When is a Newbie not a Newbie?

It's been over four years since I've been on DP so I thought I'd post this here. It's a bit of a rant really so it will either get me an infraction or the thread deleted but hey ho.

Hi I actually joined DP in June 2010 purely so I could get some Logo's and Header Graphics designed. At the time I had to go through the ball ache of posting a minimum number of posts until I could actually post a contest.

I last ran a contest around Aug 2011 and a colleague of mine who also has a DP account also ran some. (Probably 6 or 7 between us.)

During the course of those contests 2 designers kept coming up with the best designs so we stopped running contests on here and just hired them. One of them 4 years later still does work for me to this day.

I just came back on here a few days a go to run a new contest for a logo design in the hope of finding a new designer that we can hire as our work load is on the increase. (We are getting lots of enquiries for Social Media Covers etc)

However I have now found that I can't post a contest because there aren't 3 people on DP who like me!

Really WTF? I actually want to come on here and give a DP member some work. Does he/she really need to like me to earn money from me? As it happens I'm a pretty nice guy but even if I was a complete tool would you not take my money?

I really don't have the time to come on here day after day posting sh1t in the hope that someone accidentally hits the like button so sadly it may be another 4 years before I'm back!

Can anyone recommend any other forum or website where I can run a design contest regardless of whether I'm popular or not?

 

To be honest its kind of hard to get 3 likes because they get removed from moderators. But, in a other view you will be active and you wont scam people like before was. This is kind of protection for the marketplace. Am not a fan of it but nevermind.

 

You cant remove Likes? Am sure that someone from you is able to do it as I have read many threads that members claims that the likes have been removed.

 

I've had a look at the DesignCrowd website and it looks excellent thank you for that. I would "like" your post but I'm a potential crook so I'm not allowed to.

 

Members have the option to erase the likes that they have given out. If you go to a post that you have liked you will notice a *unlike* button.

 

Ironically he got two likes for the sh*t he posted. His and other similar posts are not going to move the needle whatsoever. Could've just used the same energy contributing to this forum and getting three likes in no time.

 

Anyone who cannot get three likes within the first week of joining DP is simply not trying or does not have the capacity to write a good post, in which case, they need to find another venue that does not require such skills or discipline. I was originally in the same boat. Had gotten my 25 posts and ran many successful contests. Left for a couple of years (because I had no further need at the time) and then came back and had no Likes. Took me less than 72 hours to get three of them and be able to run my contests. Was not a significant effort to do so.

 

Seriously based on what I charge my clients per hour multiplied by 72 hours it would be far cheaper for me to just pay the $125 than waste that amount of time on here posting for no other reason than to get likes. My posting wouldn't add anything to the forum (though from what I've seen on here along the lines of "how do I get backlinks" or "How do I get on 1st page of Google" I doubt I could post anything that would make it worse.

I appreciate that most of the serial posters on here make a living from selling to other members and if that's their thing GL to them. These sort of forums are not part of my business plan and I just don't have the time to hang out on forums for the "fun" of it as I'm too busy working.

Regarding my skills (or lack of) I guess if I applied myself I could master uploading a photograph to the forum so I could post an image of what I eat for dinner, though quite what that would add to the debate I'm not sure.

Before anyone asks, the only reason I came back on just now is because I noticed I had 2 likes earlier for the OP and I thought I'd pop back to see if I got a 3rd as that would have made my day.

 

From what I understand it doesn't have to be $125. You can just purchase a one-month membership for $25 (to test the waters so to say):

https://www.digitalpoint.com/account/upgrades

You see you have this attitude like you're better than the rest of us. "Look at me I am a busy businessman!" So am I. So are thousands of other people on this forum. It's called forum for a reason. It's a place where people come to contribute in whatever way they can. But if you're a total taker, just get your pocket change out and buy a membership instead of whining how horrible this place is.

 

Obviously, you are much too skilled and important to worry about a forum like DP, so it is surprising that you just wasted your valuable time on this follow up post. BTW, I have absolutely nothing to sell and very little to buy on DP, but get value from participating nonetheless. You probably should focus your efforts on fiverr for cheap logo's.

 

I wanted to make one final clarification in case other new members are reading this and might not realize that one of the OP's conclusions was way off target. While it took me 72 hours to get three likes when I became active on DP again, I spent no more than 1-2 hours, in total, during that period writing helpful posts, etc.

 

@qwikad.com has received 3 likes just for one post on this thread. (so far) Really not hard to do if you post quality content.

 

Hey, it`s not that hard to get likes, I have been here only for 2 days and I already have a like. The idea of a forum is to create a community and to help other members. I still don`t have like privileges, if I had I would give you one because you seem to really need it

 

Ah no.....we *don't* hand out likes simply by virtue of the fact that someone may need them. I hope that when you are able to hand out likes, that you will be serious as to the giving. Especially when the giving is one of the first 3 likes to become established..

 

Sorry, it`s my fault, should have used *sarcasm* tag