So, here's an idea, a suggestion that might make things more exciting here:
- Every month, this site would make a Top 3 out of the things which were posted in the referred month.
For example: Hey, it's August! Let's look at some posts from July and choose three of them as the July Top 3!
- These 3 chosen posts would receive a nice/bigger/deeper review from the Reviewers.
- The Top 3 would have a space somewhere in this forum, like a thread in "Competitions" or something.
Now, here are some important things about this, as well as some flexible points for us to think about:
- The Top 3 doesn't need to be hierarchically put, like 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, but just as the three posts that caught Reviewers' attention.
- It doesn't need to be called "Top 3", as it highly suggests competition and hierarchy.
- We can decide wether the posts are only music or any kind of post (threads, status update). (I particularly like it this other way)
- For this idea not to be so time-consuming for the Reviewers, they could divide themselves in groups, pairs or individually (I don't really know how many of them are still out there), so that each group/pair/individual would be in charge of each month. This "being in charge" could mean just writing the review (and the whole body of reviewers would choose the Top 3), or this sole individual could do all the job by himself/herself when his/her month arrives.
Why do I think this could be a good idea?
Because people would have some return to their works, somehow. It may happen sometimes that some composer post something brilliant, but it's not suitable for a current competition, so 1 or 2 people may comment on it and it will fall into oblivion. This new "Top 3" idea is an oportunity for those guys to have some spotlight.
So, what do you guys think? :D