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autor: Skipper6745
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:20:24

Hooray!!

autor: bortwein
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:20:50

Oh Snap!

autor: sarahrae
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:21:15

Thats a great thing! Thanks for listening to all the feedback that came off of the 1.5 rule.

Knowing that you listen is always appreciated.

But what about designs that have been killed off in the last week or so from the 1.5 rule. By any chance would we be able to resubmit them 1 time only?

autor: tesko
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:23:49

Thats great news, good call.

autor: lenabean
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:24:46

thanks threadless team!

autor: Perudoesitbetterthanu
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:25:15

hmm...i suppose...

autor: kypade
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:25:49

doubt an ''arbitrary'' score made up of ''variables'' is gonna go over too well...especially if it causes 1.6s or so to drop. but, hey...sounds good enough to me.

autor: Luke...
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:26:00

sounds good "threadless"....

you've appeased the masses with #1

and also upgraded the qualification process for yourselves and all with #2...

thats good business...

autor: Leslee
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:26:01

It just gets better and better.

autor: KatieTheMofo
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:26:39

Cool.

I like arbitrary rules.

autor: bortwein
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:44:05

This does kind of make me even more nervous about being filtered out, but I can't figure out why yet.

autor: littlem
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:48:25

hmmm. very interesting.

autor: Kamiblue
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:51:30

Does this mean that we can resubmit designs that dropped out under the old 1.5 rule?

autor: thatsnotnormal
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 15:52:38

That's cool. :)

Thanks, Threadless.

autor: Operator
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:00:07

Thank you. Seriously.

autor: shimala
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:21:14

no, you can't resubmit designs that were already submitted and dropped

autor: Robsoul
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:26:15

mathematics my dear watson, mathematics

there were only some occassions where the 1.5 rule work against us, but it did serve a good purpose.

autor: MoniqueH
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:26:32

Oh, great. This means crappy designs will be around longer.

autor: travis76
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:29:17

yes, math, more people means you need to expand the voting system as well.

great idea. thanks for listening, if you did.

autor: Kamiblue
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:30:10

Too bad we cant resub I think my Five Card Stud design deserved better-must've been the text

autor: mrwalrusface
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:48:53

good correction

autor: themidtownkoala
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:52:30

While I tend to agree with MoniqueH in general, I am excited to increase my number of submissions scored. Go 15000!

autor: tripmachine
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 16:53:40

Thats good

autor: moodyfaye
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 17:51:08

"Thanks for listening to all the feedback "

autor: sharpie
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 20:00:59

that sounds cool.

autor: Ava Adore
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 21:02:39

yeah thats a better scoring system.

autor: fatclike
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 21:36:21

People who can't take competition might as well quit. If a design is recieving a low score early on, it's probably going to stay that way. I like most of the shirts they decide to print, but who seriously has time to thumb through all the crappy submittions. I say the more they weed out, the better! (even if it's mine)

autor: MrDomino
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 23:10:13

With a very few exceptions I have really no problems with the original 1.5 rule. I think you could even go to a 2.0 rule. Would some of mine be dropped? Sure, but when they do I know to try harder.

I think there should be exceptions of course, but that could be left to Threadless staff.

autor: stuck with pins
date: on Ago 25, 2005
hora: às 23:12:43

Yes!

Finally!

<3

autor: Webbins
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 02:56:31

Sounds a bit too mathematical to me, but if it cuts out the crap then it's all good.

autor: caro.d
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 03:07:31

24 hours is great !

autor: Iwouldbejosh
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 03:21:13

This sounds way better than before

autor: bigshape
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 03:56:06

this fills me with dread/glee or something.

autor: travis76
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 07:18:13

sigh...too late for homo superius...

but make the monkey tag 'threadless' and maybe i'll resubmit

autor: biggdesign
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 07:36:19

oh dang~

autor: Pifman
date: on Ago 26, 2005
hora: às 15:03:28

Well I *think* this is a good idea.

autor: tesko
date: on Ago 30, 2005
hora: às 08:13:34

This is the new shizzle, ignore that other one

autor: Sitniz
date: on Ago 30, 2005
hora: às 08:39:42

Alright, good deal :)

autor: Peachcupcake
date: on Set 6, 2005
hora: às 21:11:08

sounds a lot better :)

autor: simster214
date: em Jan 27, 2006
hora: às 15:17:40

These exact scores will not be made public.

^^Aw. Why?!

autor: OlliRudi
date: em Jan 27, 2006
hora: às 15:28:56

they're a bit too secretive here at threadless, it'd be nice to see how many "i'd buy it"s designs scored..

autor: simster214
date: em Jan 27, 2006
hora: às 15:46:25

^^I know olli! I'd love to see it, even if it was just for my own designs.

autor: w4nderl4nd
date: on Mai 7, 2006
hora: às 18:08:17

Why do the exact scores will not be made public???

autor: adam antium
date: on Mai 7, 2006
hora: às 18:09:29

i'll never get printed!

:P

autor: kaloyster
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 20:31:57

I've noticed some designs (very great too! ex. ste7en's) and it has a This design has ended early thing. And it's almost near to end scoring. Why is that?

autor: hogboy
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 20:48:06

great

autor: Ste7en
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 21:00:33

yeah I just wrote them about those two...I dont get it...I also cant believe they got identical scores

autor: Papaprime
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 21:09:22

I wonder why it noted mine was dropped early, scored a 2.26 and lasted all 7 days. The notation that it was dropped early popped up this evening...?

autor: steve_swartz
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 21:12:57

i think they have some bugs in the code that drops things. it's changed with the new site, as compared to what they're talking about here. have you sent email via the support alias to threadless central? or created a bug report blog with "SKAW" in the title or something?

autor: kooky love
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 21:22:00

two thumbs up!

good!

autor: Papaprime
date: em Jun 26, 2006
hora: às 23:40:54

sartz, npoe. I've never done a bug report, I'll look into it. Thanks.

autor: Ste7en
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 09:51:36

looks like they fixed it this morning...or maybe it disappears after a day if its an error

autor: spencekarl
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:00:52

it's still not fixed...there are some subs that clearly went through seven days that it says were dropped early.

here's one i just noticed.

autor: steven218
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:02:56

i just got my worst score ever. fuckers.

autor: spencekarl
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:05:14

i was surprised it got dumped out early. sorry man.

autor: Ste7en
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:05:15

Im pretty sure it just shows up the day it finishes scoring and goes away the next day when it says "finished scoring one day ago" but I hope it doesnt affect anything

autor: Garnett F
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:12:07

This sounds good.

As Threadless has ultimate discretion over what gets printed or not, it is pointless campaigning for a change in the scoring system.

At the risk of suggesting what is already contained in the "arbitrary score that is made up of multiple variables including the number of I'd buy it requests and the design's average score" I'd go one step or two steps further:

As I've said, Threadless has ultimate discretion, so why not give more weight to those scorers whose scores most closely mirror Threadless's dicisions to print?

autor: shimala
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:21:11

things should be fixed now... nothing was affected

autor: spencekarl
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 10:22:17

excellent. thanks for the quick response shimala!

autor: spires
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 20:01:12

I just suffered my first threadless death! Huzzah!

That's what I get for putting a borg on a shirt.

autor: elscorchogal
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 20:05:40

i am very pleased to hear this...

autor: spires
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 20:07:18

hear about the rule, or my death? Both are fascinating, I admit.

autor: Angelic
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:13:03

Injustice to all the great designers out there!! Why change the 1.5 rule NOW??? Darn! BTW, why can't you make the scores public? Is this a conspiracy or what? : (

autor: Índia
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:20:06

im still wondering what the rules/guidlines/scoring information is on the slogans

autor: chisafer
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:25:23

...but... but... but is it still called the 1.5 rule?

autor: shimala
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:30:09

nothing has been changed with the rule since this post was originally made last August.

The only addition is that it actual says on your submission that it has been dropped.

autor: shimala
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:32:02

...for the first day at least

slogans are deleted if it has less than a 10% approval rating after 20 or so scores. We're working on a section that will list your deleted slogans instead of vanishing into space.

autor: Índia
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:45:37

how long and how many votes do they need to hit before they are compleated in scoring?

do you guys know of a percentage yet that has a chance of being printed?

haha sorry for asking so much, im just curious

autor: stupidostrich
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:45:50

Hey, maybe I should have just rasterized some photos that would violate all sorts of copyrights.. then my design wouldn't have been dropped by you shitfucks.

autor: hogboy
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:51:27

I think you mean vectored or vectorised... if your photos are on the computer they are in a raster format

autor: Índia
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 22:58:20

stupidostrich needs a reality check. if threadless is so worthless to him, he shouldnt be on here, haha

autor: parabolic
date: em Jun 27, 2006
hora: às 23:22:59

"We're working on a section that will list your deleted slogans instead of vanishing into space."

Does this included self-deleted slogans? I signed in one day and was surprised to find some bad text I'd deleted had been resurrected.

Thanks!

autor: teechers_pet
date: em Jun 28, 2006
hora: às 10:02:46

Sweeeeeeeeet

autor: fireant202
date: em Jun 29, 2006
hora: às 17:59:24

damn, I was having trouble already.

autor: stingerstyler
date: em Jun 29, 2006
hora: às 18:01:55

cha-ching

this blog is almost a year old!!!

autor: Mangobee
date: em Jun 30, 2006
hora: às 20:30:38

are we all happy this shirt got dropped or wat r we all cheering about

autor: .Li.
date: on Jul 1, 2006
hora: às 13:56:19

i honestly dont see whats wrong with the shirt

autor: tesco
date: on Jul 1, 2006
hora: às 13:57:58

pwnd

now this is linked to the submission pages, it has become the blog of the pwnee.

autor: WinterInChicago
date: on Jul 1, 2006
hora: às 19:26:42

My second submission. My first acceptance. My first drop. I am more of a dvd/cd designer. Maybe I will submit another shirt later on.

autor: myKey
date: on Jul 8, 2006
hora: às 11:21:51

A chance to chance another chance again.

autor: mikaelb
date: em Jul 12, 2006
hora: às 19:49:20

Well, okey for me. My tee only got 1.44 in score anyhow ;)

Good change, anyhow.

autor: penta
date: em Jul 19, 2006
hora: às 12:48:34

24 hours is too short. Much as I love your site I don't want to have to hit it every day... (and no, I don't have a shirt in the running...)

autor: 5115
date: em Jul 19, 2006
hora: às 12:49:23

Why is this bumped atleast once a week?! >;(

autor: spencekarl
date: em Jul 19, 2006
hora: às 12:51:33

penta, i think you're confused. the designs still go through 7 days of voting. the first 24 hours determine whether the deisgn is worthy enough to continue on for the rest of the week.

autor: Koffy_Kat
date: em Jul 22, 2006
hora: às 12:16:47

I was very disappointed that my design was pulled on a Sat after only being up 24 hours I hardly had a chance to promote it. Waaa!!

I guess I better just back on the horse.

autor: nobeef
date: em Jul 22, 2006
hora: às 18:06:16

Lame!

autor: gautam
date: em Jul 27, 2006
hora: às 01:32:54

Great!!!! Cos my design was dropped!!! I love the system!!!

autor: plankton
date: em Jul 28, 2006
hora: às 21:10:59

ouch... my eye!!

autor: mrfaux
date: on Ago 3, 2006
hora: às 14:41:21

Could we get some transparency in this process? I wanna know about these variable and how they work. Otherwise, how do I know my votes really count?

autor: mezo
date: on Ago 3, 2006
hora: às 14:48:32

Don't you wish the 1.5 rule could apply to the Rate My Butt scores?

autor: 4this
date: on Ago 3, 2006
hora: às 15:26:46

? What's your highest butt score?

autor: thisisthebreakdown
date: on Ago 15, 2006
hora: às 17:26:04

i suck as a designer...

autor: Jesus Te Ama
date: on Ago 15, 2006
hora: às 17:52:20

I don't know because my design was dropped!

autor: thisisthebreakdown
date: on Ago 15, 2006
hora: às 17:53:42

i wanna protest

GIVE DESIGNS A CHANCE!

autor: kirksheltonart
date: on Ago 20, 2006
hora: às 18:09:50

seems like threadless is getting less and less dependent on people voting and more about what they want to print or not.

autor: mighty mouse
date: on Ago 21, 2006
hora: às 13:34:40

i think it such cause not everyone gets on the days you post new ones i think it should be 48 hours so that leaves it open for people that dont get on everyday

autor: shadowboy
date: on Ago 21, 2006
hora: às 13:40:13

Kirk hits the bullseye.

