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blubberquark · 1 year ago

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Are Game Blogs Uniquely Lost?

All this started with my looking for the old devlog of Storyteller. I know at some point it was linked from the blogroll on the Braid devlog. Then I tried to look at on old devlog of another game that is still available. The domain for Storyteller is still active. The devblog is gone.

I tried an old bookmark from an old PC (5 PCs ago, I think). It was a web site linked to pixel art and programming tutorials. Instead of linking to the pages directly, some links link led to a twitter threads by authors that collected their work posted on different sites. Some twitter threads are gone because the users were were suspended, or had deleted their accounts voluntarily. Others had deleted old tweets. There was no archive. I have often seen links accompanied by "Here's a thread where $AUTHOR lists all his writing on $TOPIC". I wonder if the sites are still there, and only the tweets are gone.

A lot of "games studies" around 2010 happened on blogs, not in journals. Games studies was online-first, HTML-first, with trackbacks, tags, RSS and comment sections. The work that was published in PDF form in journals and conference proceedings is still there. The blogs are gone. The comment sections are gone. Kill screen daily is gone.

I followed a link from critical-distance.com to a blog post. That blog is gone. The domain is for sale. In the Wayback Machine, I found the link. It pointed to the comment section of another blog. The other blog has removed its comment sections and excluded itself from the Wayback Machine.

I wonder if games stuff is uniquely lost. Many links to game reviews at big sites lead to "page not found", but when I search the game's name, I can find the review from back in 2004. The content is still there, the content management systems have been changed multiple times.

At least my favourite tumblr about game design has been saved in the Wayback Machine: Game Design Tips.

To make my point I could list more sites, more links, 404 but archived, or completely lost, but when I look at small sites, personal sites, blogs, or even forums, I wonder if this is just confirmation bias. There must be all this other content, all these other blogs and personal sites. I don't know about tutorials for knitting, travel blogs, stamp collecting, or recipe blogs. I usually save a print version of recipes to my Download folder.

Another big community is fan fiction. They are like modding, but for books, I think. I don't know if a lot of fan fiction is lost to bit rot and link rot either. What is on AO3 will probably endure, but a lot might have gone missing when communities fandom moved from livejournal to tumblr to twitter, or when blogs moved from Wordpress to Medium to Substack.

I have identified some risk factors:

Personal home pages made from static HTML can stay up for while if the owner meticulously catalogues and links to all their writing on other sites, and if the site covers a variety of interests and topics.

Personal blogs or content management systems are likely to lose content in a software upgrade or migration to a different host.

Writing is more likely to me lost when it's for-pay writing for a smaller for-profit outlet.

A cause for sudden "mass extinction" of content is the move between social networks, or the death of a whole platform. Links to MySpace, Google+, Diaspora, and LiveJournal give me mostly or entirely 404 pages.

In the gaming space, career changes or business closures often mean old content gets deleted. If an indie game is wildly successful, the intellectual property might ge acquired. If it flops, the domain will lapse. When development is finished, maybe the devlog is deleted. When somebody reviews games at first on Steam, then on a blog, and then for a big gaming mag, the Steam reviews might stay up, but the personal site is much more likely to get cleaned up. The same goes for blogging in general, and academia. The most stable kind of content is after hours hobbyist writing by somebody who has a stable and high-paying job outside of media, academia, or journalism.

The biggest risk factor for targeted deletion is controversy. Controversial, highly-discussed and disseminated posts are more likely to be deleted than purely informative ones, and their deletion is more likely to be noticed. If somebody starts a discussion, and then later there are hundreds of links all pointing back to the start, the deletion will hurt more and be more noticeable. The most at-risk posts are those that are supposed to be controversial within a small group, but go viral outside it, or the posts that are controversial within a small group, but then the author says something about politics that draws the attention of the Internet at large to their other writings.

The second biggest risk factor for deletion is probably usefulness combined with hosting costs. This could also be the streetlight effect at work, like in the paragraph above, but the more traffic something gets, the higher the hosting costs. Certain types of content are either hard to monetise, and cost a lot of money, or they can be monetised, so the free version is deliberately deleted.

The more tech-savvy users are, the more likely they are to link between different sites, abandon a blogging platform or social network for the next thing, try to consolidate their writings by deleting their old stuff and setting up their own site, only to let the domain lapse. The more tech-savvy users are, the more likely they are to mess with the HTML of their templates or try out different blogging software.

If content is spread between multiple sites, or if links link to social network posts that link to blog post with a comment that links to a reddit comment that links to a geocities page, any link could break. If content is consolidated in a forum, maybe Archive team could save all of it with some advance notice.

All this could mean that indie games/game design theory/pixel art resources are uniquely lost, and games studies/theory of games criticism/literary criticism applied to games are especially affected by link rot. The semi-professional, semi-hobbyist indie dev, the writer straddling the line between academic and reviewer, they seem the most affected. Artists who start out just doodling and posting their work, who then get hired to work on a game, their posts are deleted. GameFAQs stay online, Steam reviews stay online, but dev logs, forums and blog comment sections are lost.

Or maybe it's only confirmation bias. If I was into restoring old cars, or knitting, or collecting stamps, or any other thing I'd think that particular community is uniquely affected by link rot, and I'd have the bookmarks to prove it.

