Adam Fuhrer

Picture courtesy of Michael

So, you’ve submitted a story on the oh so many social news websites. But, will I vote for it? I have created a list of things that will either decide whether I like it or not.

I hope most of this list will apply to you too.

What does deserve my vote:

• I agree with what the article is saying.
• The article is well written and has enough content in it.
• Original idea. Meaning, I haven’t seen it on any other site before.
• Has pictures and diagrams.
• A story I would want to follow-up in a blog post.
• Trusted source.
• A lot of my friends have already voted for it.
• What I feel a trusted user, who has submitted quality stuff in the past.
• Original witty picture, with good description.
• I saved it to my delicious bookmarks, for future reference.
• Something that made me laugh on the inside… Laughing out loud and you get a comment.

What doesn’t deserve my vote:

• Linked to a spam site. Just trying to make some money of advertising.
• Duplicate.
• Absolutely wrong category.
• Rip-off from another site.
• Sent the story to me more than once.
• The story doesn’t have enough content.
• Totally inaccurate.
• More than 3 advertisements.
• Over use of the words “BEST” and “EVER”.
• Didn’t warn me about being NSFW.
• Pop-up. (Even though I can’t tell anymore, since I installed Adblock Plus)