And I don't have much thought in the way of promoting queued vids. This is also an unfair edge, but I think the front page is a larger issue.

No, there are three and you didn't vote for Jethro Tull yet. I'm supposed to keep track of this how?

[e:] oh and Blankfist will be thrown into a fit of masturbation if he sees that "aloud" thing you did there.

The third one is 3 months old, so not what I was referring to.

Don't really understand that second part there, Schmawy, but uh... I'll get my raincoat.

Good idea. Vote crack is a dangerous addiction to some people.

Oh I get what you're saying and I agree. Yeah I like me some crusty ol' siftage anyway.

Though I wish the * promote function was only for older videos, I can't say the current system is unfair. Everyone earns power points, so everyone can promote their own videos if they like. It's not as if a select few people have this privilege. And if you're low on power points, fix a Dead Pool video. Sometimes it's hard to find one to fix, but it's not impossible.

And what schmawy meant was that the word you should be using is "allowed," not "aloud."

^Few people have the ability to promote. It's for Gold 100s.

[Edit] - And as for self-promotes, sure, anyone can do that. Doesn't mean they should. I could kill all the videos in my sifted section. But I shouldn't.

What I'm saying is opening up a system for abuse and then crossing your fingers isn't a great way to handle things.

I'll go ahead and fix that typo now.

^I'm not saying I like it; I'm just saying it's not unfair because everyone can self-promote. I started off by saying that I wished promotes were only for older videos, but then went on to explain that everyone can self-promote. The universal ability to promote your own videos is fair.

I've been thinking for a while to start a poll about the selfpromote, and maybe remove it entirely. It used to be a good equalizer that encouraged going charter and buying power points, but now that we all can easily get stuffed with power points from comments and dead pool fixes it seems to do more harm than good.

Admit it, you just want to start another poll so you can make Dag change his avatar again.

i heartily agree with sir edeot. promoterie functions should be limited to older sifts.

however, a seperate section of my brain has just quickly disagreed with myself. sometimes a video's just too good not to be immediately promoteried. maybe there needs to be a limit. or another front page. hmmm. that's it! another front page!! double the width of the homepage so i have to scroll across for ages to see the plethora of promoted vids. and put everything in frames. i love frames. and make the promoted vids flash constantly until the promotion's finished. i have more ideas.

over to you lucky.

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^I agree with that rebel part of your brain.

I'm glad that eligible members have the ability to promote new, but incredibly good posts as required - otherwise something that belongs in the top 15 might slip through the cracks, especially if it's posted at an inopportune time.

I have to agree with dag (or he'll hurt me).

There are often great videos that go unnoticed. That's just the nature of the beast when there are more submissions than many members can browse through.

I think having a problem with promote makes an assumption that promoted vids always succeed, but more often than not, in my research I've found that a promoted video doesn't get many more votes.

Oh, I know! Why don't we just show a list of 4 or 5 promoted videos side-by-side with just thumbnail and title instead?

Yea, your opinions suck, edeot. Keep on feeding us one liners to upvote, that is your task here...nobody expects more of you, nobody wants to see more out of you.

Nice guys finish last.