Figuring this out is important if we want to make predictions about the future of the small web, and about the viability of different efforts to get more people to contribute. We can't figure it out now, because we can't measure the ground truth of web sites that are already gone. Right now, the small web is mostly about the small web, not about stamp collecting or knitting. If we really manage to revitalise the small web, will it be like the small web of today except bigger, the web-1.0 of old, or will certain topics and communities be lost again?

#small web #blogging about blogging #link rot #bit rot #games studies

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m0r1bund · 1 year ago

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"Lore, where have you been?"

In hell, probably. I remade M0R1BUND.com.

“For the love of god, why?”

Short answer: to save time and money.

Long answer: Sharing art was getting burdensome. Neocities hosts static websites built with html, css, and javascript—which is awesome for its mission, to encourage people to create future-proof websites. But this also means that every page is created and maintained by hand. I handle every little link and file and bit of code, and if I want to do site-wide changes, I have to push those by hand, too. This takes time, and so does writing image descriptions and cross-posting art to other websites. It became normal for sharing art to eat up an entire day.

I later created Basedt.net in WordPress, so that I didn’t have to worry about managing link hierarchies, which was a big timewaster on my old webcomic. I liked working in WordPress well enough, and I knew I would benefit from being able to use PHP to manage the sheer amount of stuff that’s on M0R1BUND.com. I was also paying double for webhosting through two different services, when I really didn’t need to…. So… I knew it was inevitable that I would consolidate the two at some point. It was time.

I do really love Neocities and I’m sorry to let it go. I encourage anyone who wants to learn web design and create their own website to start there.

Anyway, that’s how I ended up in hell for 6 months.

“What’s changed?”

Most things. I’m most excited about the quality-of-life stuff, like being able to sort art by character/location/world, or being able to move between individual pieces instead of having to return to the gallery landing page. There are lots of things I want to add, but my soft deadline for this was the new year, so I focused on recreating M0R1BUND.com as it existed before… well… this.

I’ve also edited most of my writing. This site is old, and the art is even older, it felt good to give it some TLC.

There are still a few things missing from the new site:

The Woods and RANSOM. They aren’t really representative of Basedt or Mercasor anymore, and I was not a competent writer in 2018. If I re-share them, it will be in the distant future.

Some of my Those Who Went Missing stuff. I haven’t been playing TWWM publicly, so this is lower priority right now. It will happen when it happens.

Some twines. They haven’t adjusted to the new filepath format yet. Killswitch is here, though :)

If you need them urgently for some reason, I can share them with you? but that seems doubtful haha.

Links to pages on the old M0R1BUND.com are broken and will remain broken until I set up redirections to the new M0R1BUND.com. I have no idea how long that will take! … Hopefully not long, given the new semester is here.

And of course... If you see anything weird, tell me! I test as much as I can, but I only have access to so many devices. Break this website within an inch of its miserable life so that I can fix it.

“How’s Basedt going?”

It’s going. Recreating my website took precedence for the above reasons, but I’ve been working concurrently on it in my spare time. We move like a glacier into the new year. ETA: ???

#look upon my works ye mighty and despair

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learning-comic-art · 5 months ago

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WEBCOMIC TEMPLATES

Every couple of months or so I scour the internet looking for new and innovative webcomic templates to use, since ComicPress has abandoned us and Webcomic is not very useful. Here are a few that I came across recently ... not that they are necessarily new, but I was not aware of their existence.

Rarebit is an HTML Webcomic Template written in simple and extensively commented code that even an HTML/JS beginner can figure it out, but modular enough that an HTML/JS pro can make it special. Everything is done in HTML and vanilla JavaScript, you don't need Bootstrap or JQuery or anything. Just download the template and plug your comics in.

The second one is ...

For those of you familiar with Square Space here is a template by Clay Yount.

This is probably the slickest most professional looking template I have seen but Clay stopped using it because of a a bug that fundamentally broke his comic archive template and no recieved no support from Square Space so he moved on.

#makecomics #webcomics #webcomic #clipstudio #webtoon #webcomicstemplate #toocheke #rarebit #comicfury #comicpress

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its-uh-bella · 1 year ago

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So, I have a new website. I've been using WordPress to house my writing online, but now I've made the move over to NeoCities. I'll probably still use wordpress until I can figure out if I want to use a sideblog here or my NeoCities site to host more and more of my writing. I think the NeoCities page should be for more abstract writing, stuff with weird formatting that can take the most advantage of HTML, while the sideblog would be where I would put big blocks of text and poetry and such things, maybe? Idk. It's so hard to organize your writing while publishing on the internet, much less start to build an audience. I'm not even thinking about building an audience, I just want the stuff I make to be out there in the world and to exist on its own. So yeah, please check out the neocities and what I have up on there, if you'd like. My WordPress is pretty dead but I got a link to that and my YouTube channel there. I'm really just trying to be that much more serious about writing, if that makes any sense.

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cssscriptcom · 1 year ago

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Smooth Dual Range Slider With Tooltips

A sleek and functional range slider control built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and native range inputs. This range slider control allows users to select a range of values indicated by two sliders, commonly referred to as “thumbs.” When you move the thumbs, the corresponding tooltips update to show the selected minimum and maximum values. This provides immediate visual feedback and makes it easier…

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#range slider

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standardquip · 1 year ago

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4 years of running BentoVid & RICE (an extremely long & meandering retrospective about survey data) This is an entry that's part history about the fanvid server I run that hosts a [now] feedback event [then contest] called RICE, and part data analysis from 4 years of pre-RICE survey data and one post-RICE survey from a particularly "problematic" year of the event. Read the entry as it was intended on dreamwidth by clicking the link above, or expand the cut tag and hope the html I pasted into tumblr displays correctly. [edit: it doesn't, but it's readable if you don't care about line breaks.]

