Respubliko de Libereco wrote:Forsher wrote:I'm actually wondering if being stickied had the perverse outcome of making this less noticeable, the "Just another sticky" phenomenon.
I've been wondering about that too. There's no obvious equivalent to bumping a non-sticky thread.
Adding "DEADLINE APPROACHING" or "X DAYS LEFT" to the title might catch people's attention. More generally, any noticeable change in the title would probably have some effect.
I was thinking about this. On one hand people like us who would normally keep thread activity up to ensure page 1 status know we have that so we don't post as much which means surrounding conversation like what we saw in the last thread isn't there. Yet, story entry 7 in the last thread (where we are now) was on page 6. This thread's on page 5 (assuming this post doesn't go to page 6). That's not too different. And in terms of time, we hit page 5 faster this time around (15 to 9 vs 12 to 9). These potentially suggest that, perhaps, other factors are more important.
In some ways it's unfortunate that this slump in activity occurs when we introduce a new rubric. More entries allow a more complete view, I feel, of how the new rubric works.
Still, it'll pick up in a later contest, I'm sure. Maybe we could try and cultivate some awareness of the thread in RP sections of the forum. Surely there's overlap?