Friday Q&A

Questionable Reorganization

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Q&A. This weekly look into the world of Fark Photoshop through the lens of a clearly insane person has been a fixture in our community for several years. This week, I'll be taking a look at the preliminary effectiveness of some recent changes made to the contest structure.

Q: How much do you hate the changes?

A: I'm actually pretty fond of them. That might seem illogical, for as a blogger I am sworn to hate everything. However, the scheduling changes needed to be made. Creating persistent time slots for the contests to go live has given the queue a bit of stability that it had been lacking in recent years.

Q: Has participation increased?

A: Looking for some kind of skyrocketing increase this early on in the implementation would be ridiculous. These are the kind of changes that take years to show actual growth. What I'm looking for, realistically, is any sign of leveling off to the decline in participation we had previously been experiencing. Turnout seems to be fairly consistent throughout the week, with it occasionally spiking for a particularly good contest or dipping for a lousy one. So far, it looks as if there's no true "best" time slot, but you still don't want to get stuck going live on the weekend, especially Sunday.

Q: How can we shore up the weekend losses?

A: There are two barriers to our success: the standard work week and organized religion, especially the ones who pester their respective sky wizards on Sunday. People aren't viewing contests on the weekend, because they are home from work and doing other things that interest them (numismatism, kite flying, building mоdels of 16th century prisons, reenacting The Great Gatsby with an all squirrel cast, praying to various sky wizards, etc). So, all we need to to is tear down any and all institutions of organized religion, and destroy all forms of leisure activity. Don't worry, there will be plenty of time to mess around with Photoshop when you're supposed to be working.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks again for stopping by. I'll be closely watching the contests over the next few months to see if these scheduling changes bear fruit. Unless I get distracted by other leisure activities (historical recreation, wine tasting, macrame, glue sniffing, taxidermy. etc). We'll just have to see.

Stay tuned for more potential distractions from the Doctor!