Preface

Or, the time I accidentally influenced an entire industry through a survey question (click to read more) In 2015, I created a website called fursuitreview.com (FSR). Fursuits (one of a kind whole body animal costumes) are expensive and it was hard to keep track of makers that didn't have huge followings. I didn't want to run a review page, but only two existed prior to mine. One had died completely several years before, and the other one updated so infrequently it was almost useless (it, too, eventually died after FSR took off). The other two pages were a victim of putting too much work on themselves. The first had several questions reviewers had to answer and assign points. The moderators would average all the points for each review and give the overall review a score out of ten. This ensured consistency in the scores across all reviews. It was an amazing system but it would simply take too long to do myself (plus I'm terrible at math). Both sites were not actually sites - they were user accounts on furaffinity.net (and sometimes tumblr or livejournal) - which required write-ins to copy a big block of text and hope they got the format right (they rarely did, which meant moderators would have to correct it). FSR started out on furaffinity, but very quickly moved to a wordpress website. I thought very carefully on how I would keep manhours and costs down. I decided to not have any user accounts at all, nor would I bother with a numbered rating system (I instead went with a "positive / neutral / negative" system because that's really what everything boils down to anyway). I devised the least amount of questions I could in order to pry the information I wanted out of fursuit buyers when they wrote in. This resulted in two sections: wear satisfaction, and visual satisfaction. Each section had several sample questions to help guide the writer. "Wear satisfaction" was like, do you like how it fits you? how is the ventilation? how is the vision? Visual satisfaction was questions about looks.

Example screenshot of the FSR "wear Satisfaction" questions from 2020+

When people submitted a review, I would read over them all and make sure everything was copacetic before publishing it. Back then (before 2020), I was a one-man operation so I read literally every single review coming in. I noticed that some writers would mention lining in some of the fursuit parts. Most parts are unlined - it's just faux fur and the backing of that will be up against a wearer's skin. Lining is unnecessary and can ultimately make the costume much hotter - but it does make everything look really nice and marginally more comfortable to wear. After a few of these, I added "Does the item have lining?" to the list of sample questions.

Does the item have lining?

Surely nothing bad could happen from such an innocuous question!! (upside down smiley face goes here)

I must take a break here to mention that I had no experience doing literally anything that FSR required to run. I had bought 3-4 fursuits and thought it would be nice to keep track of my opinions of them. Everything else, from coding a website to writing survey questions, I had taught myself. I had some very very basic wordpress experience from a personal roleplaying character wiki wordpress site for myself, but that was it. FSR was a learn by doing experience. And boy, was it an experience. Writing, reading, reviewing, editing, customer service... FSR had me dealing with it all, and I'm surprised it gained as much traction as it did throughout that process.

So, needless to say, I had no idea what "survey bias" was.

Weeks, possibly months, later, I was browsing twitter keeping up with FSR social stuff, when I came across a tweet from a rather well-known maker (I believe it was either beetlecat or beastcub) asking other fursuit makers why customers were suddenly asking for their fursuits to be lined. I wish I had a link to this tweet, but I no longer have a twitter account. (If you happen to find it, do link it in the comments!) It didn't hit me at first. I watched the thread and the responses roll in. As other makers replied, the sense of dread was very slowly overtaking me. Could FSR really have that much influence? Could just a single little sentence really cause so much strife? Yes, it did, and yes... It did. Once I connected the dots, I edited the sample questions. No longer is it simply "Does the item have lining?" Now it is: "If it is lined, what material was used? Does it absorb sweat appropriately? Does it make cleaning easier?" But I went through a few iterations before I got to that wording. I believe my first edit was something like "(Note: most fursuits aren't lined)", but that didn't properly imply that you shouldn't be asking your maker for lining. After this lining snafu, I had to go through all of my questions and determine what I was accidentally influencing, how that could change what customers ask of their makers, and if I really needed that information in the review to begin with. I also, finally, learned about survey bias, and took some time to read up a little more on how to craft survey questions. And, of course, I had to come to grips with the fact that, yes, FSR was big. And it had influence. My little side project was a staple of the community and people counted on it to make very expensive purchases. Maker reputations and business operations began to live or die by the reviews we pulled in. FSR got to be too big and too much stress for me, so I ended up giving full ownership of the site to someone else in 2022 or 2023 (it was a long transition and I'm not sure when the public announcement was made). However, as of today (31 March 2024), fursuitreview.com is still fundamentally unchanged from how I was running it - including the review form. Nowadays, I have nothing to do with the site. I couldn't deal with the stress and responsibility once it grew to be a community cornerstone. Unfortunately, history may be repeating itself with the project I replaced FSR with...

A brief history of BentoVid (and RICE)

I have been editing anime music videos (AMVs) since 2001. I took a hiatus from the community from 2009ish to 2018. Despite that, I still managed to make at least one video every year. In 2018, I tried to get back into the community and realized it had almost completely changed. Discord was a thing now, and it seemed most of the activity was on there. I joined a few servers, but long story short they all weren't great. In a fit of frustration and annoyance, I did the classic move of going "Screw this, I'll do it myself!"

