[Discussion] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆

[joker_josue]

Big mistake or bad timing for making this change, especially if they win something

Bah!  My pronouns are he and him, by the way, not they.  That's a joke, so laugh.  And I already made it clear that I don't want any votes and don't want to win anything, so if the name change messes everything up, it's no skin off my back.

For that alone, you should win an award! 
They could even create a specific category: Prize for Those Who Don't Want Prizes. 

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[JayJuanGee]

Big mistake or bad timing for making this change, especially if they win something

Bah!  My pronouns are he and him, by the way, not they.  That's a joke, so laugh.  And I already made it clear that I don't want any votes and don't want to win anything, so if the name change messes everything up, it's no skin off my back.

For that alone, you should win an award! 
They could even create a specific category: Prize for Those Who Say that "they" Don't Want Prizes. 

FTFY

 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Miss Bitcointalk: 5Ksana_HandMade, lovesmayfamilis, BitcoinGirl.Club

This was a surprise. What do you say shahzadafzal? It's a trap? 😂

DarkStar? Who is this guy?  I am sure he deserves a lot, whichever category he has been nominated for, but I never heard of him.

That's him https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20914
Obviously you were not supposed to hear about him. And we all know well that the mentioned user was not him too 😉

[shahzadafzal]

Miss Bitcointalk: 5Ksana_HandMade, lovesmayfamilis, BitcoinGirl.Club

This was a surprise. What do you say shahzadafzal? It's a trap?

Hahahaha it's a honey trap.

But you are nailing it.

Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club - In my opinion, based on activity, this year she deserves this title more.

• Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club, sheenshane

Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club

Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club

Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club

• Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club

• Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club

    Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club, lovesmayfamilis, sheenshane

Miss Bitcointalk: BitcoinGirl.Club

Miss Bitcointalk

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BitcoinGirl.Club, Foxpup

-Miss Bitcointalk: I find the question sexist  , but to name one: BitcoinGirl.Club

^^^ It's all an illusion guys... all illusion back off

[The Sceptical Chymist]

➥ No merit sending is allowed from nominees to users which nominated them & Votes cast for inactive users will not count

Oh crap.  Did I violate this rule?  I was checking the OP to see when this contest was over with and the votes tallied when I stumbled across this--and no, I didn't read the rules at any time before this (oops).  My apologies if I merited anyone who nominated me, and I'm just too damn lazy to check. 

So in case I missed it, when will this be over?  If I'm seeing things correctly, the voting should have ended at some point in November.  All my brain fogginess aside, what am I missing here?

[LoyceV]

Oh crap.  Did I violate this rule?

Don't worry about it, you're just making sure your votes don't count:

I don't want any votes and don't want to win anything

[GazetaBitcoin]

So in case I missed it, when will this be over?  If I'm seeing things correctly, the voting should have ended at some point in November.

Loooooool in November it barely started, how could it end in November?

All my brain fogginess aside, what am I missing here?

My dear Sceptical Chymist, according to icopress' OP,

➥ From the moment of publication, and for 60 days, public voting will be open, in which any active user can take part.

The topic was posted on November 18th. It should not be mistakenly considered to be the same with Discussion topic, which is the topic were we are talking now Discussion topic was created a bit earlier than voting thread, for letting people know that a new contest will be done, for agitating spirits and so on But voting was initiated on November 18, therefore we are like a stone throw away from the moment when it will end.

[GazetaBitcoin]

Ladies and gentlemen,

The 60 days of voting for Bitcointalk Community Awards 2022 edition have passed today, as the contest was started on November 18th, 2022. I still can't believe that two months already passed, as it was like days before when the new contest was launched

Thank you all for the participation and involvement!

At a first sight, it seems that the new rules helped so far. As a plus, I believe that this year we also faced less votes from ineligible users (I am not 100% certain of that but this is how I feel, by looking through the posts). Obviously, this also helps during votes counting. Nevertheless, thank you also for trying to keep voting thread as clean as possible.

And, speaking of votes counting, I am announcing you that the process has started today and it will last 1-2 weeks at max. During this period the voting topic will be locked, until the list of winners will be officially announced.

Thank you all once more! Soon it's time to paaaarty! 

[joker_josue]

And, speaking of votes counting, I am announcing you that the process has started today and it will last 1-2 weeks at max. During this period the voting topic will be locked, until the list of winners will be officially announced.

Thank you all once more! Soon it's time to paaaarty! 

We are grateful for your effort and dedication.
Now is where the real difficulty begins, since the task of counting votes is not an easy one.

