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# I'm thinking we should try and make sites compete for the awards.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:05, archived)
# Oh, you *are* a vile person!
YES
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:06, archived)
# heh, time to build a spam email to send out and entrap them.
can we move up to extortion, too? "if you send us $100.00 for processing, we'll shortlist your site for our annual exclusive 'best-of-web' awards!"
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:09, archived)
# Sponsors, prizes?
No real reason that there can't be some
real weight behind it. Makes the troll
less obvious and the hook more tempting.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:24, archived)
# we can also solicit our real friends for testimonials.
the hundred dollar winners would be our puppets.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:42, archived)
# Heh, I didn't think of that.
Seems to me there are lots of way to make this work. One is with something like the doc's suggestion above, in which case their return email is what we'd be looking for. Another is to get people to accept surreptitiously insulting or just plain crappy awards and have them post it on their site. And now this idea of having them compete... I guess we'd email them saying they're in the running for a particular award... and maybe we could get them to do stuff? Or how do you see that working?
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:11, archived)
# no reason all approaches couldn't be used.
start them off with awards and then scan through their emails and comments to get the people who like their crud to compete for our awards after they see their friends have received one.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:14, archived)
# Sounds like...
...we might need something like an
award gif generator to spawn them.
Anti-Hummus only works for
short bursts. Or focus on a key few.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:18, archived)
# nonsense!
i've been anti-hummusing for years now and still have plenty to offer.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:22, archived)
# oh, I don't know...
from my point of view making the gifs would be a huge part of the fun, in fact I can hardly wait :) I agree though it might be nice to have some freeware banner generators etc. to use as resources.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:24, archived)
# For example, we could have an award for using a certain font.
Try and get people to convert their entire page to Century Gothic in order to win.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:23, archived)
# "The impact of Impact!"
"Does your site have what it takes? Show us!"
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:25, archived)
# Such a shit font.
Hahahaha!
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:30, archived)
# *cries*
i use it sometimes....
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 5:12, archived)
# HEY!
I use that one for my business logo!
(with bold & italics & cUstom lines

IMPACT ROCKS!
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Pigeon Nipples Did you sit in some sugar?, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 6:11, archived)
# your head will.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 6:27, archived)
# HAHAHA
damn I like that a lot. Compete for the Comic Sans Site Of The Week award!
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:25, archived)
# I'm also thinking we should have two separate blogs -
The one we have, where we can post all of our successes, any hate mail we get etc, and another more official looking blog that we can link people back to so that we look more authentic.

(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:33, archived)
# See
I thought exactly that too. That's what I meant yesterday when I said I wasn't sure about the tone... what I was really trying to say was, I didn't know who it should be aimed at, people in on the joke, or the targets potential award recipients.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:34, archived)
# doc d and i gazzed each other last night.
i have an unused domain that needs some content - not a name that is useful for this project but if it can be of use (even for email or pic hosting), i'll offer it.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:38, archived)
# Sweet
I'm going to be putting a domain/host together soon solely for storing and serving up my images, because my bandwidth is regularly getting caned and costing me money, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. So, I reckon some image hosting for the gifs might be really useful. Definitely something to bear in mind :)
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:42, archived)
# I have bandwidth to burn, but I don't know the first thing about how to set this up.
I'm sure we can work something out
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:45, archived)
# Yep
I think in a way we have too many ideas, but that's a great problem to have.

Edit: as far as hosting the award gifs, no-one needs ftp access except you. You'll just up them on your server space, and that's about all we'll need.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:54, archived)
# good plan.
i just have the space, not the skeels. if one of you talented lot can build the basics, it's a go.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:50, archived)
# Best blogged defence for the use of Comic Sans award.

edit: every site that uses it, has one. Fact!
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:27, archived)
# HAHAHAH
I just thought of this one: how about we offer an award for making sites more usable for people with reduced vision... by setting all their pages in 30pt text
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:32, archived)
# that is just mean.
we could show our awards from the 'BlindWebAssociation' or something, praising us for our inclusivity in giving out these awards.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sat 8 Sep 2007, 4:41, archived)