Compers title preference

morningpostie

Due to the new (temporary?) 50 character limit in thread titles, which do compers think is more important?

Marg2k8

Omitting "Win a ..." would save a few characters.

mjm3346

It would have to be an extraordinary prize if a couple of characters for FB, TW, RC, GL etc didn't allow at the least the gist of the prize in the title (if need be just drop the "win")

xLuckyxAshxWinsx

I've gone for the actual prize, generally if it's a prize I want to win it doesn't matter to me what type of comp it is and as a rule if it's in the body of the thread if I hover over the title I can see a bit more info without clicking

Makeandsave

Would be nice TW/ FB/RA/IN/GL(gleam)/WS (website) at the start then end date like 02/02 missing the year off then the prize.

JayJay1874

Makeandsave wrote: »

Would be nice TW/ FB/RA/IN/GL(gleam)/WS (website) at the start then end date like 02/02 missing the year off then the prize.

Never going to happen - that would break the forum for all people who sort by end date.

JayJay1874

Went for actual prize. Don't really care about the entry method if it's something i want to win, i'll enter regardless of method.


There should also be some guidance on people making sure the thread title explains what the prize is - sometimes a copy/paste from the promoter's page gives a title that means nothing.

One-Eye

I think FB/TW/GL/RC are essential.

E: 28/02 Win a Fish Slice (FB, IG, TW)
E: 28/02 FishSlice-FBIGTW ....... . . . . . . ....is 13 characters shorter

The bit I am finding most annoying is copying titles from previous comps that are now too long, or having to edit something in an old comp with a long title which now requires a shorter title to be created.

pate-ci0

Don't much care about entry type, though useful in the title, I enter on basis of prize.

toniq

All u need to do is hover over title and u can see the first few lines of thread.

LeeRits

I think prize is more important. If its a prize I want but then it requires effort i'm not willing to do, I just close it. I enter a lot of twitter comps but only for stuff I want or can give to someone. I would rather see something like "E: 01/01 Win baby clothes" than "E: 01/01 win clothes (TW/FB/IG)" but I guess its entirely down to the person posting the competitions.