January Photo Contest - Final Poll - Open for voting till Tuesday, Jan 27, 5 PM EST

[CurtEastPoint]

Last edited Tue Jan 27, 2015, 05:24 PM - Edit history (2)

Please go to the link below in GD to view and vote!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026127602

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It's a great contest.

But why did you make the voting a week long? That seems excessive to me.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Oh, goodness. Should I not have? I don't remember how long the finals run. Experts! HELP!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. They usually run a few days: 3 or 4, I think.

[Mira]

4. 3 days - same as the preliminaries

A week is too long in my opinion. Actually, I've considered running a questionnaire post asking the others if they think, like I do, that 3 days is too long. 2 days and nights would be perfect to me.
IMO
on the third day the excitement is gone, there rarely are more than a total of 2 or 3 more votes coming in per preliminary thread on the third day, and the outcome, it seems, no longer changes on the third day ever.

[Mira]

5. Excellent job for a first time hosting,

CurtEastPoint

Thank you so much for your hard work! It gets a lot easier after a few times.

[CC]

6. You've done a great job

hosting. There is no set rule on how long to run the finals or even prelims. It is up to the host. Most do it for 3 days but extra won't hurt. Voting usually slows down after the third day but that doesn't mean it stops completely. I usually use the time limit on the poll so it stops on its own when I have held contest but that was for my convenience. (In case I wasn't near a computer when time was up.)

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Yes, the time limit is kinda 'limited' 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, week, etc.

It should be more discrete: 5 days, 6 days, etc.