Bender (from Futurama): Fine! I'll start my own chatroom with blackjack and hookers! I glossed over it, but this is exactly how FursuitReview.com also started.

BentoVid (called AMV Sashimi back then) was created in September 2020. Back then, I did have high hopes. I did "plan" (finger quotes) on becoming a large community, but it was like how anyone plans on winning the lottery, you know? You don't actually expect it to happen. I thought that realistically I'd get maybe 30 members and it'd be just a chill hangout spot. But in 2021, we reached the fabled 100 members. Then 200. We broke 400 this year. And outside the very first year, I didn't actively promote. BentoVid has grown purely from word of mouth since 2021. On the other side of Discord was an annual AMV contest related to a particular anime convention. I first joined it in 2019. It was... okay... But not great. 2020 went even worse. The contest was going through a transition period and had a coordinator that, to put it mildly, was not well-liked. The concept behind the contest (which had been running for several years - I think 2005? Possibly even earlier) was great though. It was a contest focused on peer review. All the editors that submitted to the contest were the judges and voted on the winner. It was a blind contest, so nobody knew who made what, but only people who submitted to the contest could view and vote on the videos. The feedback was cruel. People did not hold back. Still, it was helpful, and I excelled my skills a lot by participating. The contest's discord server, however, went unmoderated and the coordinator made some very bizarre decisions. Another "Screw it, I'll do it myself" event occurred. RICE - Rewards imagined by a community of editors - was born by taking that other contest and implementing all the feedback participants had been complaining about for years. February 2021 was the first RICE. I had never run a contest before. Just like FSR (from the preface story), this was a trial by fire. I made at least one huge mistake every year the contest ran. But ultimately people liked RICE, and word of mouth about it (and the server) grew ever faster because of it. I had taken efforts to specifically NOT advertise RICE outside the BentoVid discord server, but that didn't stop it from growing.

4 years of RICE survey data

Partly due to my inexperience and partly due to my history with FSR, I put out RICE feedback surveys at every opportunity. I am actually not that into data. I don't analyze this stuff and I have no particular interest in collecting data at every turn for random things. I just find feedback surveys somewhat convenient and useful for my purposes. Sorry to people who are into that! XD

Pre-RICE survey data from 2021 - 2024

I have a small survey when people submit videos to RICE. It has (mostly) the same questions every year. Vivafringe helped me go through the data, and here are the results. (links to a google sheet) 2021 - 2023, the optional survey was on the same page as video submission questions. In 2024, I finally realized google form sections existed and I put it on a totally different page. I went from a 100% response rate to 58%. What a huge difference! But still inspiring to see so many people went out of their way to answer regardless. Here's my personal takeaways: US vs Non-US I personally thought there were more international editors participating, but it seems to hover around 20%. Do people keep their videos a secret? It looks like most of the survey respondents actually do attempt to keep their videos secret from everyone. However, almost as many people admit at least one person they know who will also be in RICE knows what their video is. I honestly thought it'd be the other way around, with more people sharing betas before RICE, so this is actually pretty cool to see. Thoughts on blind judging This question was multiple choice with only one answer allowed, so they had to choose which meant most to them. Most people seem to appreciate blind judging, but don't go out of their way to keep themselves blind during the event. (~70% combined) A large minority of people admit that guessing who made what during the event is part of the fun for them. (~25%) One possible answer was that blind judging is never truly blind - interesting to note only one person ever selected this and it was in 2023. Main reason for entering RICE? Another multiple choice answer where they had to select the "main" reason. Most people join RICE because they like the BentoVid community. However, almost as many people join because they like peer review. I'm flattered! lol But, in all seriousness, I really expected those results would be flipped, with peer review outranking BentoVid. Categories A multiple checkbox question for which categories your submitted vid belongs to, according to the editor. I mostly only care about theme, coordinator's choice, and live-action. Theme has submissions starting at 18% in 2021 and gradually going up to 29% in 2024. 2023 is an outlier with 39%. Coordinator's choice is very low. 1 - 3 videos. This is mixed news for me. On one hand, I think it's great people don't feel the need to pander to me (or maybe they don't know how). On the other hand... Please pander to me! XD Live-action is something I would like to see more of... The discord server started out as an AMV server and its audience is still mostly AMV editors. But I really want BentoVid (and RICE, by extension) to be about all fanvids and vidding (Hence the name change from AMV Sashimi to BentoVid). Long story short, live-action vids are obviously a very small minority that get submitted (5 - 9 videos each year), but they fluctuate between years. If you like live-action fanvids and want to join an active discord server... Please join us! lol How did you learn about RICE? This question was a small text field people could write whatever they wanted in. No surprise people learned about it from inside BentoVid. Next highest was word of mouth-related answers like "discord," "another discord server" or "friends". A little interesting was when AWA or POE were specifically mentioned (two popular AMV contests), but this was only twice for each.

Post-RICE survey data

2021 and 2022 had a feedback survey, but it was just one text block that asked for comments. Very few people ever filled this out and it was not very actionable feedback. 2023 was the first post-RICE feedback survey with actual guided questions, and it's because 2023 was... quite the year.

Understatement.

What happened during 2023 RICE?