With patience, we hope that the work goes well.

[GazetaBitcoin]

While votes counting is still in progress, I thought to take a look in the past and see some nice statistics from previous two editions of BitcoinTalk Community Awards!

First of all, let's remember the winners and the runner-ups:

2020 edition


2021 edition


- there were 16 unique winners during both contests: hilariousandco, suchmoon, Rikafip, CryptopreneurBrainBoss, Ratimov, o_e_l_e_o, LoyceV, Hhampus, Lauda, satoshi, theymos, TryNinja, n0nce, lovemayfamilis, franky1 and Foxpup

- 6 of them managed to earn two prizes at different categories; from these, 3 managed to win at different categories: hilariousandco (Best Moderator in both years), o_e_l_e_o (Bitcoin Geek in both years), Hhampuz (Craft Master in both years), Ratimov (Discovery of the Year - 2020, SpamBuster - 2021), LoyceV (BitcoinTalk Ninja - 2020, Golden Feather - 2021), Lauda (Antihero, Miss Bitcointalk)

- curiously, while many expected TryNinja to win at BitcoinTalk Ninja category, he did not succeed in 2020; he took his revenge though, in 2021, by winning

- most votes a winner had: Ratimov was elected in 2021 as Best Spam Buster with 157 votes, followed by Hhampuz, with 151 (winner at Craft Master category) and TryNinja, also in 2021 (winner at BitconTalk Ninja category)

- smallest number of votes a winner had: o_e_l_e_o was elected in 2020 as Bitcoin Geek with 21 votes, followed by Rikafip and Ratimov, 2020 winners of Scambuster and Discovery of the Year Category, both receiving 31 votes

- biggest difference between first place and second place: 102 votes difference between Hhampuz and Maus0728 (Craft Master); 74 votes difference between Ratimov and actmyname (Spam Buster); 46 votes difference between TryNinja and LoyceV (BitcoinTalk Ninja) and also 46 votes difference between theymos and satoshi -- a sort of clash of the titans -- (Hero of Good). All these differences were recorded at second edition of the contest.

- smallest difference between first place and second place: 1 vote difference between theymos and satoshi -- again, a sort of clash of the titans -- (also at Hero of Good category); 2 votes difference between Ratimov and fillippone (Discovery of the Year); 4 votes difference between o_e_l_e_o and theymos (Bitcoin Geek). All these differences were recorded at first edition of the contest.

- unluckiest nominee: DdmrDdmr, by far. He was elected once on second place (Golden Feather - 2021) and four times on third place (Discovery of the Year - 2020, Bitcointalk Ninja - 2020 & 2021, Craft Master - 2020) each time being close to win but without succeeding. Needless to say, he also got fourth place twice and once a seventh place, at other categories Oo Maybe he'll be lucky at third edition of the contest?

That's all for now, let's return to votes counting

[Rikafip]

- smallest number of votes a winner had: o_e_l_e_o was elected in 2020 as Bitcoin Geek with 21 votes, followed by Rikafip and Ratimov, 2020 winners of Spambuster and Discovery of the Year Category, both receiving 31 votes

Just a small correction, I won Scambuster award narrowly beating marlboroza by 4 votes, and not the Spambuster one.

That's all for now, let's return to votes counting

I just realized that I totally forgot to vote so gonna do that first thing tomorrow so thnx for reminder.  

[fillippone]

That's all for now, let's return to votes counting

I just realized that I totally forgot to vote so gonna do that first thing tomorrow so thnx for reminder.  

Whoops. I am afraid voting for this year contest has already closed as 60 days from start of contest have passed, sir. Voting thread has been locked a few days ago by Gazeta.

[Rikafip]

Whoops. I am afraid voting for this year contest has already closed as 60 days from start of contest have passed, sir. Voting thread has been locked a few days ago by Gazeta.

Oh ffs...and I was even thinking why is he already counting votes if its not over yet. Procrastination is a serious sickness.

[fillippone]

Whoops. I am afraid voting for this year contest has already closed as 60 days from start of contest have passed, sir. Voting thread has been locked a few days ago by Gazeta.

Oh ffs...and I was even thinking why is he already counting votes if its not over yet.

You know Gazeta is a strange breed. He always count things: plastic bottles, couches, cycled merits...

Lol! I do beet you can recycle the votes for 2023 contest.

