Soldier Systems Daily
Another great and much appreciated plug from our friends at Soldier Systems Daily. Take a stroll over the their blog, they always have the scoop on industry news. When you see something you like don’t forget to submit it to the Tactical Gear Digest and vote the articles that are already here.
We have a winner.
As predicted Brian (aka cat) has won the december post count contest. His prize will go out the door this week.
Congratulations cat.
We plan to have more contests in the future and all future contests will be based on the new point system.
Contest and Scoring System Activated
Well, less than 10 days left for the TGD Contest and it looks like cat has a commanding lead.
To facilitate determining the winner and make it easier for members keep track of their score we have added a points column to the top users listing.
points for an upcoming story: 7
points for a published story: 10
points for a comment: 1 (will increase to 5 after 12/31/08)
points for a vote: 3 (will be activated after 12/31/08)
points for each vote received on a comment: 1
So every time you post a link to s story you will get 7 points, if that story gets voted to the front page you will get an additional 10 points for a total of .
If you write a comment on any article you will receive 1 point after December 31st that will increase to 5 points.
After December 31st, You also get 3 points for voting on articles. This is activated on a trial basis, we only want people voting for good stories and not just voting everything just to get points. We’ll test it to see how it works.
Finally you get 1 point for every vote above zero you have on comments you have posted. This acts as sort of an anti-troll feature.
In order to check you score you just need to go to the Top Users page and click on the scores column and it will sort all users by their most recently generated score.
One thing to note Scores are not tallied automatically as you post, they are updated on periodic basis. So if you submit a link it will not reflect in you score until the system updates. This is done on purpose to prevent “mad dashes” on posting.
If you have any questions we have allowed comments for this article, please feel free to post.
Less than 3 weeks to win Free Gear From TGD
As noted here The top Poster for the month of December wins a free Blackhawk Pack Mat (color Black, value $250+)
The rules are pretty simple the prize goes to the person with the highest post count, in the event of a tie the person with the greatest number of comments takes it.
So how do you post? it’s a easy 3 step process.
Step 1: Register
Step 2: Find an Article that relates to tactcal gear
Step 3: Post the link to the article with a short blurb using the quick submit or the Submit New Story button.
If you see a post you like you can vote it up by using the TaGD button. You can also have a dicsussion using the comments feature. This bosts your “score” on the site and will most definately come into play in future contests.
New Quick Submit Feature Added
Quick Submit
The “Quick Submit” allows members that are logged in to add a ling on the main page click submit and procede with the rest of the process. The Quick Submit is found Just under the menu bar.
TGD blog Added
In order to keep the community up to date on all things TGD, we’ve installed a blog. Check here for information on systems updates and announcements.
The Tactical Gear Digest Launched
Welcome to the Tactical Gear Digest, the only Social Media site dedicated to the Tactical Gear Industry.
If you are familiar with Digg then you will recognize the idea behind TGD, a site where you decide the content.
It is pretty simple. Members submit links to articles, websites, videos, photos or other items found on the internet, and write a short blurb. These articles go to the upcoming news page, once it is voted on by other members it will be moved to the front page giving it greater exposure. Simple as that. There is also the ability to dicuss the posting.
A few of the features:
- SOCIAL CONTENT:
- User Submitted Articles.
- Vote/Bury Articles.
- Threaded Comments.
- Comment Rating.
- Live AJAX Activity Page.
- CUSTOMIZABLE CONTENT:
- Sort Submitted Content For Easy Discovery.
- Automatic RSS Feed Creation for Site Sections and Categories.
- Automatic RSS Feeds for Each User.
- SOCIAL NETWORKING:
- Member Profiles.