Can we have [popularity-contest]s?
Just curious, but this might help other users, so I'm placing at Meta.
A popularity-contest is a non-object winning criteria challenge that is based on having the highest scored answer of the challenge. Basically, you can do the specific tasks in any way, and make the program a little something to gain more upvotes. Just a generic code-challenge that only focuses on scores.
Are popularity-contest challenges valid in Code Golf CD, or should we stick to other object-winning criterions?
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Well... maybe not in combination with a code golf challenge, but more like an artistic challenge with some theme, similar to screenshot of the month? For reference see for example Outdoors photo contest or Writing challenges.
So rather than giving a detailed specification of what the program must do, these would rather have some vague theme: "bouncing letters", "decimals of pi" or whatever. Probably something a bit more exciting than dry, formal mathematical challenges though, so that people can get creative.
Like for example make a contest called "autumn leaves" and then maybe someone would post a contribution of a source drawing a fractal looking like a leaf?
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