Ladies and Gentlemen:
The results from the Inaugural "SATURDAY SPLINTERLANDS/PLAY-TO-EARN DISCUSSION" are in! Not shabby for a half baked idea with less than 24 hour promotion.
But before we get to that, I would personally like to thank the participants in today's discussion: @tfranzizi; @jfang003; @dagger212; @leopuma; @magnacarta; and @finguru. You guys rocked it.
Now, on just the Official "SATURDAY SPLINTERLANDS/PLAY-TO-EARN DISCUSSION" thread we had 98 total comments from 7 different users (including myself). It is my belief that had I thought of this sooner and gotten the word out earlier, the comment total would have been much better. [Note though I am not counting several other posts with numerous comments concerning the Discussion that appeared outside the Official thread].
So yes, I'm going to give this a go for next week. I am thinking of moving the Discussion to Sunday, but do not want to interfere with people's family time. Anyone who would like to weigh in on this, please post up a comment. I plan on making a decision on this by Wednesday and commencing on Wednesday, will make daily posts reminding people of the upcoming Discussion.
And finally, congratulations to @leopuma, winner of the Discussions inaugural prize.
Next week's discussion topics: Splinterlands, dCity, and dCrops. A prize for the upcoming discussion will be announced Wednesday. So prepare some questions in advance and let's all look forward to a lively discussion on play-to-earn gaming next week.
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Awesome Kevin. Congratulations @leopuma. Well deserved. I couldn't contribute much since I wasn't available. Gone too late for me. But I will surely join you guys next time. Looking forward to it. It was a fun experiment and really helped with the engagement on a generally slow weekend.
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I'm glad to know it was a success, Kevin!
I think you could try it on a Sunday next week and see how that goes.
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Sunday is just an idea I floated out there Tulio. No decision has been made on that.
I'm just not sure as to which day might attract the greater number of participants (and therefore the greater number of comments).
Need more time to think this one out.
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You know what? That's an interesting question. Which day of the week does it start to get hopping around here. I think we can safely say it isn't the weekend. Just a guess only, I pick Tuesday as that matches the internet in general.
On Mondays, people are catching up on weekend work. Tuesday is the day they have a little free time.
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I agree with your theory on Tuesdays! But my intent is not to encourage more comments and engagement during the 'busy' times where it is already present.
I am looking to provide a vehicle to spawn engagement during the 'slow' times to boost LMT comment count. Both days of the weekend are very slow on LMT from a participation standpoint. My goal is to provide a reason for people to come to LMT when it is so slow and engage.
Anyone can post bullshit comments to increase both their individual comment count (as well as the count for LMT. We see that all the time (and I fear we will see more of it as there is now a significant financial incentive behind commenting). So I looked for an interesting and 'in the news' topic to spur meaningful discussion.
I think I have fulfilled the goal with respect to choosing topic, but, my query now is during which slow period will the gaming vehicle maximize meaningful comment production. Saturday or Sunday - Morning, afternoon or evening. And I'm not sure if I have the luxury of playing trial and error as yesterday was just basically a test run so I do not know if the traction is there for this to become a sustained run.
Sorry for the long response, I was thinking out loud (in written form).
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I understood completely what you're trying to do, and was thinking out loud myself. But that's the issue isn't it? Saturday everyone is having the night out. Sunday, they're going to church and getting ready for work on Monday.
As far as time of day, I've found that if I comment after 4PM-ish, it usually gets lost as people tend to fade away until the new post goes up after 8PM. So my guess is it would be best between 8AM and 4PM. But which day is indeed the question.
If I were given 10 seconds to pick a slow weekend day, I'd choose Saturday 8AM-4PM.
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Funny, that's exactly what I did...plus I split the difference and picked noon as a start time.
Right now I'm leaning toward leaving the day and time as is. I think the only way I'll change it, at least for next week, is if I get a big response from the community to the contrary.
You helped - a lot - and I thank you for it!
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That seemed to work very well for engagement. I especially liked how you managed to get two threads going instead of just the one. The announcement of the announcement lives on!!!
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B.S. comments happen at any time of the week; we can't help that.
Holding the SPT/P2E discussion on the weekend to drive engagement then is genius. Excellent idea.
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I think I had made a post about this way long ago .
I think I discovered that day doesn't matter ( weekday ) but timings is 19-21 UTC is most active .
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My problem with determining a time and weekend day is divergent inputs. On the one hand I'm seeking to address slow comment creation times (and improve production), but that is juxtaposed to the fact I need enough people to create the comments.
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Yea, I got it
Could be worth a try just to see how it goes. But it was a good first day so maybe Saturday ends up being the sweet spot
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I don't think so , Saturday is usually drink and relax day lol .
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Haha yea thats true! But we had a busy day so I guess people were drinking while commenting :P
I know I was LOL
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Maybe Kevin should rotate and pick a different HIVE game each week.
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My initial thought was to do just that. But in thinking it through, let's face it, some games simply have more traction and appeal than others.
That is why I'm going to leave it be an open topic discussion - anything pay-to-earn, but this coming week I'm going to try and actively get a discussion going on dCrops.
I'm still feeling my way through this so I'll probably be trying new things for a few weeks to see how it evolves.
Thanks though for the suggestion. Any and all input is appreciated.
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I like the idea of leaving it open. I think people will naturally gravitate to the games that draw more attention but they are also free to talk about others too.
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I still didn't understand that games can explain it to me better?
Well each game is different...which one are you confused about?
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Thank you for the interesting topic. I am glad it had quite a few interesting topics and there were people who learned a few things as well.
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Very happy to hear this .
I have been missing some good action by not being active .
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You have been missed my friend. Hope all is well with you!
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Wasn't a very easy August for me .
Hoping September to be much better.
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I'll say a prayer for you bud.
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Sorry to hear you had some rough times bud. I hope things do get better on your end
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I hope things get better soon.
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