Remember the contest I mentioned that RICE was based on? While RICE was thriving, that contest was floundering. The other contest, which for the rest of this blog I will call "HOST," happens in September - October, while RICE happens in February - March. 2022 HOST was another transition year for them. The old coordinator ("Elder") took over the contest after so many complaints about the coordinator that succeeded them ("Junior"). As far as I know, everyone was happy with Junior's leaving, but unfortunately it wasn't pretty. We weren't kind to Junior. Bridges were burned. Elder had some great ideas on how to bring HOST back up to its former glory days. But, procrastination got the better of them, so the contest started out very poorly. Then, during the contest, they had an extremely public and embarrassing meltdown. A number of people withdrew from the contest because of it. A totally different person ("Kidd") had to take over mid-event. The discord server went through an emergency restructure so Elder didn't have any special permissions anymore. Kidd was an absolute gem and managed to run the rest of the contest on their own very smoothly (Kidd continued through 2024 and deserves accolades). But the already negative reputation of HOST definitely turned into a dumpster fire after that. It was no surprise that RICE got touted as a good alternative. I was expecting more RICE entries than the previous year but. Boy. I was just not prepared. 2023 RICE saw 56 editors and 76 videos. The prior year was only 32 editors and 45 videos. RICE does not scale well. Moreover, I was experiencing horrible health issues at the time and really should have delayed or cancelled RICE due to them. Consequently, some people did not have a good experience with RICE. I thought the entire year was ruined. I made a pretty involved post-RICE survey due to it. This survey was mostly questions with text boxes where people wrote exactly what they were feeling. This made the answers a lot more personal and detailed. I will not be sharing the raw 2023 survey data. The complaints were about:

Too many videos for too short a time period

Some people were rude in the discord when discussing categories

Some people attacked one of the people giving critique in a voice call

I tried to enforce [very badly worded] content restrictions very late into the submission window. This had editors unnecessarily scrambling to re-edit things and ultimately ended up with multiple versions of videos in the contest [which should not have happened and that is entirely on me]

To me, the responses of the 2023 survey looked pretty dire. I immediately made changes to RICE following them. While RICE had started out as an improved version of HOST, I also had wanted the goal to be rewards for BentoVid server regulars. That's why I really didn't want to advertise it outside the server. I also never pinged \@Everyone or made a special role to get updates about it. The intent was if you were around the server, you'd know it was coming, and that was that. I wanted the good peer review and critique so we could all improve. I also wanted to see amazing videos. But what I DIDN'T want - and was (surprisingly!) NEVER concerned with - was lots of randos who didn't care about BentoVid. I explicitly never posted about RICE on a-m-v.org (despite people asking me to), and I never mentioned RICE outside my own server until after 2022 HOST. And even then it was really only in DM or if someone else had brought it up first. I still try to not advertise RICE, but I'm not as tight-lipped as I used to be. Still, it's primarily in DM. But anyway, I'm rambling now - the point is that RICE grew outside of the BentoVid bubble. People were joining RICE who did not care about BentoVid as a whole and I had to figure out how to handle that. My previous RICE messaging of "feedback event but also contest!" was fine for BentoVid regulars. We mostly knew what we liked and understood eachother because we hung out all the time. But for people new to RICE and/or the server, they had no idea and came in with false expectations. My two main takeaways from the 2023 Post-RICE survey were: 1. Because of my health issues and the mass increase of participants, the Discord server went (essentially) completely unmoderated during RICE. Because RICE (and BentoVid) is usually closely moderated, many conversations/debates went on a lot longer than they should have (because no moderators stepped in), which caused a lot of stress for participants. 2. The messaging of RICE was conflicting and led people to false expectations. People were essentially expecting HOST but "run better." "HOST but run better" is an over-generalization of how RICE works. It's actually quite different from HOST, but without the context of being a BentoVid regular, one wouldn't have that information. The first would be solved simply by me being present. Myself and most my staff could not be present during 2023 (honestly I'm surprised RICE ran as well as it did without us. Speaks a lot to our community!). To deal with the second point, I decided to focus on clearing up and changing RICE's messaging. Clearing the messaging had a few purposes:

More clearly differentiate RICE from HOST

Discourage non-regulars from joining without being super exclusionary about it

Discourage overtly competitive people from joining RICE

Encourage feedback-orientated participants

Focus more on accessibility (as RICE already applied VPR to all entries, it made sense to extend accessibility in other ways)

I took the survey responses very seriously, and as such, rushed to make announcements of what the changes would be. I ended up announcing them the same month RICE ended - March. Proof here (that is a discord link). You can read the initial announcement there in the BentoVid server, but I ended up changing things even more, so here's the summary of what the changes ended up being:

Very strict content restrictions (slightly relaxed later)

Focus on feedback event FIRST (took out all mentions of "contest" and "best" on the website, replacing them with "event" and "most-liked" )

No cash prizes at all (previously it was a $175 pool)

More emphasis on what exactly the server culture is like and what you can expect (basically: RICE is stressful, it's full of server regulars, prepare yourself if you're new)

Permanent categories got permanent names (previously everything was able to be voted on and changed)

All winners only get one award (previously there were multiple designs and names made for each award)

We added CWs as well as VPRs into the RICE expectations

Everything possible was outlined on the website. I literally wrote out the schedule and everything that you could expect to happen, how it all worked, etc.

