We were also curious about how users feel about implementing a rule which would give chances to more people to win. What we were thinking about is the following: to arrange things thus the winner of a category cannot be the same person from previous contests. Or he can be, as this does not mean a ban -- but he can be with more efforts. To be more precise, all previous winners could start with a coefficient of 0.8. Attention! -- this happens only regarding the previously won category!
I do not like this rule because competitions are supposed to be won based on merit (not
smerit but... you get the idea). Disqualifying someone who would've won because they were the previous winner would put the competition in a bad light and make some people think it's stealing the award from them,
especially since financial prizes are now on the table.
You must have 50 earned merits to vote
This feels too restrictive to me. I would have opted for a lower number, say 20 earned merits, but that's just me.
I also suggest this.