Isn't that pretty much common knowledge by now?

autor: Siafu
date: on Ago 22, 2006
hora: às 14:34:44

Not bad for first try, is it?

autor: GadFlie
date: on Ago 22, 2006
hora: às 14:37:04

If you go back and look at the shirts from long ago history, you can see that some of the shirts they printed got high votes and some got not so high votes. Even three years ago, when all the votes were higher. So I don't think threadless is getting less and less dependent on votes. I don't think they ever were.

autor: etwod
date: on Ago 22, 2006
hora: às 14:56:01

it may be for jsut a public opinion. They also get ppl to say wheter or not they would buy it, and send them a notice if/when it prints.

autor: curlysuperlative
date: on Ago 23, 2006
hora: às 15:38:12

^^Amen to the comment [mightymouse] left.

autor: Bulka
date: on Ago 24, 2006
hora: às 10:20:55

Got one removed... YOOOHOOO, at last.

autor: mighty mouse
date: on Ago 24, 2006
hora: às 15:41:22

ill never get a chance if you dont change this shit

autor: mezo
date: on Ago 24, 2006
hora: às 15:49:54

Whining is for babies.

You would also think spitting up breast milk is for babies, but many adults do it.

autor: spires
date: on Ago 24, 2006
hora: às 15:51:00

mezo gets to be mean on her birthday, so SHADDAP

autor: Ford Prefect
date: on Ago 25, 2006
hora: às 13:01:09

what a gay rule

autor: spencekarl
date: on Ago 25, 2006
hora: às 13:02:00

makes sense to me

autor: Lebostudios
date: on Ago 30, 2006
hora: às 16:52:41

i have not received the email. still working that kink out?

autor: shimala
date: on Ago 30, 2006
hora: às 16:57:13

The emails are being sent. It's probably being blocked by a spam blocker or something.

The email basically says what is posted at the top of this blog.

autor: staffell
date: on Ago 30, 2006
hora: às 17:00:05

haha

autor: Fuubeau123
date: on Set 16, 2006
hora: às 17:18:41

i dont understand, but it doesnt matter because i wont be sumitting any design. heh heh!

autor: nanapolla
date: on Set 20, 2006
hora: às 07:42:44

ouh...i take...1.49...sigh...

autor: Lumpaduppa
date: on Set 27, 2006
hora: às 11:13:38

fiuuu.....OK! :)

autor: ecky_ducky
date: on Set 27, 2006
hora: às 11:19:17

Oh stop complaining, you lot. It's a good rule.

autor: whendel
date: on Set 28, 2006
hora: às 16:43:33

Cool.

I like arbitrary rules.

autor: Djarum
date: on Out 2, 2006
hora: às 13:50:06

Thank You!

autor: Bruce Coo
date: on Out 4, 2006
hora: às 00:02:25

that sounds awesome but is there anyway we could remove our stuff before judge aproval sorta like deleting the slogans.. sometimes i feel like i wanna fix what i did a day later but i cant because its still pending.

autor: jimjimdesign
date: on Out 5, 2006
hora: às 12:08:38

What?

I love to be dropped out of contest!

It makes me feel like an over-achiever!

autor: Saladbowl
date: on Out 5, 2006
hora: às 18:58:18

That sucks...I was kicked out of the LAST KISS contest with NO NOTIFICATION AS TO WHY. I think for somebody new to this whole design idea this makes it really hard to get things going.

But I dont suppose my disliking this decision will change anything now. Anyhow, had to express it.

autor: ash4182
date: on Out 6, 2006
hora: às 04:44:05

if people dont rate it high enough there is probobly a reason

some things just shouldnt be ona t-shirt- such as crashing planes and razors that look represent cutting oneself and being happy as a result

come on-

autor: pandasoniq
date: on Out 9, 2006
hora: às 12:38:51

Yeah I think the rule is crap too...sorry but being dropped without any explaination is not a good way to progress cause you can't learn from your mistakes if you don't know them...

I just don't like being out of the contest not knowing why...it's just very frustrating...

autor: pandasoniq
date: on Out 9, 2006
hora: às 12:41:38

And I also didn't receive any E-mail at all...

autor: xdoom
date: on Out 12, 2006
hora: às 18:46:33

Man, it sucks when your design is a 1.65 and kicked out when others lower stayed.

autor: thomasucks
date: on Out 13, 2006
hora: às 11:36:03

o k .

autor: ozrict two
date: on Out 14, 2006
hora: às 11:12:29

sounds like its a popularity contest...i dont know if i'm going to bother with you anymore. i'm extremely disappointed.

autor: staffell
date: on Out 14, 2006
hora: às 11:15:11

haha, you people are mostly idiots

autor: ozrict two
date: on Out 14, 2006
hora: às 11:41:24

...well it seems like you changed the rules on me...it is a popularity contest after all....i find out today that my design is taken off the running because of a low score...too early...if my design was so bad how come no one has any bad coments about it? Why isnt anybody helping me to improve it? i put in a lot of effort into this work...i dont feel it was given its proper chance to score well...this is worse than communism...i dont have a million friends...just a few really good ones.

autor: ozrict two
date: on Out 14, 2006
hora: às 11:47:04

OK so i've said more than my two cents...deep breath and try again...maybe my design was really that bad, eh?

maybe it's just not your style...

i'm not emo, but i sure feel emo right now.

autor: xuria
date: on Out 14, 2006
hora: às 12:20:44

I think the 24 hours length time should be extended, i think.... aaaargh....nevermind.... i just had my 1st death today... 1st submission 1st dropout... cute

autor: Roostersauce
date: on Out 14, 2006
hora: às 12:24:13

ozrict man dont take it so hard

alot of ppl that have been printed have had their designs taken out early

it happens

its your first design keep subbing

autor: ozrict two
date: on Out 18, 2006
hora: às 15:53:56

MAMA DIDN'T DIDN'T RAISE NO QUITTER!!!!

autor: eighten
date: on Out 18, 2006
hora: às 22:39:58

hahaha ^ozrict_two: "this is worse than communism"

you're right, ozrict_two, it's democracy!

autor: lambertini
date: on Out 27, 2006
hora: às 03:54:57

well thats another day wasted doing that design. maybe i could use it for toilet paper or something useful.

MUST TRY HARDER!

autor: psshaw
date: on Out 27, 2006
hora: às 19:14:56

I, too, was very surprised at my deleted design. I thought I knew what the Threadless voter liked! It'd be helpful to at least have recieved some comments about how I could have improved it.

autor: chisafer
date: on Out 27, 2006
hora: às 19:19:32

wtf!!! when did this happen?!

;)

autor: gordond
date: on Out 27, 2006
hora: às 19:22:56

august 25, 2005.

autor: gordond
date: on Out 27, 2006
hora: às 19:23:02

oh yeah.

autor: kalien
date: on Nov 8, 2006
hora: às 07:46:40

Um my designs have been dropped but I have never received an email as to why.

autor: Rosh
date: em Nov 15, 2006
hora: às 15:24:56

i had so many votes for a T and even some good comment.. i was kicked out so fast- cant understand why if the rules were changes... rats :(

autor: digget
date: em Nov 15, 2006
hora: às 19:35:49

Ok then

autor: alienbiru
date: em Nov 16, 2006
hora: às 01:03:32

This is going to be hard.. but keep up fighting!!

autor: novodoce
date: em Nov 25, 2006
hora: às 01:56:12

Back to the pixel board.

autor: Malcolm Man
date: em Nov 25, 2006
hora: às 02:06:12

Sweet mustache of antonio banderas!

autor: chisafer
date: em Nov 25, 2006
hora: às 02:08:41

OMG!!! YOU CAN NOT CHANGE THIS RULE!

I LIVE OFF OF THIS RULE! I guess,

I guess... I guess I will just have to stop living.

autor: grejotte
date: em Nov 28, 2006
hora: às 12:36:13

I still don't understand why i was kicked out this fast... this rule changed on August 25, 2005 right?

autor: wullagaru
date: em Nov 28, 2006
hora: às 12:39:34

your sub stays up for 24 hours after that if it doesnt meet a certain criteria which they know but we dont(score , number of "id buy its" etc) tehn it gets dropped ..

autor: grejotte
date: em Nov 28, 2006
hora: às 16:55:10

Oh okay...

autor: Cib
date: on Dez 4, 2006
hora: às 12:16:25

OK !

autor: Tommy Rocketboots
date: on Dez 10, 2006
hora: às 08:35:47

Eee! Second submission, first acceptance, LAST DROP!

I'm in it to win it.

autor: Moey
date: on Dez 11, 2006
hora: às 19:59:43

COOL

autor: nicoz
date: on Dez 13, 2006
hora: às 04:04:17

:-((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

my FIRST sumbission it's been dropOut after 24hours.

:-((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

autor: Margain
date: on Dez 13, 2006
hora: às 15:45:40

NOOO PLASEE CHANGE THE RULE! Let atleast 3 days! It's hard to get people to sign up and support you in just 24hrs. I agree with the scoring minimum and total votes, but we need more days for supporters to vote! I hope my message reaches out to someone with decision power at threadless.com

autor: nicoz
date: on Dez 14, 2006
hora: às 05:08:24

i agree with MARGAIN...24hours is not enough...

:-((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

autor: Petanca
date: on Dez 14, 2006
hora: às 05:19:15

You know, i really think that if a design doesn't do well on first 24 hours, It'll never go well...

autor: alesserevil
date: on Dez 19, 2006
hora: às 12:03:08

Oh, the sting.... least it wasn't my first submission!

autor: maija
date: on Dez 19, 2006
hora: às 12:06:36

Since about 800 people vote in the first 24 hrs, you'd have to stack that with several hundred friends to make much difference. The voting tapers off after the first day.

autor: jmcouffin
date: on Dez 21, 2006
hora: às 14:17:12

listen to the public voice... I got dumped...

I ll give it another try later.

autor: batgiri
date: on Dez 28, 2006
hora: às 23:13:24

need to learn from my mistakes.... wish me luck

autor: sinwon
date: on Dez 30, 2006
hora: às 11:31:59

then timing would be important it seems?

autor: savianty
date: on Jan 5, 2007
hora: às 17:57:37

Good

autor: EricShawn
date: on Jan 6, 2007
hora: às 05:39:49

Brutal. Leave it democratic.

autor: Mogodesigner
date: em Jan 12, 2007
hora: às 01:09:58

so i lose, but not for long

autor: confluence
date: em Jan 17, 2007
hora: às 14:42:08

this appears to be a double-edged sword.

on one side, its great. the lower scoring designs get dropped, and the better designs get more exposure.

on the other side, as sinwon mentioned, this means (as did the previous rule i just found out about), that your not really given a full chance to get your design out and marketed, and generate interest. an awesome design could be dropped because the people it might cater to, haven't been able to see it yet.

anyone else agree with my second point?

autor: graffick
date: em Jan 20, 2007
hora: às 13:19:42

I agree with confluence. I would say at give it 48 hours instead of the 24 to give at least a chance for other people to decide it's fate.

autor: Gavzilla
date: em Jan 23, 2007
hora: às 17:28:21

48 hours sounds like a great idea. Most people I contacted didn't get a chance to respond within 24.

Not sure if they'd have made much difference though! :P

Didn't get an email about my last one being dropped, anyone else had this problem?

autor: J-Ray
date: em Jan 23, 2007
hora: às 17:30:06

no i don't agree, the chance of the first 100 people having a particular taste that the rest of potential scorers have is extremely absurd

autor: Dogma
date: em Jan 25, 2007
hora: às 07:51:16

Regardless of any changes to the rules I have a personal request for a change to the site design:

What I find helpful is looking at completed designs who have had their 7 day run and seeing the comments and overall score. This was easily done by simply searching for completed designs. HOWEVER, now all I can ever seem to find are designs that have been dropped early- and there is no way to distinguish which have dropped and which have survived to the end.

I'd obviously like to look more at the ones that were good enough to last. Because of this, I would like these designs to be seperated into a dropped early section of the site so that they don't mesh in with actual designs.

Another way to approach the matter would be the option to list designs that have a score of 1

autor: Dogma
date: em Jan 25, 2007
hora: às 07:52:17

...that have a score of 1

autor: LockeMonda
date: em Jan 25, 2007
hora: às 15:35:37

Well, I suffered my first "dropped early" to my first entry. Not sure why. It seemed like a lot of votes for just the first day and a half...most of the other designs I saw up on the site for the same amount of time had far fewer votes and far fewer comments. Oh, well. Try, try again!

autor: J-Ray
date: em Jan 25, 2007
hora: às 15:37:10

Dogman: that's a good idea, it would be nice to filter submissions based on criteria. Threadless reps, is that possible?

autor: Dogma
date: em Jan 25, 2007
hora: às 20:26:36

My earlier post was cut off unfortunately. But I also suggested:

Another way to approach the matter would be the option to list designs that have a score of 1

autor: RadimusPrime
date: em Jan 26, 2007
hora: às 08:10:01

That makes sence

autor: wren77
date: em Jan 28, 2007
hora: às 23:29:16

I think everyone should be given the same opportunity. If someone is running for president and they don't get enough votes by 10am on election day, theydon't get dropped from the ballot. If some designs get a week to be voted on, ALL designs should have a week. That's the only way it's fair.

autor: ozrict two
date: on Fev 2, 2007
hora: às 11:19:04

just keep on trying...

autor: spyhorse
date: on Fev 7, 2007
hora: às 11:33:50

I also got my design dropped out early, got an e-mail basically says what is posted at the top of this blog but it didn't say why it was removed. Really like to why the design was dropped since dropped out without any explaination is not a good way to improve.

autor: Johnny Baboon
date: on Fev 8, 2007
hora: às 15:21:21

I'm going to kill myself

autor: velvetland
date: on Fev 8, 2007
hora: às 15:22:29

I never got those emails... ?

autor: sooty
date: on Fev 12, 2007
hora: às 02:56:50

where is my email telling me why?

autor: illinthemindstate
date: on Fev 14, 2007
hora: às 01:37:20

yea me either

autor: jimjamjames
date: on Fev 15, 2007
hora: às 17:04:11

bad t shirts can be good sometimes

autor: The Good King
date: on Fev 18, 2007
hora: às 12:06:20

Seems odd that Any get removed early. Surely would be better to let them run their course and let what will be be! Especially considering some of the shite that is actually printed!

autor: The Jolly Brewer
date: on Fev 19, 2007
hora: às 05:52:05

"We will now be using an arbitrary score that is made up of multiple variables including the number of I'd buy it requests and the design's average score"

arbitrary:

1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.