The fallout from 2023 RICE continued throughout the entire year. It seemed negative feelings regarding it rolled out into other issues BentoVid was having (behind the scenes, especially in the staff channels) and overall I was really not feeling great about RICE. I was seriously considering 2024 RICE being the last one I ever ran.

2023 Post-RICE survey analysis

During 2024 RICE prep (which started in October 2023), I went through the 2023 feedback again. I asked some vague questions to random people about how they felt about 2023 RICE, and their answers (most of which were not negative at all) really had me questioning my perception of the entire thing. I gave the 2023 post-RICE survey data to a friend of mine who used to analyze that kind of thing for a living (Vivafringe). I went through the answers and redacted personal information, summarizing answers if necessary, before giving it to him. As part of the analysis, I asked him a bunch of questions and he looked over all the data to answer those questions. Again, I will not share the actual data here (even anonymized), but I will share the analysis he provided. Full disclosure: Viva did participate in 2023 RICE.

Analysis of Negative Experiences

Did more people have a negative or positive time in 2023?

to answer this I didn't do any fancy analysis. I read the responses and just did a vibe check of "negative" (pretty clearly had a bad time), "neutral" (had some things they didn't like, but gave other positive feedback or just in general didn't seem like they gave a shit one way or the other), "positive" ("vars you're the best" type comments) I think "neutral" people, if you actually asked them, would say they had a positive time, but it's hard to say for sure anyway I rated 7/25 negative, 7/25 neutral, 11/25 positive notably a lot of people didn't respond to this survey and the non respondants were likely positive/neutral. So I don't think you should read those numbers and assume 28% of people had a negative experience the overwhelming complaint from basically everyone was too many videos for the time they had - 5/6 people with "negative" feedback were returnees - 2/6 of the people who wanted "competitive" contest had negative opinions. No real signal there I think

I said the complaints about the VCs were really bad though?

I count 4 people that complained about the vcs my takeaway from reading this is basically: - moderate the vcs from now on, advertise them as critique/nice/whatever (you already are doing this but just saying I agree) - if you get 76 vids again, give more time to watch stuff I don't know how you solve chat getting tense, that was another common complaint

Category drama? Context: some people were very vocal about RICE needing fixed categories like typical AMV contests

I read the category stuff and broadly classified them as wanting "fixed" cats, "unfixed" cats, or "neutral" as you might expect most people didn't give a strong opinion on it, 10/25 were neutral 5 people wanted fixed, 6 people explicitly wanted to keep things as it was now (unfixed) if you read "neutral" as support for the status quo, which I do, I think the way you're doing it is fine. especially because a lot of the fixed cat people (3/6) had negative experiences and won't be here this year

I expected a smaller turnout for 2024 RICE. All I was really hoping for were more editors than in 2022 (which only had 32). Editors in 2023: 56 Editors in 2024: 43 (+3 more if we count DQs) A 17 - 23% loss, depending on how you count this. My thoughts: 1. That's not that bad, to be honest 2. If we treat 2023 as an outlier, 2024 is an acceptable and expected amount of growth from 2022. 3. One of the main complaints in 2023 was that there were too many videos, so 2024 numbers are more desirable in this context.

Other data collected from 2023 RICE

While I was mostly concerned about the negative experiences, I thankfully had the foresight to ask some other questions about RICE that gave us some valuable data.

Kollab vs frame.io = kollab wins by landslide

Direction for rice: contest vs feedback = 15/22 say feedback

Will you make an account on a website to do rice stuff? 12/25 say no

basically everyone answered the "what does rice do differently" question with "the feedback is a lot better". So a way to make rice better is to streamline process for providing feedback.

How long people spend on RICE vids:

10/21 (of the people that responded) started working on their rice vid 1 month or longer in advance

the competitive people ("A contest where the best of the best wins") seem kind of in the middle, time wise. 3/6 spent less than 1 month, 2/6 spent 2 months exactly, 1 didn't respond.

there were 8 newcomers, but basically same conclusion. 4/8 started more than a month in advance. 3/8 took a few weeks

Google docs & PSVs RICE offers a google doc with video information instead of trying to put it all in a filename. We also offered detailed VPRs and CWs, and, in some cases, alternate versions of videos that are more friendly for photosensitive users (called PSVs).

3/25 people said they used the VPRs.

18/25 people used the infosheet

4/25 used the CWs

3/25 used PSVs

What about 2024 Post-RICE survey data?

I collected that. This blog entry is already the size of a novel so I'll put it in another entry, I guess. Stay tuned! (Don't hold your breath though) I will exit this entry with the following results from that survey: If you participated in 2023 RICE, what would you say your overall experience was? 15/18 answered overall positive 2/18 said they did not participate in 2023 1/18 said neutral 0/18 said overall negative If you participated last year (2023), would you say your experience THIS year (2024) was: 9/17 answered overall better than last year 7/17 said about the same as last year 1/17 said did not participate last year 0/17 said overall worse than last year Your overall 2024 RICE experience was: 17/18 answered positive 1/18 said neutral 0/18 said negative 0/18 said boring 2024 RICE had 43 editors and 62 videos.

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The alternative would be throwing some money at wordpress, which looks a lot cleaner but has less customization options (+ their own annoying menu in the bottom which can only be removed in tiers i’m not willing to pay for~)

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How to Start Blogging in India: A Complete Guide for Beginners

In the digital age, blogging has evolved into a powerful tool for sharing knowledge, building a brand, and even earning a sustainable income. For aspiring writers and entrepreneurs wondering how to start blogging in India, this article will provide a simple yet effective roadmap to get started.

