This article describes in detail the lifecycle of a flmflm challenge, how it is created, how competitors enter, how votes are collected, and finally how the leaderboard is posted.
1. Challenge Creation
To initiate a challenge, you create a challenge card. The challenge card should present the objective or action to be performed and requirements of the challenge either with text and a still image, or with a video the user uploads to explain or demonstrate the challenge.
Here’s an example adapted from the playful “Cheesed Challenge”:
Objective: Toss a slice of cheese onto your loved one and make it stick. Film their reaction.
Requirements:
- loved one can be a baby, child, spouse, grandparent, friend, or pet. Just keep it civil.
- Cheese is traditionally American, but any floppy cheese variety can suffice. Vegan cheese is also acceptable.
Still Image
cheesed.avif
2. Specify Challenge parameters
Each challenge has parameters that determine how it moves forward and how the leaderboard is calculated.
- maximum video length: the default and maximum allowed is 120 seconds. You can specify as short as 7 seconds.
- starting ante: the initial number of points a competitor must commit to enter. A low ante can appeal to a greater variety of competitors, while a higher ante could attract the most ambitious competitors because of the higher pot. The minimum is 5 points (about $1).
- days to close: how many days do competitors have to send in their submissions? You can specify 7 - 60 days. The default is 14.
- days to vote: the minimum number of days that the challenge remains open for voting following the days to close. Even if minimal vote sample sizes are reached prior to this time, flmflm will continue to collect additional votes. The default, and minimum, is 3 days. The maximum is 14 days. (See also, *how flmflm calculates leaderboards)*
- quorum: the minimum number of competitors required for the challenge to move forward. The default is 5. If this quorum is not reached before the closing date the challenge will be closed.
- tags: help users find your challenge with 1-3 hashtags
3. Commit and publish
Once you are committed you can publish your challenge card. No changes to the challenge card are permitted after you publish.
