the number of GIFs used in a post or the number of pictures used per post. We're not going to police posts that way, nor do we ever intend to do it that way as this remains a community that aims to be a place for comedy and laughter and recognizes itself to be lucky to have such a large number of members among other comedy-themed communities.
However, we do believe that exaggerated uses of GIFs coupled with the fact that we have spent years seeing this formula have come to affect the quality of posts shared here, comedy-wise. As curators we find them to be doing more harm than good. That being said, we don't have any rules when it comes to the use of GIFs whatsoever, nor do we ever intend to regulate it.
Our rules will always be the ones you see in our About section.
Where it may matter, however, is when it comes to curation.
As we established before, we view GIFs to diminish the quality of posts in their written form. We owe our supporters at OCD complete honesty when it comes to what we view as quality posts since that's OCD's main goal.
What that means is simply that you, as a member, are free to add as many GIFs and pictures that you want but you also should be aware that it affects your chances of getting curated. We could be more specific about the Do's and Don't's of GIFs if you ask us to.
Another aspect that affects curation is word count. Now, much like GIFs, you're only required to meet the 200 words per post to be eligible to post here. However, also like GIFs, there are minimum requirements.
Now, we can't be specific about the number of words per post required as we have submitted posts that are barely over 200 words long but there is something everyone should be aware of when it comes to posting comedy posts.
Comedy posts overall are required to be a quality posts in the general sense but also in comedy terms. That means if you wrote a quality post it would also be required to be very funny for it to be curated.
The issue with comedy posts is that they often take a long time to set up and we're required to also judge by how funny posts are. So often, posts that are 500 words long count as 100 words long because they only started to be funny in the final 100 words.
What this means is that if a post only has a few funny lines near the end, it won't justify it being 200-500 words long as far as curation is concerned. So, if you're going to write a short post (200-500 words), make sure the setup doesn't take a long time.
I.E if the post has 6 paragraphs, 3 of them can't be just the setup without having jokes in them.
Future Ideas
While the COMedy Rumble is more likely to become a seasonal thing due to its nature, we do aim to have fresh and different contests and content that are like no other on Hive. If you have any idea you'd like us to try, please let us know.
We will also write a post of different ideas we have and see what you'd like the most.
That's It This Week
We hope this wasn't a confusing newsletter, if it is we promise to clarify it more in the comments or take all your concerns and answer them all at once in another post. We realize that we're not the best, but we work to improve and your feedback will help us with that.
You made it as clear as my browser history 😏.. Thank you..
It's great to mention this again as I feel it's needed. In the end the author decides if they still feel they should add more GIFs than we like to see in the posts, but they should be aware that curation may not happen in these cases.
I hope it will inspire people to be more creative with their wordings instead of grabbing GIFS to emphasize the words by sharing a GIF that only repeats the words as we see a lot currently.
For the rest, keep them funny posts coming!
Well said and understood. The clarification really pointed out what and what not to do when composing comedy content on the platform. The integrity really matters.
As per the suggestions, I'm thinking we can have a "group comedy war". The comedians would be divided into strata by the admin and the moderators randomly. Each group would present a person as the group representative. A topic would be chosen by the admin for the comedy ( maybe an argumentative comedy where one part would be in support or against). If we have 10 groups, for instance, 5 will be in support and the other 5 against. And they must all post at the same time to avoid cheating( rule must be followed)
Then the group members would engage in the comment section to argue further and long as they can leaving the room lively. The intention is to unite active posters and also have fun.
This is just a raw idea. One or two points can be picked from it to develop or add to other ideas. It might not necessarily be implemented.
Just as they say "Ideas don't come fully formed".
Thanks a lot.
One love.
I think I understand what you mean clearly...it's great to see that it has been addressed again in a simple terms as possible so that everyone can understand quite well and be held liable for whatever decision he or she makes...
Looking forward to what the new contests would look like..I'm also excited 😊😊...let's keep this Community excelling...I'll think of any concept and relay it once I believe it to be good enough... thank you for sharing ❤️
Exactly. Being on the same page regarding curation is useful for members as well as with OCD helps us keep a stable road ahead. So in case any of the parties involved the system don't like the system we could talk about it.
I wanted to ask, does the COM community support comedy othernthan written posts.
I have been working on a 2 page comic sketch for some days now and I plan to make more episodes.
It required character design and short story writing all done by me and I don't know if it will have 200 words that are funny from start to finish. But its hours of work.
Different forms are welcome. Comics included, if it's your own work then you get a pass on the word count.
Thank you...I hope to post it soon
Thank you for the clarification and update.
We'll strive hard to be funny 😪
We'll slowly get there.
Yes we will
Thank you 😊
I find these comments very interesting, and I am referring to the number of words to be used, which were 400, at least.
I think 200 is enough. I'm not saying anything about Gifs because I never use them.
As this is Comedy Open Mic, I hope there will be contests in the future about telling anecdotes being recorded.
Undoubtedly, this is a community of its own, and it is to be enjoyed.
I'm fascinated to read "jokes and pranks" that are told here.
Keep up the good work, and may God bless your humor.
These piece you have provided can truly help a lot while posting in this community. Rules are important so as guidelines.
Thanks a lot
Thanks for providing these guidelines to enable for better engagements.
We hope they're useful.
Very clearly the points set, lol!
Good to know.
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whats a GIF?
I am glad I came across this. It will help me in making quality comedy posts by this group standards as stipulated in this piece.
I actually have a suggestion pertaining the organization of contents. Can I go ahead?