2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.

3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.

4. capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment.

Yeah, that sounds more fair!???!!!????

I was under the impression that the whole thing about threadless is that 'We' chose the designs. Not only do designs submitted to voting go past judges, they are then removed early at their discretion, and finally, even if they have the highest score they are still 'chosen' by the judges.

Good to see democracy alive and well.

autor: pjj_0
date: on Fev 22, 2007
hora: às 22:25:20

that is lame

autor: sonmi
date: on Fev 22, 2007
hora: às 22:36:22

haha i love how all the past few replies are embittered comments about being dropped early, or the possibility of which.

i especially enjoy the jolly brewer's research. webster's dictionary defines "arbitrary" as...

autor: ccockerill
date: on Fev 22, 2007
hora: às 22:50:00

What aspect of democracy needs to be upheld, this is a business trying to ensure that only the best designs carry on, not some totalitarian government that exists only in a warehouse in Chicago.

autor: SkiDesignS
date: on Fev 24, 2007
hora: às 08:05:04

i have nothing against havin been dropped early...but i never got the email :|

autor: roy margalit
date: on Fev 27, 2007
hora: às 13:25:13

never mind all the best(:

autor: Johnny Baboon
date: on Fev 28, 2007
hora: às 11:34:01

i swear, son of a bitch, for real i'm gonna kill himself or give up on art and design. i have invested so much of who i am into that design, my self worth is wrapped up in your votes why would u crush it so carelessly you bastards i hate you all i hope the martians eat your children infront of u before they eat you very slowly and painfully what doesn't kill you will make you stronger, ahhh suck it.

autor: Johnny Baboon
date: on Fev 28, 2007
hora: às 11:34:05

i swear, son of a bitch, for real i'm gonna kill himself or give up on art and design. i have invested so much of who i am into that design, my self worth is wrapped up in your votes why would u crush it so carelessly you bastards i hate you all i hope the martians eat your children infront of u before they eat you very slowly and painfully what doesn't kill you will make you stronger, ahhh suck it.

autor: pandasoniq
date: on Mar 1, 2007
hora: às 06:25:23

never ever got any E-mail and all my stuff were dropped earlier...

autor: Glorifiedg
date: on Mar 1, 2007
hora: às 11:34:32

My only question is, if we can get such an accurate idea of what's good (or not) from one day, then why do we even bother to carry on scoring for 7 days? The reason: because you can't get an accurate score from one day. Any design no matter how good could have a bad day in the rankings. An excellet design that has a bad day on day one would have an unfair disadvantage, where a design that has its bad day on, say day 6, would have nearly a whole week of previous votes to ensure its average doesn't drop under. To make it fair, you would have to say that any design that has a day below 1.5 (excluding the average from other days) would be dropped. But I think you'd lose a lot of good designs that way. As it is now you're probably already losing a lot of good designs over this rule.

autor: bulgrin
date: on Mar 1, 2007
hora: às 13:17:22

I totally agree with Glorifiedg!!!!

autor: SkiDesignS
date: on Mar 2, 2007
hora: às 03:59:03

johnny baboon: get teh hell over it. by swearing and threatening, you're not going to affect the threadless judges. so you could justa s well kill yourself, teh judges wont say "oh, thta guy committed suicide cuz of this rule, let's change it. live with it. damn moron.

autor: jhl786
date: on Mar 2, 2007
hora: às 04:27:58

designs get more votes on their first day than any other. in other words the 1.5 rule works and i haven't seen any good designs dropped early. i have seen some substandard ones in the make it through though.

autor: downrodeo
date: on Mar 2, 2007
hora: às 14:52:17

Awww, my first 24 hour drop... someone fill this cavity in my heart... sob sob...

Hey, Soprano's is on... later dudes.

autor: sonmi
date: on Mar 2, 2007
hora: às 14:54:51

i love this blog.

autor: sunlover1975
date: on Mar 2, 2007
hora: às 17:15:13

yeah my only beef with this rule, is that - you tell your friend's and family to vote for your design , and post it on myspace and become a complete and utter uber-promo whore, but people don't look at it in the first 24 hours? :( lol

autor
date: on Mar 2, 2007
hora: às 17:50:16

i cried a river :((((((((((((( still don't get why I was dropped. no emails, no nothing?...some compassion for the young ones!. I'll submit more, the world will be mine!!!!!

autor: Glorifiedg
date: on Mar 4, 2007
hora: às 00:49:48

I guess I can deal with the rule. The think the think that irked me most was the fact that even the people who reacted positively to the rule agreed it wasn't necessarily fair. It was the concensus among them that fairness just wasn't relevant. It wouldn't have bothered me if the announcement of the rule change hadn't closed with "We hope this makes things a bit more fair!" As if fairness was the reason for implementing the rule change in the beginning.

autor: bulgrin
date: on Mar 4, 2007
hora: às 03:10:11

I was dropped early after 3 days!! Is this another new rule which is secret?! Or didn't I understand the system?

autor: potlikker
date: on Mar 4, 2007
hora: às 13:05:52

So, my beef is that a bunch of the big buck designs got dropped early (including mine, boo-hoo), seemingly because some voters didn't understand why there was a sudden "influx" of designs with antlers, guns, hunting, etc. I looked at the designs for that contest that were dropped early, and yeah, some of them sucked, but a lot of them were actually good designs (i.e., designs that at least deserved the chance for a full week of scoring!). And a lot of the designs that dropped really fit the spirit of the big buck video game. So, why were designs that actually had something to do with a deer hunting video game dropped, and a design that features a forest of pine tree car fresheners is still in the running??? Makes no sense to me.

autor: potlikker
date: on Mar 4, 2007
hora: às 13:06:34

Oh, yeah, and I want my email telling me why I was dropped! Grrrr!

autor: corey8
date: on Mar 6, 2007
hora: às 07:09:20

i hate you 1.5 rule. you are a bad breaker-uper, you never tell me why we broke up.

autor: canadianbeaver
date: on Mar 6, 2007
hora: às 17:29:49

I never lost one early that did not have it coming. I am getting better and it is due to natural selection - you know, survival of the fittest.

Dang I did like Corey's Pinkies. Maybe I can license it off him some day.

autor: applegary
date: on Mar 8, 2007
hora: às 11:12:15

I spent some time in an arbitrary once.. I'm not sure it did me any good, but boy did it cost my parents a fortune.

autor: Jnet
date: em Mar 10, 2007
hora: às 08:31:40

we'll seeing as my LAST THREE designs were dropped :::achk::: i'm just going to have to submit at a faster pace so i dont wait 8 days for the design to be put up just so it gets ripped down in 1 ...MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!!! (I think i need a t-shirt intervention)

autor: stellanoctis
date: em Mar 13, 2007
hora: às 21:49:35

I call bullshit.

autor: Maddog58
date: em Mar 15, 2007
hora: às 08:28:32

Can't say I blame you for having an arbitary rule, but how come the explanation email never arrives - arbitrary too i suppose.

autor: applegary
date: em Mar 16, 2007
hora: às 07:48:43

Arbitrary is the new optional.

autor: dazza3
date: em Mar 17, 2007
hora: às 20:41:02

am i missing something? mine scored more than 1.5 yet still got droppped........................... i am a little confuddled. Is it now based on how many people say they will buy, so that you can sell more t-shirts????? perhaps? just a query.

autor: bluewater74
date: em Mar 20, 2007
hora: às 13:45:14

I think I must be missing something too, mine was dropped before I even got an email with the banners to advertise it and it was getting mostly good reviews. Plus it was in the running for the SEED contest and I saw some of the pitiful scores some of those got and they were way lower than this one.

autor: shimala
date: em Mar 20, 2007
hora: às 14:21:19

dazza3 - Scoring over a 1.5 doesn't matter anymore, that's clearly stated in point number 2 at the top.

bluewater74 - AOL might be the cause of the email delay as they love to cause havoc with our emails.

autor: Don Marinno
date: em Mar 20, 2007
hora: às 14:32:42

I guess it makes sense business wise, and will make the participants really work on our stuff.

autor: wiretop
date: em Mar 20, 2007
hora: às 22:17:59

good idea thanks.

autor: sonmi
date: em Mar 20, 2007
hora: às 22:19:08

this new rule suxxx! i quit!

autor: J-Ray
date: em Mar 20, 2007
hora: às 22:38:41

as the community grows, mediocrity becomes the lowest common denominator and more and more good submissions will score low.

autor: bluewater74
date: em Mar 21, 2007
hora: às 09:18:36

I went through a lot of the SEED submissions and a ton of them were dropped early. Maybe threadless reviewers just don't like science? It seems like that since a lot of the top scorers in that category really had nothing to do with actual science at all (robots, magical creatures, religious icons, etc..)..

autor: gavacho13
date: em Mar 22, 2007
hora: às 19:07:40

Holy Crappiness Batman! Seems unfair.

autor: liwintin
date: em Mar 22, 2007
hora: às 21:24:15

maybe "the 1.5 rule " is fair...

but it's unfair for me...

i join the competition in the first time...

just one day,it's over...

woooooooooow :(

autor: Mama Young
date: em Mar 24, 2007
hora: às 14:10:56

how about #3 becuase we said so!

autor: Mama Young
date: em Mar 24, 2007
hora: às 14:11:08

lol

autor: get a clue design
date: em Mar 27, 2007
hora: às 14:41:50

J-Ray nailed it.

autor: inu80
date: em Mar 27, 2007
hora: às 19:10:51

5000 submission in one day. can I do?

autor: federboy
date: em Mar 29, 2007
hora: às 21:34:29

The king has spoken

autor: kaloyster
date: em Mar 29, 2007
hora: às 21:36:57

2. These exact scores will not be made public.

Does this mean the average score won't be shown anymore, or during the scoring process only?

autor: drpantslaroo
date: em Mar 30, 2007
hora: às 11:50:22

Arbitrary:

based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"

How bout that for a slogan great dictator! Is this a cult? I love cults.

autor: Pixtoons
date: on Abr 1, 2007
hora: às 22:27:06

Maybe the "I'd buy it" should be emphasized as the thing that ensures the design lives to continue to final? Me being new to this site, I find the submission, voting and other parts of the process to be a bit opaque... I'm still not clear why Threadless would need to file for joint copyright on winners. That's not exactly kosher for copyrighted material and would typically be discouraged in the art and design business world.

autor: BoscoJones43
date: on Abr 9, 2007
hora: às 18:30:04

good

autor: Dono
date: on Abr 13, 2007
hora: às 18:03:30

im screwed.. lol

autor: Skinny1
date: on Abr 13, 2007
hora: às 18:11:48

Haha dont' worry dono, mine somehow stayed in so, so can anyone else's.

autor: J-Ray
date: on Abr 13, 2007
hora: às 18:14:04

How come "Taste the rainbow", with a final score of 1.13 and other very low scoring designs lasted the whole 7 days? Meanwhile other designs get 1.64 after 24 hours, or get dropped after 5 days? This system doesn't make any sense to me. Guess it really is arbitrary.

autor: minidonkey
date: on Abr 14, 2007
hora: às 13:57:28

score that is made up of multiple variables....uuuuuuhmmmm

autor: karm
date: on Abr 14, 2007
hora: às 14:05:43

J-Ray, I'm guessing most of the time something like that happens is when the 1.13 starts off strong and finishes weak, getting most of its I'd Buy It's on the first day, whereas the 1.64 was gettng a better score than 1.13's full week score, but didn't make the qualifications to get past the first day.

