We originally started our monthly contests to encourage people to ask and answer questions and surveys. We thought it would be a fun way of getting more people to participate. Since we began the monthly contests in the early Beta testing period, we've had a lot of great questions and answers.
However, the monthly contests did result in some instances where users tried to game the system to gain an unfair advantage. Whenever we discovered concrete evidence of malicious intent, we have taken appropriate action. As more and more users discover Askpedia, we're seeing a disturbing trend in attempts to game the system.
Therefore, we have decided to discontinue the monthly contests. We're going to take some time to come up with alternate ways of encouraging our users to ask and answer great questions.
In the meanwhile, if you have some suggestions or ideas on contests, please send an email to feedback@askpedia.com.