1. Choose Your Niche

The first step is choosing a niche that aligns with your interests and has a good audience. Popular blogging niches in India include travel, tech, fashion, finance, health, education, and lifestyle. A focused niche helps you stand out and build authority.

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To start blogging, you need a platform. WordPress.org is the most popular and flexible choice for professional blogging. It requires purchasing a domain and hosting plan, but it gives you full control. Other options include Blogger, Wix, and Medium for beginners who want to start without investing money initially.

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Once you gain traffic, you can monetize your blog through ads (Google AdSense), affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, or selling digital products like eBooks and courses.

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Final Thoughts

Starting a blog in India is easier than ever, thanks to accessible tools and a growing online audience. Whether your goal is to share your story, educate others, or build a business, now is the perfect time to start. Just stay consistent, keep learning, and adapt to feedback—and success will follow.

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Career Opportunities After Completing a Web Development Course

INTRODUCTION

In today’s digital-first world, every business needs a website—whether it's a startup, a retail store, or a government organization. That’s why web development has become one of the most in-demand skills across industries. For students and career seekers in Yamuna Vihar and Uttam Nagar, enrolling in a Website Development Course is a smart move towards a future-ready career.

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Understanding the Responsibilities of a Freelance Web Designer

In today’s digital-first world, businesses of all sizes recognize the importance of having a professional online presence. This demand has significantly elevated the role of a Freelance Web Designer. Whether you’re a small business owner in need of a new website or a company looking to revamp your digital interface, a Freelance Website Designer can be an invaluable partner. In regions like Singapore, where digital innovation is rapidly advancing, the expertise of a Freelance Web Designer Singapore professional is especially in demand.

But what exactly does a Freelance Web Designer do? How are they different from a Freelance Web Developer? Let’s explore the key responsibilities, expectations, and skills required in this dynamic freelance career.

1. Consultation and Requirement Gathering

The first responsibility of any Freelance Website Designer is to understand the client’s needs. This begins with an initial consultation, where the designer discusses the project’s goals, target audience, preferred aesthetics, and functional requirements. For example, a Freelance Website Designer Singapore might cater to local businesses who need bilingual content or region-specific features like e-payment systems compatible with local banks.

This stage is critical because it lays the foundation for the entire design and development process. The designer must ask the right questions to ensure they fully understand the scope of work, branding guidelines, and timeline expectations.

2. Wireframing and UX Design

Once the project scope is defined, the Freelance Web Designer moves on to creating wireframes — basic layouts that outline the structure of each web page. During this phase, the focus is on User Experience (UX) design. This involves planning intuitive navigation, responsive layouts, and functional interactions.

Especially for a Website Designer Singapore, understanding the local user behavior, such as mobile-first browsing habits and preferences for minimalistic design, plays a crucial role in shaping a user-friendly interface.

3. Visual Design and Branding

After the wireframes are approved, the next step is crafting the visual design. This includes selecting color schemes, typography, imagery, and other visual elements that align with the client’s brand identity.

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4. Front-End Development

Some Freelance Web Designers also take on the role of a Freelance Web Developer. In this case, they are responsible for turning static designs into interactive web pages using coding languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. A Freelance Web Developer Singapore needs to be particularly adept at optimizing websites for speed, performance, and mobile responsiveness.

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Another key responsibility of a Freelance Website Designer is to help clients manage content effectively. This may involve installing and configuring a content management system (CMS), training clients on how to use it, or even populating the site with initial content.

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7. Testing and Quality Assurance

Before launching a website, it must undergo thorough testing across different browsers, devices, and screen sizes. A Freelance Web Developer ensures that every element functions correctly and that there are no bugs or usability issues.

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Once the website is ready, the Freelance Website Developer assists with launching the site. This can include domain setup, hosting configuration, and migrating the site from a staging environment to the live server.

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Freelancers must also be good project managers. Whether working as a Freelance Web Designer or a Freelance Website Developer, they need to manage deadlines, communicate progress regularly, and coordinate with other stakeholders such as copywriters, photographers, or marketing teams.

In places like Singapore, where punctuality and professionalism are highly valued, a Freelance Web Designer Singapore must be proactive in communication and transparent about any potential project roadblocks.

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Whether it’s mastering a new CMS, learning about AI in web design, or exploring progressive web apps (PWAs), staying updated is part of the job description.

Final Thoughts

Hiring a Freelance Web Designer offers businesses flexibility, creativity, and cost-efficiency. Whether you're looking for a Freelance Web Developer Singapore to build complex back-end systems or a Website Designer Singapore to craft a stunning front-end, freelancers offer tailored solutions to meet specific business needs.

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Exploring Career Opportunities with Certificate Courses in Chandigarh

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving job market, traditional degrees alone are no longer sufficient to secure a competitive edge. Employers are now prioritizing skill-based knowledge and practical training over theoretical qualifications. This shift has created a surge in demand for certificate courses that are concise, targeted, and designed to cater to specific industry needs.

Chandigarh, known for its educational infrastructure and thriving student community, has emerged as a hotspot for professional certification programs. Whether you're a student, a working professional, or someone looking for a career change, enrolling in certificate courses in Chandigarh can be a transformative decision for your future.