Does that make sense to anyone else, or did I just jibberjabber all over this post?

autor: Armyofmeisbliss
date: on Abr 14, 2007
hora: às 14:52:13

long live the british T-rex guy and all that.

autor: zegodead
date: on Abr 17, 2007
hora: às 00:55:39

it was my first design, so it is good to follow ahead, thanks Threadless team!

autor: viralVISUAL
date: on Abr 17, 2007
hora: às 13:30:50

lol, 3rd dropped submission, and still no email telling me why.

Something about Gmail that won't let me get them or what?

autor: Miss Bubbles
date: on Abr 20, 2007
hora: às 09:51:12

So... I'm still waiting for my notification! ��

autor: feiyen
date: on Abr 21, 2007
hora: às 05:34:46

mah.

no e-mail notification here, my design was dropped only after 2 days.

I don't thinks it's so right.

Bye

autor: Tuki Tack
date: on Abr 28, 2007
hora: às 12:07:42

Thank you for your Opporitonity...

autor: blonde8007
date: on Abr 28, 2007
hora: às 12:10:30

I don't know if I'm the first to say this.. why arn't there page numbers for this blog?

autor: serenaswam
date: on Abr 28, 2007
hora: às 19:31:21

Mine was pulled and it was 1.57..dang!

autor: serenaswam
date: on Abr 28, 2007
hora: às 19:31:52

plus no email notification. :(

autor: MolefaceNZ
date: on Mai 1, 2007
hora: às 23:50:04

that's not very nice

autor: keuj
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:04:40

strange, because best pictures are not always the one which are the best rated...

autor: gypsy7
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:06:26

it's supposed to make it fair, but i don't think it really does. just leave the dang thing in the running for seven days. will it really hurt anything?

autor: sonmi
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:07:50

wah wah wah

autor: Nonya
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:08:49

Yes it will hurt. It will hurt people's eyes.

autor: Legoman
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:13:15

.

autor: wullagaru
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:27:30

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP BUMPING THIS BLOG BACK UP?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!??!?!?!?!?

autor: Stevethegreat
date: on Mai 2, 2007
hora: às 13:45:04

boohoo

autor: james enox
date: on Mai 4, 2007
hora: às 20:03:28

I don't thinks it's so right.

Bye

autor: Ni Ni
date: on Mai 4, 2007
hora: às 20:27:53

i cant figure out why my design was droped after just only one day

i dont know if there is anything wrong!

and no notification either

i really like this place,, but plz explain this ,, PLZ!

autor: cloudythescribbler
date: on Mai 9, 2007
hora: às 16:18:27

I think you need to deal with the inevitable problem of "troll rating", where people deliberately DOWNSCORE those that are competitors to them.

A better system would have people flag those considered offensive or in bad taste (which would then be looked at with judgment) or a single star (positive), or double star (very positive). The advantage of this system is it is hard to sabotage competition, even though people can recruit others to vote FOR their designs.

The "star" approach would mean that those t-shirts that are actually liked by the most people would come to the fore, without being shot down by hostile "troll-raters".

autor: maija
date: on Mai 9, 2007
hora: às 16:24:22

They actually already do that with the "I'd Buy It". There are designs that have survived low scores through the first 24 hours presumably because they got a lot of "I'd Buy It"s, or so I assume.

Out of 2500 voters, it would be difficult to mount a serious campaign to deliberately downscore someone though. That's a lot of friends one would have to recruit to make a dent.

autor: michelini
date: on Mai 16, 2007
hora: às 17:26:20

i don't have received any email that explain me the reason why my design have been dropped out of competition...

autor: ISABOA
date: on Mai 16, 2007
hora: às 17:31:10

I don get why this blog has no pages ....... maybe thats why it is so whiny

autor: canadianbeaver
date: on Mai 16, 2007
hora: às 17:32:20

I do not think they even send out notices for ending early.

autor: fatheed
date: on Mai 16, 2007
hora: às 17:33:46

Its becasue about a third of the usual total voted your design under 1.1 out of 5. It not really woth having the other two thirds of people vote on it if it scores that low.

autor: MuazMonkey
date: on Mai 17, 2007
hora: às 04:10:00

thanks threadless team!

autor: TheW
date: on Mai 23, 2007
hora: às 04:32:05

he guys. i have 1.71 and i was droped out. this is fucking unfair. 0.21 more than the the deadly mark. heeeeeee. shit.

autor: TheW
date: on Mai 23, 2007
hora: às 04:32:29

hallo

?hallo?

autor: afromaniac2007
date: on Mai 23, 2007
hora: às 19:47:33

THATS BULLSHIT :X

autor: ISABOA
date: on Mai 23, 2007
hora: às 19:53:18

theW - it does not matter if you get over 1.5 that is what this blog is saying - but don't sweat getting dropped, just try harder next time

afro - it serves a purpose, thinning the herd so to speak

autor: afromaniac2007
date: on Mai 23, 2007
hora: às 19:55:35

i just like complaining:)

autor: steviec
date: on Mai 25, 2007
hora: às 04:55:42

This system is working!

Exhibit A:

http://www.threadless.com/profile/9420/cookie/submissions

Cookie's submissions are the reason the junk needs to be cleared out quickly.

autor: awwitsjustxcara
date: on Mai 28, 2007
hora: às 20:32:40

hmmm idk maybe extend the judgement day a bit longer?

48 hours?

autor: LeoDaMonkey
date: on Mai 30, 2007
hora: às 15:54:24

tough pickles

autor: ISABOA
date: on Mai 30, 2007
hora: às 17:22:13

dear threadless - thanks for dropping my design, it was embarrassing to have it up -

autor: steviec
date: on Jun 1, 2007
hora: às 00:23:45

I agree. The quality of design on this site and on the shirts is what makes Threadless the place it is. Quality always gets the votes. Jill, I think that's why Black Sheep scored so much better than Pirate's Life. Both were strong concepts but the quality of the former made all the difference.

Just back to Cookie for a moment...

This may sound peverse but I miss him! Come back, Cookie and dump a whole lot more crap on us!

autor: cantstopsmilin21
date: on Jun 9, 2007
hora: às 23:50:41

good :) this seems more reasonable and fair, as for ones that got less than 1.5 i doubt they will do any better if resubmitted under this because people didn't like them and thats why they got the 1.5 originally

autor: cantstopsmilin21
date: on Jun 9, 2007
hora: às 23:53:49

i think cookie;s style is not bad on his designs that are not writing... i just hate slogan shirts and apparently so did everyone else, well those one's at least :)

autor: sudanesepooch
date: em Jun 15, 2007
hora: às 23:22:52

hm. i feel like this new system is a bit fishy..but i suppose thats how everything is in todays market..when youre dealing with a business that aims to make a profit and market a certain group, it's up to them what gets to stay in the running...arbitrary, huh..

autor: Janice Elanor
date: em Jun 20, 2007
hora: às 22:13:33

it would be rather interesting if the vote scores on designs could be automatically graphed according to demographics, and shown after the voting is finished along with the average score...

eg line graphs:

1] showing how many 0's,1's,2's.....'i'd buy its' scored by males and females.

2] showing how many 0's,1's,2's.....'i'd buy its' scored by Nth &Sth America, Europe, Asia, Australia&Pacific.....

3] showing how many 0's,1's,2's.....'i'd buy its' scored by ages 0-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-25, 25-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50&over...

autor: The Jolly Brewer
date: em Jun 21, 2007
hora: às 04:16:11

That would be really interesting.... Never gonna happen though.

I'd love to see a simple breakdown of scores though. It would be really interesting as a design with an average score of 3 could have had no $ but a design of only 2.2 could have had 100$ etc.

autor: jaredonlyn
date: em Jun 23, 2007
hora: às 18:12:03

"arbitrary" ... isn't that kind'a unfair?

autor: Maggie66
date: em Jun 30, 2007
hora: às 16:24:27

I think that this is a stupid idea.

autor: Ellsswhere
date: em Jun 30, 2007
hora: às 16:32:13

scroll for days...

hey guys whatsup, can i make a request, if any important blogs or things of that nature come out like this rule change, could you program in a way to have like a threadless update bar on the side of your profile page. because i feel like i would miss out on a lot of updates and changes if i didn't just happen to log on to see this thread.

like a threadless news ticker or sumthin. eh' just a thought

autor: saltyhohobobo
date: on Jul 1, 2007
hora: às 15:29:25

"Arbitrary"? ! Yes,this is ridiculous; completely fickled.

autor: KOCHINIWA
date: on Jul 3, 2007
hora: às 13:39:15

is ridiculous

autor: Austin Carver
date: on Jul 5, 2007
hora: às 00:21:21

VAG.

autor: wees
date: em Jul 11, 2007
hora: às 15:56:05

tsss�

autor: woman4life
date: em Jul 12, 2007
hora: às 05:13:49

I have to admit, arbitrary scoring is rarely more fair. I don't claim to even understand the original rule, but arbitrary and fair rarely go together in the same sentence except as opposites. LOL

I pretty much agree with what Glorified said.

I also think 24 hrs. is rather short notice to find a tee on here, vote, promote, etc.

autor: mcclept
date: em Jul 12, 2007
hora: às 17:41:01

yeah this idea is ok. But leaves too much power in the hands that be...maybe that is why there has been some iffy selections as of late (nepitism perhaps)

autor: mcclept
date: em Jul 12, 2007
hora: às 20:01:59

I kied i keeeed I kid

autor: ortegacy
date: em Jul 13, 2007
hora: às 07:16:10

mob rule as critique. i knew this website was lame.

autor: redoom
date: em Jul 14, 2007
hora: às 14:04:20

ARRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! twice now! 24 hrs is not enough. I realize that you guys get lots and lots and lots of submissions, but this is shite.

autor: shimala
date: em Jul 14, 2007
hora: às 14:16:03

"when youre dealing with a business that aims to make a profit and market a certain group, it's up to them what gets to stay in the running...arbitrary, huh.."

I'm not sure why, but a lot of you think we're the one's taking down your submissions, not true. The system that is in place analyzes your scores in the first 24 hours. If it doesn't meet a certain criteria then it is take down by the system, not us.

autor: redoom
date: em Jul 14, 2007
hora: às 14:24:04

I get.. totally. That doesn't make it suck any less though does it?

autor: NGAZIN
date: em Jul 17, 2007
hora: às 16:54:33

I bet that what happens is that the staff prints out the designs and scatters them on the the floor. Then they get the ofice dog to come out and on the bottom of one shoe it says "ACCEPTED" and on the bottom of the other it says "REJECKTIMATATED." The dog roams around on the designs and stamps them with his shoes of judgement. If the dog has an accident on a design then that person gets doubles prize money.

Smash cut to Dog's collar: It reads "Threadless Computer"

THE END? (CUE MUSIC)

autor: sandybox
date: em Jul 19, 2007
hora: às 22:26:15

what a crappy end to my first submit here! it kind of ruins my motivation, but at the same time increases it in a sick way, hee

and some people here are waaaay too attached to their designs. new songs are written every minute, get over it. just because your stuff gets booted off of here does not mean your design doesn't exist, sheesh

autor: corey9
date: em Jul 20, 2007
hora: às 08:14:48

Bob Sandwiches lost his favorite pencil at exactly 5:31 on Wednesday, but smiled at the though of getting some new white laces for his shoes.

autor: wullagaru
date: em Jul 20, 2007
hora: às 08:33:23

thank you corey for that little bit of wisdom

autor: fatheed
date: em Jul 20, 2007
hora: às 08:34:48

Bob Sangwiches?

autor: the-reel-colorado
date: em Jul 20, 2007
hora: às 14:26:20

I love the new change! How sweet it all is!

autor: Ellsswhere
date: em Jul 20, 2007
hora: às 19:03:01

but how can one lose something at an exact time? is it the time the individual last saw the item, or when they first look for it and cannot find it? also, its more or less a win win situation, Bob may have lost a pencil, but someone else will find the pencil and it shall become their favorite pencil.

we should all lose a pencil today so that another may pick it up and draw till their hand cramps!

autor: luckgirl
date: em Jul 21, 2007
hora: às 17:53:37

I didn't recieve email notification when mine was dropped out early just letting you know.

autor: boorasm
date: em Jul 23, 2007
hora: às 11:13:48

I think entering a submission into competition on a Friday afternoon is really an unfair disadvantage because it's the worst possible time to start a 24hour countdown for any good or bad design to really have any chance of survival with such a voting system. No offense, but who is logging on to any website Friday Night after work? Fridays in general are the biggest travel days of the week- especially in the summer- I don't care what city/state or country you're in!

autor: fatheed
date: em Jul 23, 2007
hora: às 11:19:54

Just because less people vote into the weekend, it doesn't mean those that do, vote any differently.

autor: eskimokiss
date: em Jul 24, 2007
hora: às 06:17:09

It's great how this blog keeps getting dug up almost 2 years on from inception

autor: Hero Status
date: em Jul 24, 2007
hora: às 15:33:55

24 hrs is too damn little an amnt of time. you get like, 700 voters and thats it! its not good for the design itself, nor is it good for helping the designer figure out whats good or bad about his designs. Also, i think it totally ruins the community feel that much more, because you're submissions are getting taken down without their fair shot. its pretty fuckin lame. And its not like the crits help, because tho ur design will stay up, theres all of like, 20 people who pay attention to them and try to provide worthwhile advice!

fckin weak.

m

autor: sonmi
date: em Jul 24, 2007
hora: às 15:42:15

OMG! THIS NEW RULE SUX! I ONLY HAD A CHANCE TO ASK MY MOM, DAD, DOG, AND LITTLE SISTER TO GIVE ME $5 IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS, BUT NOT MY NEIGHBOR, CUZIN, BIG SISTER, BIGGER SISTER, AND SECOND DAD

autor: Lupus Delirus
date: em Jul 24, 2007
hora: às 16:50:48

This site should advertise more so they can gain a better market and have some good designers on here, as well as some good people to vote.

