i'm not trying to be a hater here, but after witnessing the trainwreck that's happened thus far tonight it might be a good idea to make votes on all deleted sites permanent, or at least decay over time, so there will be some consequence to making intentionally sh*tty sites that are just going to be deleted in a day or two anyway when the creators want to salvage their vote score
Total site cap could also be bumped on users that have used all ten site slots and maintain a rating over X while having over Y votes with at least Z views. Paid members (assuming this isn’t tiered as well) can bypass the time limit to make sites but are still capped on the total they can create for a while. I’m just tossing out ideas here, and this has probably all been suggested before.
Once they can make sites, limit the total number they can make, say ten total. If they can’t make anything decent after ten attempts then they’ll have to delete a site before they can make another one. If they happen to create a gem though (X many votes and views and a rating over Y) then their site cap gets bumped up (to twenty, fifty, or whatever number seems fit).
I think someone already suggested this but mandatory advertisement viewing before each ytmnd can be seen for unregistered users might help with the costs from sites like telemarketer. Membership tiers could also help alleviate some of the crap. New users can view sites and vote, but can't create sites for a few months, let them put some thought into what they want to create by seeing the occasionally good ytmnd and most of the sh*t that gets made.
A lot of people want good ytmnd's that "slipped through the cracks" when they were created to get another chance on the front page. I think this is a good idea but, if implemented, they need to be showcased in a way that lets people know that these aren't new creations - lest they all get downvoted to hell by the seething horde that doesn't look at creation dates. Weighted voting could be a good idea that might encourage more accurate voting patterns if it can't be cheated/abused.
nothing like seeing the original power rangers with the cops theme song playing in the background, lol http://random.ytmnd.com/random.html?502148&467764&97959
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