Why Choose Certificate Courses?

Certificate courses are short-term programs focused on developing specific skills within a particular domain. Unlike traditional degree programs that may take years to complete, most certificate courses are designed to be completed within a few weeks or months. The key advantages include:

Flexibility: Many courses offer online, offline, or hybrid options to suit your schedule.

Affordability: Certificate programs are generally cost-effective compared to full-time degree courses.

Industry-Relevance: Courses are updated regularly to reflect current industry demands and technologies.

Skill Enhancement: Perfect for upskilling or reskilling to meet evolving job requirements.

These benefits make certificate courses an excellent investment, particularly for individuals looking to fast-track their careers or change industries.

Why Chandigarh?

Chandigarh is often regarded as one of the most well-planned and developed cities in India. But beyond its aesthetic charm and clean streets lies a strong educational ecosystem. Here's why Chandigarh stands out:

Educational Hub: The city is home to numerous reputed institutes and training centers.

Growing Job Market: With the rise of IT hubs, startups, and industries in and around the tri-city area, there's a growing demand for skilled professionals.

Access to Resources: Students have access to excellent faculty, modern labs, and career support services.

For anyone looking to gain practical knowledge and industry-recognized credentials, enrolling in certificate programs in Chandigarh is a strategic move.

Popular Domains for Certificate Courses

Let’s explore some of the top fields where certificate courses are booming in Chandigarh:

1. Information Technology (IT)

Courses in programming languages like Python, Java, and C++, as well as certifications in cybersecurity, networking (CCNA), cloud computing, and ethical hacking, are in high demand. These certifications provide hands-on experience that can lead to lucrative IT roles.

2. Digital Marketing

With the digital economy booming, digital marketing has become an essential skill. Certifications in SEO, PPC, social media marketing, content marketing, and analytics help professionals build their brand or land top marketing jobs.

3. Accounting & Finance

Courses like Tally ERP, GST filing, and advanced Excel help students and professionals gain practical financial skills relevant to real-world business environments.

4. Graphic Designing & Web Development

Creative professionals can explore certificates in UI/UX, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WordPress. These skills are highly valued by businesses looking to enhance their online presence.

5. Spoken English and Communication Skills

English speaking courses remain popular among students and job seekers. Certification in this area not only boosts confidence but also opens doors to customer-facing roles and international job markets.

6. Human Resources & Management

Short-term HR courses on labor laws, recruitment, and payroll systems provide valuable insights and prepare individuals for HR roles in small to large organizations.

Who Can Enroll?

One of the most inclusive aspects of certificate courses is that there are typically no strict prerequisites. They are open to:

Students looking to enhance their employability

Working professionals aiming to upgrade their skills

Entrepreneurs and freelancers looking to diversify

Homemakers returning to the workforce

Anyone with a passion for learning

Most institutions in Chandigarh offer both weekday and weekend batches, allowing individuals to learn at their convenience.

Midpoint Highlight: Why Opt for Specialized Training in Chandigarh?

When it comes to advancing your career, it's important to choose not just the right course but also the right location and institute. This is where Certificate Courses in Chandigarh come into play. These programs are tailored to meet industry expectations and are backed by experienced faculty and placement support. Moreover, those looking for targeted and value-packed learning should explore the Best certificate courses in Chandigarh to ensure their efforts translate into real career growth.

How to Choose the Right Certificate Course?

Here are some tips to help you choose the right course:

Assess Your Goals: Do you want a promotion? A new job? A new skill? Your goal should guide your course selection.

Research the Curriculum: Make sure the course offers practical exposure and updated content.

Check Accreditation: Enroll in programs recognized by employers or affiliated with reputed institutions.

Read Reviews: Look for feedback from past students to gauge course effectiveness.

Evaluate Career Support: Opt for institutes that provide career counseling, resume building, and placement assistance.

Success Stories

Many professionals who enrolled in certificate programs in Chandigarh have gone on to achieve remarkable success. From landing jobs in MNCs to starting their own freelance ventures, these courses have opened up a world of possibilities.

Take the case of Meenakshi, a graduate who struggled to land a job. After completing a digital marketing certificate course, she was hired by an e-commerce firm and now manages a team. Similarly, Ravi, an accounting student, became a certified Tally professional and now works as a finance executive in a leading firm.

Certificate Courses vs. Diplomas and Degrees

While diplomas and degrees offer in-depth knowledge and academic rigor, certificate courses focus on skill application and faster employment. If you're pressed for time, money, or are looking to make a quick switch in your career path, certificate courses are the perfect solution.

Here's a quick comparison:

Feature

Certificate Courses

Diplomas

Degrees

Duration

Weeks to months

6 months – 1 year

3–4 years

Cost

Low

Moderate

High

Entry Requirements

Flexible

Basic qualifications

Strict

Focus

Skill-oriented

Mixed

Theory-based

Job Readiness

High

Moderate

Depends

Final Thoughts

In the modern job landscape, skills matter more than ever. Certificate courses provide a practical, cost-effective, and flexible way to upgrade your career or step into a new domain. With Chandigarh’s growing reputation as an educational and business hub, it is the ideal place to pursue these certifications.

Whether you are just starting your journey or seeking to advance in your career, don’t underestimate the power of short-term learning. Explore the wide range of certificate programs available and take the first step toward a brighter, more secure future.

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