Cause right now, its a joke.

autor: sonmi
date: em Jul 24, 2007
hora: às 16:55:41

no u

autor: ISABOA
date: em Jul 24, 2007
hora: às 17:40:40

Lupus Delirus on Jul 24 '07 at 4:50pm

This site should advertise more so they can gain a better market and have some good designers on here, as well as some good people to vote.

Cause right now, its a joke.

hahahahahahahahah

autor: Rissy86
date: em Jul 25, 2007
hora: às 09:31:04

This week was the first time I summited a design, and it was dropped in 24 hrs. I thought I had a week, I would have told more people about it. Plus, alot of people don't go on the internet EVERY day, what if you miss the threadless email notification, or you don't get a chance to vote on a design? Threadless needs to come up with a better solution to their voting system.

autor: shimala
date: em Jul 25, 2007
hora: às 16:00:43

Relying on your friends to vote is not going to change your score at all. You could have a 100 friends vote 5$ on your design which may push it past the first 24hours but once the general users vote it would still be dropped. A designs score is pretty much set after 100 or so votes.

autor: snowpro
date: em Jul 26, 2007
hora: às 11:14:54

whos is that lupus delirus freak

autor: Mr. Bacon
date: em Jul 27, 2007
hora: às 14:02:01

suck my *** lupus. Youre frikin delerious

autor: canadianbeaver
date: em Jul 27, 2007
hora: às 14:33:30

You don't get an e-mail saying it has been dropped, do you???

autor: Mr. Bacon
date: em Jul 28, 2007
hora: às 22:36:43

delerious

autor: Johnny the homicidal maniac
date: em Jul 31, 2007
hora: às 21:17:00

Thank you so much

autor: fleetingshadow
date: on Ago 1, 2007
hora: às 17:03:35

The 24 hour limit makes it painful to promote a shirt. Here's the problem:

I got an email on 7/30 at 1:45pm saying "Your Threadless Submission: [TH:Decline] for my Foxxy Music design, saying it had been nixed.

At this point I assumed "well, that's that then", and gave up.

I then got an email on 7/30 at 7:15pm saying that it was now in the running (which I didn't see until just now).

And I just went to the site, and discover that it's all already over.

What's the point in advertising if (a) there's not enough time to do it, and (b) if something's horked in the system which either is jettisoning submissions before they're voted on, or at least sending out false emails to that effect?

I'm confused as to exactly what happened here.

autor: dontcare
date: on Ago 2, 2007
hora: às 19:00:52

I totally agree with Glorifiedg!!!!

autor: shimala
date: on Ago 2, 2007
hora: às 19:20:19

fleetingshadow - I'm pretty sure your design was marked as declined on accident and an email was sent immediately. Once the error was noticed we instantly marked it as approved but when this happens it's placed in a queue of of all approved submissions which are slowly let out onto the site throughout the day. That's why you got the decline email at 1:45 and then the posting email later that day at 7:15.

What do you think of this idea that just popped into my head to help design promotion. When you first submit your design you can view a pending page(example. We could add a field to this page that would allow anyone to sign up to be notified when the design goes up for scoring, just like you get when your design is approved now. This would give you 4-8 extra days to promote your design to whoever and then if they want to vote all they have to do is fill out a request.

autor: fleetingshadow
date: on Ago 2, 2007
hora: às 19:21:46

That would be awesome, and would definitely reduce the issues.

Another thing I'd suggest is having the designs go out of the main "voting" pool, but still keep them live for voting for the whole week. That way if word of mouth starts up, they could still end up getting resurrected, but wouldn't be holding up new submissions.

autor: mygrandadsname
date: on Ago 3, 2007
hora: às 16:34:29

We need more designers and a lot less whiners.

autor: fleetingshadow
date: on Ago 4, 2007
hora: às 05:31:09

mygrandadsname - your comment would carry a lot more weight if you actually had put up any designs yourself.

autor: teamsasquatch
date: on Ago 4, 2007
hora: às 22:21:17

I've never received an email for being declined, just that a design is in the running

autor: FireOfHeaven
date: on Ago 8, 2007
hora: às 14:30:43

not 24 hours. oh well, it was just for fun anyways.

assholes

autor: fatheed
date: on Ago 8, 2007
hora: às 14:40:15

Hey Shimala - that 'tell me when scoring starts' button on pending subs would be a great idea. Do it, do it!

autor: FireOfHeaven
date: on Ago 8, 2007
hora: às 14:49:28

the first 5 hours it was under someone else's name thanks to a glitch on the website.

life is not fair.

autor: pinkypoodle
date: on Ago 10, 2007
hora: às 12:52:56

waaa i wanna wear it!

autor: chawanmushi
date: on Ago 10, 2007
hora: às 19:12:23

My submission was removed after more or less 24 hours with a 1.65 score. I have not received a "notification as to why it was removed." Some explaining needs to be done.

autor: Bli
date: on Ago 11, 2007
hora: às 11:44:11

i'm confused, I thought it was 1.5 or less in 24 hours?

Mine had 5 days left and has been dropped at 1.57 ... I've got no email either

:(

autor: pickamaniac
date: on Ago 14, 2007
hora: às 20:24:05

hey i got 1.65...y was my submission stil got removed?!~

autor: shimala
date: on Ago 15, 2007
hora: às 00:30:48

Point 2 clearly states... "We are no longer using an average score of 1.5 as the minimum score to stay in the running. We will now be using an arbitrary score that is made up of multiple variables..."

I'm told the emails are being sent so they must be going into a black hole somewhere. I'll investigate further...

autor: Bli
date: on Ago 15, 2007
hora: às 10:57:20

Sorry .. i only saw the 100 votes bit, musta been tired.

I thought I was doing okay too :( shame I could see how it was doing before hand, would've been less of a shock.

Cheers

autor: Bli
date: on Ago 15, 2007
hora: às 12:07:59

should be 'shame I couldn't see' in the post above obviously :D

autor: JONSTOVALL
date: on Ago 16, 2007
hora: às 15:08:19

Darn. Thanks for the opportunity anyhow.

All your scores are belong to us.

autor: ALIADOTONY
date: on Ago 16, 2007
hora: às 23:44:35

Seems more fear to me ive seen designs here get like 300 votes in 2 hours or so ,like if someone haves 300 friends voting at the time

Mr. Shimala had spoken!

autor: rajaka
date: on Ago 18, 2007
hora: às 06:53:21

Don't panic people, if you're talented you'll win!

autor: rajaka
date: on Ago 20, 2007
hora: às 05:24:12

My design 'was dropped early'; however, there are people in comments saying they'd wear it (http://www.threadless.com/submission/131011/Broken_Formula).

Also, I haven't got any email with notification. Why?

autor: shimala
date: on Ago 20, 2007
hora: às 15:49:03

I was cc'd on your drop email so you should have received it. Maybe it was blocked/spammed?

"there are people in comments saying they'd wear it"

autor: jean_warhol
date: on Ago 20, 2007
hora: às 15:50:33

are you being sassy shimala...lol

autor: shimala
date: on Ago 20, 2007
hora: às 15:56:34

I'm trying not to, but there's not other way to put it...

the rest of my comment got cut off...

"there are people in comments saying they'd wear it"

Nearly every submission has comments like this. it's not uncommon.

autor: mooseinmyshoe
date: on Ago 20, 2007
hora: às 16:05:49

a sassy shimala...is there any other kind?

autor: Hey Mostrico
date: on Ago 20, 2007
hora: às 22:07:22

this is so strange...arbitrary????????????????? what ??? this rule sux

autor: Bli
date: on Ago 21, 2007
hora: às 04:26:32

I never got a drop email either Shimala ...

It would be nice if we could at least see the progress on our own submissions so when they're dropped it's not quite a shock ... I thought I was doing okay with mine :(

autor: shetland
date: on Ago 22, 2007
hora: às 05:31:31

I'm another one who gets no drop emails... but all my publicity mails have come through no problem?

autor: adk17
date: on Ago 22, 2007
hora: às 19:02:58

well the shirts that get taken out of the running probably wouldnt win any ways. sry

autor: adk17
date: on Ago 22, 2007
hora: às 19:04:13

well if a design gets diqualified it probably wasnt that good to begin with.

autor: adk17
date: on Ago 22, 2007
hora: às 19:05:05

sry i just said the same thing twice! : )

autor: Bli
date: on Ago 23, 2007
hora: às 07:45:12

thanks for that adk17 ...

autor: duile
date: on Ago 24, 2007
hora: às 09:42:10

buu!. haha I�m loosing my borreguitos!

autor: Posn
date: on Ago 28, 2007
hora: às 16:15:32

Ha ha ha And I thought I was doing all right. What a fu..... bummer

autor: SpartanLife
date: on Ago 29, 2007
hora: às 16:00:04

yeah arbitrary pretty much means made up, also a day is not a very long time to determine whether or not a shirt should be dropped or not.

autor: lorraineharte
date: on Ago 29, 2007
hora: às 23:01:29

:( I agree spartan. I just got dropped and I didn't get an email saying why... yet. I don't think my design was super awesome or anything, but still if they let it in, why not leave it up for a while, no one left any horrible comments, but I wish the people who scored me all those zeros had at least left criticism so I'd have a clue.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 03:52:55

T + Q +L, Drop that shit, if not, keep it going. Thats an arbitrary equation, not any single variable tells it what to do.

I'll go back to being an artist now.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 03:53:18

Arbitrary:ar�bi�trar�y /ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahr-bi-trer-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, noun, plural -trar�ies.

�adjective

1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.

2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.

3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.

4. capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment.

5. Mathematics. undetermined; not assigned a specific value: an arbitrary constant.

�noun

6. arbitraries, Printing. (in Britain) peculiar (def. 9).

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 03:53:38

This forum software is truncating stuff, fix it!

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 03:54:16

They mean #6 in the definition of arbitrary, not 1-5 I assume.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 03:56:14

Err, number 5.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 03:59:31

One more thought, it's likely they attribute greater significance to those who actually by tshirts, then those who submit art, and lastly, those who lurk.

Afterall, they're a business first, a community second, and a playground third. This is why they say it's arbitrary, because one it's hard to describe formulas like that, and second, it'd upset you to understand the required need for capitalism.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 22:53:31

This doesn't tell me why it was dropped, false advertising.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 22:54:32

This doesn't tell me why it was dropped, false advertising.

autor: cyanyde
date: on Set 1, 2007
hora: às 22:55:14

no notification either, sorry for the spam

autor: JTFX
date: on Set 2, 2007
hora: às 22:11:42

yeah.. 1st day dropped.. no email.. it seemed that people were liking it though?! 24 hours isn't even enough time to show anyone lol.

The think is.. I think there would be heaps of 0's being voted as people tend to quickly flick through subs hitting 0 unless something really appeals.. where they hit 5..

hrm.

autor: JTFX
date: on Set 2, 2007
hora: às 22:12:23

yeah.. 1st day dropped.. no email.. it seemed that people were liking it though?! 24 hours isn't even enough time to show anyone lol.

The think is.. I think there would be heaps of 0's being voted as people tend to quickly flick through subs hitting 0 unless something really appeals.. where they hit 5..

hrm.

autor: Armyofmeisbliss
date: on Set 7, 2007
hora: às 22:13:13

you're killing yourselves.

you're killing me.

every second, 1 illustrator commits suicide due to this policy.

you're killing us.

*1 minute for y'all*

autor: tenseventythree
date: on Set 21, 2007
hora: às 17:08:20

it seems that this is a less precise and more subjective method. There seems to be a lack of emails notifying designers. This leads one to believe that their designs were no good with no reasoning behind it. No constructive criticism.

I wonder if there is less process involved and more laziness on the part of those "scoring".

I advise those who are disgruntled to start a site of their own or just learn the process of screen printing.