[Maus0728]

- biggest difference between first place and second place: 102 votes difference between Hhampuz and Maus0728 (Craft Master);

Even though this isn't the most recent statistics, I was nonetheless quite surprised by the outcome of the last Bitcointalk community awards. If you hadn't mentioned me, I wouldn't have known that I came in second

However, it's wonderful to see my name on the list because it makes me feel happy that my artwork has at least had some impact on the community and has been appreciated.

[GazetaBitcoin]

Just a small correction

Fixed, thank you. The difference is very small between "Spam" and "Scam"

Oh ffs...and I was even thinking why is he already counting votes if its not over yet. Procrastination is a serious sickness.

I am sorry, my dear Rikafip... perhaps you missed my earlier post...

The 60 days of voting for Bitcointalk Community Awards 2022 edition have passed today, as the contest was started on November 18th, 2022.

You know Gazeta is a strange breed. He always count things: plastic bottles, couches, cycled merits...

Lol! I do beet you can recycle the votes for 2023 contest.

Looooooooooool!

Even though this isn't the most recent statistics, I was nonetheless quite surprised by the outcome of the last Bitcointalk community awards. If you hadn't mentioned me, I wouldn't have known that I came in second

Hihi! Perhaps I could add you to the statistics, as The most innocent runner-up: Maus0728, which did not know (even one year later!) that he ended on second place at Craft Master category

However, it's wonderful to see my name on the list because it makes me feel happy that my artwork has at least had some impact on the community and has been appreciated.

I am glad I was able to make you happy!

[T3PR00T]

And, speaking of votes counting, I am announcing you that the process has started today and it will last 1-2 weeks at max. During this period the voting topic will be locked, until the list of winners will be officially announced.

These two weeks are too long. Still two days to go? 

[CoinEraser]

These two weeks are too long. Still two days to go? 

Everything will be fine. Good things take time. Even if it takes more than two weeks, it wouldn't be bad. The whole counting takes time and everyone wants it to be correct. So they have all the time in the world. Nobody is angry if it takes longer. 

[GazetaBitcoin]

I understand that everybody is eager to see the results and I am glad to see this wish expressed   Trust me, I am also very eager to see the results posted   We are almost there! In a few days results will be posted.

Until then I will share some statistics and interesting things about current votes!


- this year we had 166 unique users nominated for 10 categories. Excepting them, some were also nominated as being event or fail of the year Oo

- the greatest number of nominations received by a user was 87

- the biggest difference between a first place and a second place was 62 votes

- franky1 tried to abuse the system, by meriting 2 of those who nominated him as antihero, in order to have less votes at this category (facepalm)

- some users had their votes denied for breaking the "no-merit rule" (such examples are minerjones, which has 2 votes unaccounted, for giving merits to those nominating him (link 1, link 2) or ChiBitCTy, which has one vote denied, for same reason (link))

- votes of Atikah92, BTC_Mouse, burugcrypto, PaperWallet, Popkon6, halim50_ and Rbolisna were not counted, as they have less than 50 merits

- 5 votes for satoshi, 4 for Lauda and 1 for asu were also not counted, due to their inactivity

- some mentions of event / fail of the year were also not counted, as they written with words which did not make any sense ("FAILED TO EARN AND HOLD 1btc", "Situación Actual", "Cancel Culture on social media", "Some exchanges are at war", "Get Your Funds Out of Exchange", "BUY THE DIP AND HODL")

- some votes for nominees which had their name written wrong were merged together (Lafu & Lafu01, Majestic_milf & Majestic_miff, The Sceptical Chymist & The Pharmacist, Timelord2067 & TimeLord, fillippone & Phillippone etc.)

- obvious case of copy=paste votes, such as the ones from the example below, won't be counted anymore:



It's no point to be that lazy, to simply copy-paste a previous vote. Obviously, such cases may be hard to spot, especially if a voter from page 9 of the voting topic will copy someone which posted at page 1 or 2. Still, if such cases will be spotted, the one which copy-pasted will have the votes denied (the votes are still eligible for the initial poster, as this one has nothing to do with the fact that his post was copy-pasted later).

Having that said, I think that in the next few days we'll have final results!  

[fillippone]

I understand that everybody is eager to see the results and I am glad to see this wish expressed   Trust me, I am also very eager to see the results posted   We are almost there! In a few days results will be posted.
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Having that said, I think that in the next few days we'll have final results!  

Thank you Gazeta for this incredible work! I cannot think how efficient and convolute is your AI driven scraping tool that automatically get the votes, checks the profile requirements, updates the charts and checks for plagiarism!