Ask Angie: about challenges - YouLookFab Forum

I have a general question regarding challenges on the forum.

I love challenges, both participating and following those I don't participate in. In particular, they are often useful and helpful exercises which provide valuable insight, understanding, inspiration and are FUN.
There are Fabbers who share this interest for challenges and there are Fabbers who are not that into challenges. It is, of course, individual, and different interests and opinions must be respected. I have not been a forum member very long and a lot of things are, therefore, new to me.

Angie and Fabbers, I am seeking advice about how to do challenges in the best way. What type of challenges are good? When to do them or not do them? How large and long? How to present results and posts - i.e. how often, how many threads and posts etc.? Would there be a possibility to create a section for challenges that could be easily accessed or ignored depending on everybody's preferences?

For example, would it be better to create one challenge thread every week, where every participant would present their posts and comments - which could be long and perhaps not so easy to overview, or separate threads for each participant - easy to overview but taking up a lot of the forum. Or limit the presentation of results to one a week or one for the entire challenge period, perhaps? Is it a good idea to have some general recommendations on how to organize challenges, or is it better to be free to do them spontaneously?

I know that some of these questions must already have been discussed, but as I am rather new here, I ask.

7 years ago

The Cat

Veteran

Katerina, thank you for asking Angie these questions. I trust the answers will be helpful to the forum.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Katerina, the challenge platform on YLF is flexible and organic. If you have an idea - present it on a thread, and you’ll receive feedback on the enthusiasm for it - or lack thereof soon enough. It’s that easy. You might need to tweak the idea if it requires sharpening or focus. Generally, challenges are very well received here.

You don’t need my permission to begin a challenge! If I foresee challenges with the challenge, I’ll let you know.

All challenge participants need to start a NEW thread. That’s my only requirement. I don’t like to see threads that go on for pages and days because of the addition of new challenge content. Rather start a new thread so that updated information can be absorbed quickly.

Some challenges have stringent guidelines - others don’t. It’s all good.

As for the limit - there is no limit at the moment - I haven’t found a need to set those boundaries.

Hope that helps. I’ll be setting a challenge when I get back. Stay tuned.

Katerina

Thank you, Angie, for the explanation. And many thanks for all the great work that you do to create this wonderful forum and to keep this unique community of fashion lovers together.

The Cat, thank you.

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