This has become a business loosely run under the guise of indie culture.

autor: sonmi
date: on Set 21, 2007
hora: às 17:09:58

oh snaps

you gonna take that, threadless?

autor: zipperking
date: on Set 21, 2007
hora: às 17:17:04

maybe you should learn screenprinting, so we don't have to listen to you bitch.

autor: windychowchow
date: on Set 22, 2007
hora: às 22:24:59

.com means commercial

autor: betterthanhuman
date: on Set 25, 2007
hora: às 17:38:21

Beautiful.

autor: Terry Terror
date: on Set 28, 2007
hora: às 08:06:40

a logical decision, since you are suppose to be here to SELL T-shirts

you want it, fast and safe

no problem

:)

autor: canadianbeaver
date: on Set 29, 2007
hora: às 06:05:06

Constructive criticism? Oh sure, why don't they hand write a note to all 100 entries each day?

If you aren't getting e-mails, check your spam filter.

autor: the golden spatula
date: on Set 29, 2007
hora: às 06:18:54

sounds good! i really appreciate your endeavors to make threadless more and more awesome.

autor: C.A.Philips
date: on Out 3, 2007
hora: às 07:27:45

theres something wrong with the scoring..im being dropped out even after 24 hrs or before completing 24 hours!..its really frustrating...

autor: msmichi5477
date: on Out 3, 2007
hora: às 17:03:47

Sounds kinda shady....like we'll drop it for whatever reason regardless of average score.

autor: godmaster79
date: on Out 4, 2007
hora: às 02:07:54

heu ok it's good but one of my recent design wa dropped wxith an average of 1.58 so i don't understand because normally is less than 1.5????? thanks for answer me....

autor: MisterHero
date: on Out 4, 2007
hora: às 08:09:22

Yay this is great! I can discredit people's works without even commenting on it and therefore regardless of reason! Awesome.

Oh well, I had fun.

autor: MisterHero
date: on Out 4, 2007
hora: às 08:29:00

Then againg, I'm not fine. 600+ ratings and only 4-10 comments. That's lame. Vote 1 it if you want but you should at least leave a message for such crushing descension.

I didn't get the notification mail either.

autor: sedd900
date: on Out 4, 2007
hora: às 23:11:27

i dint recieve any mail even i feel sad

autor: stor
date: on Out 6, 2007
hora: às 06:27:29

I don't know why I can receive all mail from Threadless except "dropped early" mail. Is it all "dropped early" mails are same text for everyone?

autor: canadianbeaver
date: on Out 6, 2007
hora: às 09:14:28

Read! it says we are no longer using 1.5 as the minimum, so even if you have 1.65 other factors can effect the drop.

The 24 hours is when the computer or whatever calculates, not when the posting goes up. sometimes it is a couple of days.

Just try again. You will be fine. And use the critique section to get help.

autor: canadianbeaver
date: on Out 6, 2007
hora: às 09:15:56

I don't think they even send out dropped early e-mails. You just see it beside your sub.

autor: corey9
date: on Out 9, 2007
hora: às 07:05:05

dear 1.5 rule,

i sent you a dozen donughts last week, did you get them?

i was gonna send along a cup of coffee too but i spilled it on my pants.

corey.

autor: decksandbass
date: on Out 16, 2007
hora: às 06:35:27

Sounds fair enough to me!

autor: xxILL
date: on Out 17, 2007
hora: às 03:50:26

Hmmmm?!

O.K. I just got dropped out and want to excuse me for sending up such a bad bad (almost evil) design with it�s tricky little title problem. I�m sure millions of blind kids would buy my shirt...

So this means after 90 days I can put my design into my own little online shop to sell it with my other stuff? (Of course it gets a better title there ...hehehe)

Thanx again to all fair voters and bad voting competitors, so threadless just won�t earn a buck from this design and all the fat money goes to me only :)

autor: rob808
date: on Out 19, 2007
hora: às 15:42:49

That sucks both of my designs got pulled down in one day. What's the point of giving us 7 days, if your just going to judge it one days votes? I already got 500+ votes on both shirts,. I just got started promoting.

Goodbye Threadless shirts, I'm going somewhere else.

autor: C.A.Philips
date: on Out 24, 2007
hora: às 09:41:35

all crap gets more than 2.

autor: miss-e
date: on Out 27, 2007
hora: às 21:51:52

That shirt was FLY!!!!!

autor: smallvillager
date: em Nov 16, 2007
hora: às 02:19:51

oh well

autor: Cheli-Land
date: em Nov 30, 2007
hora: às 08:41:02

I FEEL YOU NICOZZZZZZZ :-((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

my FIRST sumbission it's been dropOut after 24hours TOO

:-((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

autor: ohphighy
date: on Dez 6, 2007
hora: às 21:54:12

some people really needs help

autor: ferooo
date: on Dez 7, 2007
hora: às 23:36:52

Its Really good idea!!! Great Threadless

autor: videovexa
date: on Dez 10, 2007
hora: às 20:29:18

seriously... got pulled in less than 24 hours and no email explanation. 1/2 of submitting is at least being able to get feedback and have people look at your work! I mean, ya spend a lot of time putting in a submission, you should at least be able to compete, even if ppl think it sux. I really would like some feedback on my last submission! Please, it was submitted and pulled on Dec 5th, 2007

autor: kayne
date: on Dez 10, 2007
hora: às 20:31:46

Hey videovexa, maybe you should submit your design to the critique forum first.

autor: Glowacki
date: on Dez 11, 2007
hora: às 10:17:20

What if the rules were clarified exactly to a "T", maybe that would help people out? The way it is explained seems very safe for Threadless which seems logical as a business can be a dangerous thing to handle. Out of my own personal experiences businesses game the their voting systems all the time in order to avoid a legal issue, it's almost sometimes unavoidable in order to make a profitable advertisement let alone a full on business that survives on the premiss of an idea of a voting system. Is there a way to make this system more community based? As opposed to a coded system of dismissal? I don't know does anyone? I mean having it unexplained, it is either highly complex algorithm based system or not, which is likely I don't know. Either way, a system basing dismissal of design or aesthetic taste on voting numbers will always have faults and loop holes. It's a tough battle, that is any type of judgement regarding pure opinion on what isn't definitively right or wrong. In that regard, I would think people have to make their own personal judgment calls as to if Threadless is advocating more for a Community Forum Opportunity or a Profitable Business. Then either support them by submitting and participating or going elsewhere. Right now honestly I am in questioning mode until things are more defined to users. I mean this is how Threadless has gotten their audience, so promotional ploy? or friendly forum?

apologies for the rant.

autor: Glowacki
date: on Dez 11, 2007
hora: às 10:27:35

p.s.

The Critique doesn't seem to be used to the best of it's ability by any means, nor promoted in general and by this voting system? That is a partial fault of users and owners. This COULD be a great arena for people to actually have thoughtful critiques, but is there a way to make that happen?

autor: ZapDolls
date: on Dez 14, 2007
hora: às 09:21:50

Got pulled way to eary.

I agree with Glowacki. Part of submission is feedback.

Sometimes it takes a few days to get around to logging in...

and pow, it's dropped already???

autor: ZapDolls
date: on Dez 14, 2007
hora: às 09:29:06

Really really really not liking this.

Don't feel like my sub (or anyone's) will be getting fair exposure.

*shrug*

very upsetting, this.

autor: nybe
date: on Dez 14, 2007
hora: às 11:03:35

whole thing sounds pretty arbitrary to me.

autor: DanhTa
date: on Dez 15, 2007
hora: às 15:32:49

pop off

autor: ordinarytruth
date: on Dez 16, 2007
hora: às 14:05:51

bummer, i got dropped like woah.

autor: dwmccullough
date: on Dez 16, 2007
hora: às 17:26:28

He who has the most scoring friends win.

autor: dwmccullough
date: on Dez 16, 2007
hora: às 17:36:27

RE: Glowacki on "critiqe"

I agree about "thoughtful critique". My first submission I was suprised at the quick closing. Some comments were helpful yet others were from people that were obviously not familuar with the retro look I was going for and voted down on "font usage". Anyone familiar with the old ads from the 1950's would have recognized the font usage as an accurate portrayal.... Oh well, I have another retro design on the way, hopefully people will understand what they are critiquing this time.

autor: MrDomino
date: on Dez 16, 2007
hora: às 17:53:18

If people don't understand what they are looking at then perhaps the issue is more in the design itself. Communication of ideas is part of the designer's responsibility. As is choosing your audience. It's easy to blame poor scoring on voters or the "friend" factor, but you have more say than the public on how well your work will fare. I also think you theory that the audience just didn't get your type is off. Hot Topic and Steve & Barry's have been selling bad pun retro tees for years, there's not a lot going on to confound the mind.

Besides, with votes per sub reaching into the 2000s, you'd need to swing hundreds of people to a sub in order to make a tangible difference. I'm not entirely convinced that anyone has done that. And if they have, the staff has said already that they monitor who is voting what and intelligently weigh the value of a large number of first time voters 5-ing a particular sub.

autor: Dabem
date: on Dez 23, 2007
hora: às 03:30:31

Ok so this has been in affect for two years now. Why isn't this linked to or mentioned in either the PDFs in the sub kit or on the sub screen? I mean I'm not entirely bitter over my failed sub, things happen. I just would have liked to been aware that the first 24 hours were an issue.

Also is there still no email that goes out to explain why a sub got cut if it was above 1.5? Seems that should be ratified.

I'm not saying it's a bad system, I'm sure it cleans up a lot of designs that just don't cut it, mine included. I'm gunna use this as a springboard to put more time and effort into my next sub. However, I do think there needs to be a lot more communication, both that your design being cut in 24 hours is a possibility, and why your design was cut. Now if the folks at threadless wanted to be real nice they could give us some ways to avoid getting cut and ensure we don't commit fatal errors.

autor: ahming86
date: on Dez 23, 2007
hora: às 06:00:55

i have a question if the design is scoring completed and the score is at least 2.5 or above, how do we know whether our design is been chosen for print to sell or not ??

autor: Posn
date: on Dez 24, 2007
hora: às 06:58:38

Hmm I think this is an improvement, cos the old way...well it was a kick in the old nuts so to say... :-)

This was more like a ....eeeh kick in the ass

autor: JABshirts
date: on Dez 24, 2007
hora: às 15:34:32

it would be nice if threadless sent an email saying why it got dropped

i've had 2 dropped and no email

autor: ahming86
date: on Dez 24, 2007
hora: às 19:28:18

but i never dropped... 2.65 out of 5 , guess should be qualified ... not really sure how they are working on it ??

autor: ahming86
date: on Dez 25, 2007
hora: às 03:27:12

oic...., thx opifan64 ^^

autor: mcmillions
date: on Dez 29, 2007
hora: às 14:47:13

yeah calling the design removal systems values arbitrary and variable is sort of a cop out.

autor: Asunder
date: on Dez 30, 2007
hora: às 15:46:00

No email explanation for me as well.. Also above 1.5

autor: superflis
date: on Jan 1, 2008
hora: às 16:15:39

:)

autor: Brentbach
date: on Jan 9, 2008
hora: às 02:27:57

i had three designs removed and zero emails on why. too bad.

autor: jublin
date: on Jan 9, 2008
hora: às 02:34:35

is it really mandatory to bump this blog every time someone's sub gets dropped early?

autor: Brentbach
date: on Jan 9, 2008
hora: às 12:16:17

too bad?

autor: iDanSimpson
date: on Jan 9, 2008
hora: às 12:19:59

i had three designs removed and zero emails on why. too bad.

besides the information listed here, the e-mails wouldn't say anything new as to why your sub got dropped. the e-mails are merely a notification.

autor: jazanza
date: em Jan 11, 2008
hora: às 18:51:36

i had my design removed and no emails on

WHY ????

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 11, 2008
hora: às 19:33:34

i dont really get it can anyone explain? :S

autor: fatheed
date: em Jan 11, 2008
hora: às 19:35:29

After recieving approximately half the votes, your design didn't score high enough to ever be considered for print and was dropped from the competition.

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 11, 2008
hora: às 19:36:58

i was over 1.5 why droped?

autor: jazanza
date: em Jan 12, 2008
hora: às 14:01:14

my other design was dropped out too....TOO BAD !! any explanations ?? no mail ?? why ?? Someone answer me

autor: dtodoroff
date: em Jan 13, 2008
hora: às 11:47:59

my other design was over 1.5 but was dropped out!Why?no mail?!?why?!?

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 15, 2008
hora: às 19:07:55

can any winner tell how he was rewarded the cash prizes?

autor: tesco
date: em Jan 15, 2008
hora: às 19:48:25

carrier pigeon

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 16, 2008
hora: às 01:03:35

the 2000 dollar cash prize is physical money to be sent to the winner or its saved online credit as a money used only for purchasing t-shirts?

autor: Posn
date: em Jan 16, 2008
hora: às 13:18:08

Crap!, bring out the rules so we know what we go too.

This is fucking bullshit. What is wrong with the rules since you can't let us see them? ha?

I bet there is no rules. You just pick what you want, and fuck the votes.

That is anyway the way you it looks like to me....

Make clear rules and publish them, ore loose credibility!

:-(

autor: craft
date: em Jan 17, 2008
hora: às 18:37:26

thats cool i'll just try harder next time.

