I’m running a photography forum https://forum.fotografos.online and want to create a photo competition or MULTIPLE do increase volume of submissions and participation on the forum overall. I took a look at Photo Crowd and that has very promising implementations… [image] Winning photos fro…

Definitely add a points system and place it at the top section so people can see their points. Rank them based on these points as well. This way, the competition will truly begin! <a class="lightbox" href="https://d11a6trkgmumsb.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/e/3/4e3e5374aca55b9d03c719ad42d3ff69cdffc5d2.png" data-download-href="/uploads/short-url/baaM591QZQoQvUdo37zqq2We5KG.png?dl=1" title="The image shows an online interface from "Trgala," displaying a notification pop-up and a task management system with a game titled "SpongeBob Adventures: In A Jam" listed. (AI tarafından altyazılı)" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">[The image shows an online interface from "Trgala," displaying a notification pop-up and a task management system with…

You could take a look at Discourse Category Experts and how it enables endorsements.

Another one is Topic List Thumbnails If you have a competition category, you can enable thumbnails in that category and each first image will be seen as a thumbnail in the topic list.

This was my thought as well, but the only downside is OP would have to make a new category every time. I would still try to bucket them under a parent “contest” category though. OP, just throwing post voting out there if you decide to contain it all in a single topic. (and then you could have a sin…

I think post voting could be the ticket for this - I tested it this week and it’s great for this type of thing. The topic could explain the rules of the competition and each reply can be the submission that can then be voted up/down and get commented on.

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Definitely add a points system and place it at the top section so people can see their points. Rank them based on these points as well. This way, the competition will truly begin!

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