Content Curation Contest

ictus commented 1 year, 2 months ago

@Kookyukie : thanks, a pity they turned it into a voting contest (I personally abhor popularity contests). I guess I'll stay a hidden gem, only appreciated by the true connaisseurs (just like the Hunch site itself (how humble);).

ictus commented 1 year, 2 months ago

Thanks Harold, Hunch made me come out of the curation closet.

Mobriff commented 11 months, 3 weeks ago

I like that definition of curation very much too. Creating the first contest was instructional (lol). Ictus and several other uber-curators weren't voted up nearly as high as they should have been (next time better spam filters). My goal was to reward and thank great curators, people who work hard for us. Thanks Ictus for entering and your amazing curation. Marty

ictus commented 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hi Marty, thanks for the kind words.

Allow me some self-criticism:

i my definition reveals the elitist snob I am: showering my good taste upon the dumb and ugly masses. Telling that I want to educate them only reveals my contempt for them.
ii more accurate would be to say that other people don't need me to build a viable and meaningful culture ;)

ictus commented 11 months, 3 weeks ago

iii curation itself should never be your main activity in life, it should be a by-product of your personal aesthetics and way of life
iv e.g. if I would get paid for recommending things, it would instantly lose its lustre

ictus commented 11 months, 3 weeks ago

v my main motivation for using Hunch was to contribute to the taste graph, alas no organic growth, not enough demographic spread, so we (consumers) will never experience the true power of the graph
vi now the hunch site is like a beautiful building with no commercial activity left, a beautiful building that's well worth exploring from time to time...

hrldcpr commented 11 months, 3 weeks ago

this is a strange building we find ourselves in!

the taste graph is not gone though,
and i and others still hope to build some cool projects using it. :)

ictus commented 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Pleased to hear that Harold!

Of course in my zealous self-criticizing mood, I forgot to mention the strange building is still frequented by wonderful and inspiring people :)

Mobriff commented 1 year, 3 months ago

I wanted to find a way to say thanks and let people who might not know about how helpful everyone inside of Hunch, Scoop.it and Pinterest are. This is a lost leader for my company of web developers. I'm granted one crazy marketing idea per quarter and my Curation Contest was this quarters. Received some great notes from curators already. Martin

Kookyukie commented 1 year, 2 months ago

Just noted the Jan. 6th deadline ;-((