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 19, 2008
hora: às 00:14:10

and after ur scoring is done u get to know if u won or not or if u didnt receive mail u have to just wait

autor: bemfi
date: em Jan 22, 2008
hora: às 03:37:20

thanks for explainations,im waiting for more:)

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 06:40:04

but wat bout promooos!!!1 it drops so early becausE! its not like normal threads who have beetr chance seen and most pll wont vote in proms ofcourse,, so i duno it dont have same chance maybe as normal threads specially,ones who submitted late at the promo

autor: fatheed
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 06:42:21

You're talking jibberish.

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 06:45:45

man,, just mean does promos design have same progress as normal threads or no? cause they are seen less if they are isolated in theri promo section which leads ofcourse to early score drop and giving chance to ones who just submitted maybe earlier and not necessarily a better design

autor: fatheed
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 06:47:03

No. If anything, they have more exposure, because they appear in the regular designs section, and their own Loves section.

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 06:52:46

i duno maybe but i think its just needs a different kinda scoring, cause i just see that the old designs just got their chances better not cause they are beter just because they were submitted early thats wat i think!

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 06:53:48

even this rule i dunt get much so wat bout a design less than 1,5?

does it all means have be like over 2.5 to get printeD? so does that also say that in love promos cause they are lessss designs a shirt with low scoring to get printeD?

autor: fatheed
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 07:00:33

If it scores less than 1.5 out of ten, it means not enough people like it. If it scores 2.5, then it can mean half of people love it and give it 5, and half people hate it and give it 0. That amount of people liking it is enough to get it printed.

Its an extreme example, but I am trying to make it a clear as possible.

autor: darkdog
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 07:03:34

ok thanks!

autor: boriskarloff
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 17:42:06

good

autor: cheryl222
date: em Jan 23, 2008
hora: às 18:29:36

Although I got bumped, I still think the level of talent on your website is great!

autor: bemfi
date: em Jan 25, 2008
hora: às 01:34:42

wow !my second design too ( dropped early).i wish my email can working when threadlless sending me email,so..i'm waiting:)

autor: JohnnyArtGuy
date: em Jan 25, 2008
hora: às 22:50:35

I didn't get my email, would like to know way. thank =P

autor: boriskarloff
date: em Jan 26, 2008
hora: às 23:49:12

...and me too..

autor: Trishpix
date: em Jan 27, 2008
hora: às 10:03:40

wow...i didn't even know my designs had been accepted and they were dropped. my friends were bummed because they were into the shirts...i didn't even get to vote!

not everyone is glued to this during the week...some of us have other things going on, like kids and jobs.

would love to get that e-mail that explained the reasons dropped, although I'm pretty sure they were a bit too risque.

maybe a 48 hour rule would be a bit more realistic?

autor: shimala
date: em Jan 27, 2008
hora: às 10:33:49

1. I'm still lost on why so many are not getting the email. I get copied on each one sent.

2. The email says pretty much what's stated at the top.

3. Please take the time to read the original post before saying something like... "but my design scored over a 1.5"

autor: shimala
date: em Jan 27, 2008
hora: às 10:35:10

I guess 3 is confusing because the rule is referred to as the "1.5 rule"

autor: Majac
date: em Jan 27, 2008
hora: às 14:41:13

I didn't get my email, too

it's a shame, shame, shame

autor: corey9
date: em Jan 28, 2008
hora: às 07:09:47

no no, a right, then a left, another left, another left, then a right. yep, we'll see you in like 10 minutes.

autor: Majac
date: em Jan 28, 2008
hora: às 08:30:45

how can I remove my design???

autor: canadianbeaver
date: em Jan 28, 2008
hora: às 12:50:35

a little to the left, no right that's it, no right, down a bit...

yep yep

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........

autor: squirrel67
date: em Jan 28, 2008
hora: às 12:58:12

someone is scratchin yo beaver?

autor: chikoKF
date: on Fev 6, 2008
hora: às 06:37:31

Hey!

my design has scored 1.51 in 24 hours and it has been removed from the running...and i don�t receive any e-mail...

Perhaps Threadless should have a harder selection,there are a lot designs with an extremely poor quality.

autor: Chuckyfreak
date: on Fev 9, 2008
hora: às 18:10:29

cool. mine is still in so that's good.

check it if ya wanna

autor: BB_freshII
date: on Fev 10, 2008
hora: às 13:07:25

How is it possible that i was dropped so early with the note 1.65 ??

autor: KZH
date: on Fev 12, 2008
hora: às 06:13:51

I don't recieve any email!?

autor: MiniVixen
date: on Fev 12, 2008
hora: às 17:25:03

Pretty good way of doing it, except I've scored a few designs with a 5 which I'd deffinately wear and even buy, but have not ticked the "I'd buy it tell me if it wins box" because I don't see the need. If it wins it'll be up for print and I'll be able to order it.

But if counting the number of ticked boxes goes towards a final result then I don't think ticking the I'd wear it box is signified as important as it's made out, at least not to new people.

autor: Don Jon
date: on Fev 15, 2008
hora: às 13:21:20

I never got any email...

autor: matthi
date: on Fev 15, 2008
hora: às 19:17:57

i hate math.

fuck you

autor: Bugzynite
date: on Fev 19, 2008
hora: às 23:58:15

WOW! This is soo gay, I really liked my design...and A lot of people I know liked the design. Man I 'm pissed my design got dropped. I guess I will put this shirt out myself.

autor: JoeyRun
date: on Fev 20, 2008
hora: às 11:18:55

i think it super swell, otherwise you get the site clogged up with t-shirts that just don't cut the mustard.

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Fev 20, 2008
hora: às 11:22:15

WOW! This is soo gay, I really liked my design...and A lot of people I know liked the design. Man I 'm pissed my design got dropped. I guess I will put this shirt out myself.

aaaaaaaand gone.

autor: Booz
date: on Fev 20, 2008
hora: às 11:34:24

SoulfumeInc...what are you trying to say? Honeslty, I would have liked a lil criticism with the drop. The min I put up my design they put up these new rules. But its cool, I just put it out myself and sell it in my hood. -simple annnnnnd gone (stfu)

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Fev 20, 2008
hora: às 11:40:11

Well, you complained about your sub being dropped, so I clicked on your profile to see what the design looked like.

These "new rules" were up long before your design.

My first impression was that you got so upset that your design got dropped that you deleted your account. Am I wrong?

autor: Booz
date: on Fev 20, 2008
hora: às 12:06:17

SoulfumeInc. Nah, your right...at first I got upset, because I thought it was a really a hot shirt, I would have definetly wore it. At that point I just cancelled the account, but then I seen a lot of the other stuff that was dropped, and there were really some good ones dropped. It made me come back. Honeslty, I just wanted some constructive criticism, instead of the cold drop (feel me).

Well, here is the design, you be the judge, maybe its not the style of the site. But like a few designers said, they own it and its competition, makes me sharpen my skill.

http://www.threadless.com/submission/152519/The_Root_of_Friendship

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Fev 20, 2008
hora: às 12:29:25

No worries man. Lots of designs get dropped every day. Unfortunately, you dont get much feedback as to why, but its gotta happen.

good luck to you. i'll check out the sub

autor: Steve Holtz
date: on Fev 21, 2008
hora: às 14:12:52

There are hardly any shirts that get a score as high as 2. Does anyone like any of the shirts on here?

autor: cash_ivc
date: on Fev 23, 2008
hora: às 15:35:56

oh! exelent...now i wil know why i receive low score...

hahahahaha!

great!

autor: Tan.
date: on Fev 28, 2008
hora: às 07:11:26

Jeez, if you say youre gonna mail us to say why our designs are dropped then get on with it and do it!!

You know creative types are a bit highly strung so please dont string out any more than neccessary...

autor: btmoon
date: on Fev 28, 2008
hora: às 11:44:14

Non-transparent voting / scoring processes and elusive math? What about a business model that gives the illusion of a democratic process while in reality winners are chosen by the Threadless staff?

autor: snaggle tooth
date: on Fev 28, 2008
hora: às 11:45:46

every time someone gets a low score and/or rejected, this blog always get bumpt...

n00b!

autor: Tan.
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 05:47:18

Well then why not do away with voting altogether...

I'm not bothered about not being printed, but not being given a proper chance to get any feedback, or a score, is pretty frustrating for everyone so it's understandable this thread keeps reappearing.

autor: sonmi
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 08:44:15

^ because threadless has seen in the past that the average score after a day almost always corresponds within a few points of its final score, and not even your family or 50 of your friends can 5$ it back to life.

autor: Tan.
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 14:54:48

OK, so if it pretty much correspond why not show us what the score was?

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 14:57:53

it does show you the score

autor: professorE
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 14:59:00

It says here 1.7, although on the page itself it was a 1.66:

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 15:01:08

there ya go!

autor: phyntosia
date: on Fev 29, 2008
hora: às 15:03:32

yeah it just rounds to the closest 1dp, so 1.66 = 1.7 rounded to 1dp

autor: Pixtoons
date: on Mar 1, 2008
hora: às 15:33:43

Now, crazier than ever voting.

autor: SimRulez
date: em Mar 11, 2008
hora: às 15:42:07

i don0t understand why my creation http://www.threadless.com/submission/154566/Portable_House?streetteam=SimRulez was closed!!

autor: tracerbullet
date: em Mar 11, 2008
hora: às 15:43:41

if you read this blog and the blog linked at the top of this blog, then you would understand.

autor: imogeng
date: em Mar 11, 2008
hora: às 16:09:37

Uff....

autor: thejessemancan
date: em Mar 14, 2008
hora: às 00:36:49

MINE WAS DROPPED U RACISTS

autor: mikoloko
date: em Mar 14, 2008
hora: às 11:47:42

I hope I'll receive an email explaining why my last design was dropped...

autor: feelingfish
date: em Mar 17, 2008
hora: às 10:57:12

okay, thats good for everyone maybe

autor: Jinkartubi
date: em Mar 19, 2008
hora: às 06:38:24

it's sound good

autor: DivineAna
date: em Mar 23, 2008
hora: às 14:20:08

I'm betting this includes some weighting of individual's scores such that people who actually buy and buy a lot of shirts from Threadless have more weight...

autor: rocio.jaimes
date: em Mar 26, 2008
hora: às 11:06:12

Well, my design was posted twice, and I wonder... What if I lost my chance of having a decent score because when they deleted (later) one of the duplicates they deleted the votes it already had as well?

autor: Lonkiponk
date: em Mar 28, 2008
hora: às 05:35:38

I don't mind these rules.

24 hours is enough I think.

People are saying they don't have enough time to promote their design, or to get their whole family to get a profile. I don't think the score will be very different if ten more personal friends vote on your design. After all, it is still the other 1500+ threadless people that make the difference.

That is to bad Rocio. That should not have happened.

autor: dcmcb
date: em Mar 28, 2008
hora: às 10:03:27

so much better

autor: deejayflint
date: em Mar 31, 2008
hora: às 23:30:01

unless you log onto threadless everyday (ahem. like me) sometimes you miss out on good designs that the ...general public might not find appealing. I've seen plenty of good designs that I would purchase go to waste because John J. Public didn't like it. I can't say it this is a good thing or not considering one of the designs I was waiting to see printed is now in the trash...

autor: selahestelle
date: on Abr 2, 2008
hora: às 11:22:38

I was a pretty bummed, it was my first submission and I was very excited. I didn't see anything about the 1.5 rule when I submitted, didn't find out I had made it to voting until late the night before it was dropped early. I also did not recieve an email telling me it was dropped, I only found out because I couldn't find it and was searching for it, only to find that it had been shut down. I'm new to the community, think the rule makes sense, but the actual application of the rule and the grey areas are frustrating. Will maybe try again, but seems like there's more politics here than is fun to deal with.

autor: EdithGeorge
date: on Abr 4, 2008
hora: às 14:11:24

I was dropped from the Hot Chip contest and I think it's lame that votes count for so much. My 30 odd friends who voted higher for my design was only a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of people who actually voted. Are these people buying t-shirts for sure? or are they just dropping by to willy nilly give 1's and 0's to whatever they feel like?

I took the rules seriously and produced a thoughtful design. There are still t-shirts up in the running that don't even use glow ink in an innovative way, or even properly. I'll keep my design comments to myself.

I don't get it. I got very positive comments on my design. There needs to be a more subjective way to sort through submissions in addition to the votes. Somebody with a good eye has got to have the final say...because, really, you're missing out on a lot of good stuff, and I'm speaking for myself and all the other decent looking shirts I saw that were dropped.

I don't think that straight up democracy can even work on the internet.

autor: Bramish
date: on Abr 4, 2008
hora: às 14:15:14

Check out the final scores of the latest batch of printed designs...

autor: GIOCAVANA
date: on Abr 4, 2008
hora: às 14:15:14

Great! I think it is a good thing!

