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dreamscapes2011-07-20 12:33 pm
denise) wrote in dreamscapes2011-07-20 12:33 pm
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Heads-up: submission bounties changing
Hello, fabulous creative people!
As many of you know, we have a "bounty" on submitted themes and styles, offering Dreamwidth points for themes/styles that get accepted and committed as system styles for others to use. Right now, the bounty is the same for both themes and styles: 60 points (2 months of paid time) for each.
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fu and I have been mulling this over for a while, and we've realized that this isn't exactly comparable -- someone who makes a style should get more of a bounty than someone who makes a color theme, since the former takes a lot more time and effort. So, starting August 1, the bounty on themes and styles will be:
30 points for every theme
90 points for every style
The bounty for styles will be increasing immediately, and will affect any style committed from now on, no matter when it was submitted. Any theme submitted todreamscapes before August 1 (just submitted; it doesn't have to be converted or committed to the codebase) will get the old bounty; any theme submitted after August 1 will get the new bounty.
I know this might seem like we're penalizing theme makers -- that isn't what we intend at all! Most people seem to be making themes in batches, though, and we don't want the points tally to get too huge -- that can start to affect our revenue. At the same time, we want to keep offering a token of our appreciation for people who help to expand our theme offerings as well as the people who are creating new system styles. So I think this is a good balance between the two options.
Thank you all for the awesome themes you've been submitting, btw. It makes me so excited that nearly every code tour has a ton of new pretty things for people to look at and use!
As many of you know, we have a "bounty" on submitted themes and styles, offering Dreamwidth points for themes/styles that get accepted and committed as system styles for others to use. Right now, the bounty is the same for both themes and styles: 60 points (2 months of paid time) for each.
fu and I have been mulling this over for a while, and we've realized that this isn't exactly comparable -- someone who makes a style should get more of a bounty than someone who makes a color theme, since the former takes a lot more time and effort. So, starting August 1, the bounty on themes and styles will be:30 points for every theme
90 points for every style
The bounty for styles will be increasing immediately, and will affect any style committed from now on, no matter when it was submitted. Any theme submitted to
dreamscapes before August 1 (just submitted; it doesn't have to be converted or committed to the codebase) will get the old bounty; any theme submitted after August 1 will get the new bounty.I know this might seem like we're penalizing theme makers -- that isn't what we intend at all! Most people seem to be making themes in batches, though, and we don't want the points tally to get too huge -- that can start to affect our revenue. At the same time, we want to keep offering a token of our appreciation for people who help to expand our theme offerings as well as the people who are creating new system styles. So I think this is a good balance between the two options.
Thank you all for the awesome themes you've been submitting, btw. It makes me so excited that nearly every code tour has a ton of new pretty things for people to look at and use!
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But once I've got the Style right, I can knock out plenty of Themes very quickly, always seemed a bit daft that a new set of colours got proportionately more reward.
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Now I only need to submit my own colour themes :)
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And yes, themes are really often made in batches. I know that there are times I submit twenty or more themes in a few days, whereas styles are a LOT MORE EFFORT. This makes a lot of sense.
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Question again!
For example I submitted a style before August then withdrew my submission then resubmitted it with different code, different graphics, different themes, etc. after August. To me, it counts as new both because it's changed quite a bit and because I think the new point system is fairer (also, I don't need the points). But that's me. The case came up with rising and laitaine. Both weren't happy with some themes they made so they retagged them as draft. If they resubmit any later on, which system should be used? Pre-August or new? Or should I simply ask them what they prefer? I know laitaine's fine with whatever.
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