Kisses!

autor: mplato
date: on Abr 5, 2008
hora: às 20:25:00

So this process primarily highlights how many people you know that happen to also access their email and are able to vote in less than 24 hours from the time YOU receive the submission notification (assuming you receive it without delay and broadcast immediately). A very small portion of the masses MAY actually see your design and vote, but may not know that the "I'd buy it" indicator is so essential. Sounds like a setup for failure.

autor: platok9
date: on Abr 5, 2008
hora: às 21:06:42

this completely sucks and is incredibly unfair. im not sure why so many people are so into it. i was excited about threadless and now im not.

autor: Fermata
date: on Abr 5, 2008
hora: às 21:29:58

Oooh, multiple variables.

autor: deejayflint
date: on Abr 6, 2008
hora: às 16:13:26

I agree with platok9 and mplato. Not so much because my design was dropped but because so much garbage gets a full run. A lot of stuff seems like the wierdness of design overshadows astetic value and just genuine talent or creative prowess. You don't have to be a master artist for me to like your stuff but is seems that this site bucks talent over eclectic bullcrap that seems to have a political agenda over stuff that people would like to wear.

autor: reinert
date: on Abr 6, 2008
hora: às 22:24:17

Design is very subjective.. My submission was dropped early too on yesterday. Don't give up, pals!

autor: ace_vegan
date: on Abr 7, 2008
hora: às 03:14:55

I think its should have at least a day and a half.

its good that there are these rules,but it sucks if you get really good feedback before it gets dropped :(

autor: elenagallen
date: on Abr 8, 2008
hora: às 18:49:02

this sucks

autor: cpm
date: on Abr 10, 2008
hora: às 18:56:21

Lets face it people, Threadless has become very comercial, not really caring about good design.

SHAME!!!!

autor: Letsgonuclear
date: on Abr 11, 2008
hora: às 02:05:14

Maybe Threadless should just drop the 0-5 rating system and rate from:

a) Not a chance in hell would i be caught dead wearing this design"

b) Not my taste, but i'd totally buy it as a gift

c)Damn straight i'd wear this, why isn't it printed already!

autor: elcucu
date: on Abr 11, 2008
hora: às 12:52:04

thats a good idea hah

autor: copafeelia
date: on Abr 12, 2008
hora: às 13:42:25

:[

autor: clington
date: on Abr 14, 2008
hora: às 10:20:19

sounds complicated

autor: Mukkinese
date: on Abr 16, 2008
hora: às 06:52:43

I understand why you do this, but it means the competition is as much about who is the better sales person as it is about who comes up with a good design, if not more so. I am not good at selling and so stand little chance against good promoters who are regardless of the actual worth or our respective ideas. No doubt you will get more than enough good designs to make you a profit, but those designers like me, who just want to do the art and are hopeless at selling might as well not bother submitting designs.

autor: ace_vegan
date: on Abr 18, 2008
hora: às 23:22:46

too right @ Letsgonuclear

autor: Far Out Funky
date: on Abr 20, 2008
hora: às 21:02:20

EdithGeorge on Apr 04 '08 at 2:11pm

I don't think that straight up democracy can even work on the internet.

true dat. that's why i don't even bother anymore.

autor: TenderBelly
date: on Abr 22, 2008
hora: às 13:59:15

this was my first try and i really was hoping that id get more than just a day . specially when it took more than the 8 days for them put it up for voting. i just wanted some more feed back so i knew what was working and what wasnt.

autor: DaniellesGarden
date: on Abr 22, 2008
hora: às 14:10:01

thats what the critiques are for. keep trying

autor: J.Soh
date: on Abr 22, 2008
hora: às 21:32:25

i will be back!

autor: rainbow_nonstop
date: on Abr 23, 2008
hora: às 20:00:13

its a good idea

:)

autor: drumsforbrains
date: on Abr 24, 2008
hora: às 14:47:56

i like all designers having a chance.

and i never got an e-mail about why my design was dropped.

and what exactly are these "variables"?

this website is just getting crappier.

autor: drumsforbrains
date: on Abr 24, 2008
hora: às 15:01:31

"gimetzco on Jan 27 '06 at 4:13pm

#1. my designs have been removes after first day, and not once have i been notified about why...(i have had one rejected, but that wasn't the same situation)

#2. if you pick from the top scores, but not the top of the top scores...how is it that there are many shirts that you have printed that are low scores...just go through the catalog and you'll find some that aren't 1.5 even..."

- haha yea voting obviously means nothing. they choose what they want anyways.

autor: MrDomino
date: on Abr 24, 2008
hora: às 15:26:47

You're forgetting the "I'd buy it" votes, which aren't listed in the final score. Certainly there's also something to be said for the blogging community repeatedly asking for specific designs to be printed that did not score well, as well as the controversy factor. I certainly think that the Goatse was one of the worst tees printed on this site, but it generated a lot of buzz and sold well.

It's always easier to assume that what you create is worthy of praise and that its detractors are in error. It's much harder to accept that your work is flawed, or substandard, and you have to work to become better. All growth comes with its share of unpleasantness. This community is constantly expanding and the winnings are really an exceptional offer for the industry, it's only natural that the designs will have to be filtered more and more. There are only so many people on staff and the amount of spots for a print remains constant. Observe reactions to your work, apply what you see and evolve as an artist.

autor: unkleventrikel
date: on Abr 25, 2008
hora: às 06:05:33

drumsforbrains, i would second what you say that voting doesn't mean shit somehow, and they choose what they want to print.

they(threadless) have the right to do so, cos if they let a bad design out in the market and it doesn't sell, their company is at stake, which is a bigger risk than designers losing their threadless artwork. there has to be some quality control, and that's exactly what threadless has been doing - thus, their reputation. if u visit spreadshirt.com, u'll find out how much better and worthy threadless tee's are as compared to their overpriced crap.

autor: drumsforbrains
date: on Abr 25, 2008
hora: às 15:45:24

so why vote?

autor: Torakamikaze
date: on Abr 25, 2008
hora: às 15:53:42

lol @ the majority of comments in this blog

autor: GulchikGlyuk
date: on Abr 26, 2008
hora: às 21:49:00

So... my design got kicked out early and had an average of 1.7 from 500 something votes and the other designs in competition that have 1.5 or lower average with the same amount of votes are still in the running? What's up with that?

And where is my promised email?

autor: mouldey
date: on Abr 30, 2008
hora: às 18:11:20

all seems pretty fair. Threadless will print what they want to print. The votes just give them an indicator.

Only gripe would be that the supposed email notification doesn't seem to exist. I've been dropped twice, and there was never any emails. They suggested my server might have rejected the emails, but the weekly threadless newsletters/ads seem to get through no probs.

autor: justodd
date: on Mai 4, 2008
hora: às 15:55:47

complaining is for noobs

pros revolt.

autor: biotwist
date: on Mai 8, 2008
hora: às 17:22:31

yeah I'm going to bump this to point out that I also did not get the email nofication. not even in my junk folder. Its just plain anoying

autor: kayceislost
date: on Mai 8, 2008
hora: às 17:31:21

this is the blog that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends

autor: steviec
date: on Mai 13, 2008
hora: às 01:56:00

...some people *beat* started blogging it, not knowing what it was...

autor: sebamv
date: on Mai 14, 2008
hora: às 22:37:11

Average score:

1.49 out of 5

Number scored:

475 people

Scoring finished:

This was dropped early. Find out why

Comments:

7 comments

explications: 0

mails: 0

remember, be nice

autor: bludge
date: on Mai 15, 2008
hora: às 01:18:13

hey... this been my first submission got kicked out for 1.52 out of 5 with a score of 503.....

So... how much is actually needed to get through this stage..?...

And by the way... received no mailer yet......!!..

autor: shaunamae
date: on Mai 16, 2008
hora: às 00:40:57

threadless sucks, they have so many crap tees, and yet all the good designs get "dropped early".

pff whatever

autor: ISABOA
date: on Mai 16, 2008
hora: às 01:01:38

Torakamikaze on Apr 25 '08 at 3:53pm

lol @ the majority of comments in this blog

I just read the last two months worth of 1.5 rule comments

comedy fucking GOLD!!

did anyone else pick up on that cold day in hell link from shimala?!?!

HAHAHAHAHA - no-one even noticed - BWAHAHA -

autor: burtinteractive
date: on Mai 18, 2008
hora: às 23:05:01

we need more fucking octopi designs! (sarcasm)

autor: Borgoman
date: on Mai 21, 2008
hora: às 05:12:02

Bullshit. I'll never post anything here again.

autor: AdeleSSB
date: on Mai 21, 2008
hora: às 13:44:14

You are loosing good stuff with this lack of sense...

autor: tracerbullet
date: on Mai 21, 2008
hora: às 13:45:23

it's a sacrifice we're willing to make

autor: kayceislost
date: on Mai 21, 2008
hora: às 13:46:45

some people started singing it not knowing what it was

autor: tracerbullet
date: on Mai 21, 2008
hora: às 13:55:29

but they never finished it and that is just because...

THIS IS THE BLOG THAT NEVER EEEEEEEEENDS

autor: Leno
date: on Mai 22, 2008
hora: às 09:16:26

I have the same problem like:

gimetzco on Jan 27 '06 at 4:13pm

#1. my designs have been removes after first day, and not once have i been notified about why...(i have had one rejected, but that wasn't the same situation)

#2. if you pick from the top scores, but not the top of the top scores...how is it that there are many shirts that you have printed that are low scores...just go through the catalog and you'll find some that aren't 1.5 even...

..and I don't understand :(

autor: shimala
date: on Mai 22, 2008
hora: às 09:34:54

#1 - I'm still not sure why this is a problem. I received the CC'd email for your design.

#2 - It's extremely rare for us to pick a design that scored below a 1.5. I think you were looking at the april fools day tees... Look here.

autor: Pixeltuner
date: on Mai 23, 2008
hora: às 03:53:25

just keep posting your best I guess, I've got two dropped designs and one in the running but it doesn't keep me from designing more.

autor: Beloved One
date: on Mai 28, 2008
hora: às 17:23:59

You Suck!

autor: rebekkathefairy
date: em Jul 16, 2008
hora: às 12:13:47

This sucks. Wait a week for it to be approved then get it dropped after a day. The comments were positive! :(

autor: Saba-daba-dueiro
date: em Jul 21, 2008
hora: às 13:49:27

arbitrary score?? so much for democracy...

autor: gregoreverb
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 14:52:26

Sounds like bullshit to me.

autor: DaniellesGarden
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 14:53:58

wow.. 78 days since Ive seen this blog bumped.. I almost forgot about it.

autor: sonmi
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 14:54:30

HOW COULD YOU THRADLESS

autor: Papaprime
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 14:58:06

Just an oddity, I had mine drop on day 6 and a half... only 12 hours left. I had never seen that before, it was quite novel.

autor: Torakamikaze
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:00:25

shit! greg's pissed!

everyone scatter!

autor: DaniellesGarden
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:00:32

yeah not so long ago someone (i dont remember who) had one of their subs drop after 3 days, they must have changed the rule a bit since this was written. I think the 3 day drop i heard about was a couple of months ago.

autor: sonmi
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:00:38

at that point the score probably wouldn't have changed much, i'm guessing...

autor: DaniellesGarden
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:01:21

gregs profile pic scares me a little.

autor: corey9
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:01:38

not only did you drop me on my birthday, you drank all the apple cider! wtf 1.5 rule?!

ps. why cant you be the 2.37 rule?

autor: Rockslide
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:03:44

They can just filter all the subs by me and I'll decide what stays and what goes, I'll simplify the whole process.

However there will only be around a sub a month to vote on and it will be from me.

autor: Framble
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:12:47

ARSEHOLES

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Out 7, 2008
hora: às 15:28:02

LOL @ so many people who say they will never submit again after getting dropped early.

looks like the 1.5 rule does it's job and then some :)

autor: ISABOA
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 19:25:17

Dear threadless

1.5 4 lyfe

autor: fatheed
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 19:26:22

This is HORSESHIT!!!

autor: fatheed
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 19:26:58

This is HORSESHIT!!!

autor: ISABOA
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 19:27:18

HORSESHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

autor: ISABOA
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 19:29:22

congratulations to the new 1.5 rule administrator

autor: sonmi
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 19:30:44

I WISH I COULD QUIT YOU

autor: SoulfumeInc
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 21:10:31

IM NEVER SUBMITTING ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

autor: DaniellesGarden
date: on Dez 4, 2008
hora: às 21:16:09

I miss you

autor: Captn_Hope_Face
date: on Dez 5, 2008
hora: às 15:59:16

sooo why don't they just separate the "threadless loves " competitions from regular entry's??? thus both get a fair equal judging time. i know i didn't get see half of the regular ones because of all the competition ones, which i get tired of then stop judging all together...just a thought...:D

autor: ISABOA
date: on Dez 5, 2008
hora: às 16:01:14

SoulfumeInc on Dec 04 '08 at 9:10pm

IM NEVER SUBMITTING ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU'RE LUCKY HE EVEN DRAWS FOR YOU!!!