![johncodunayo's tweet photo. We won telegram's $200,000 Digital Freedom competition
But it's looking shady... and they're deleting people's messages ๐
here's the gist.
Hundreds of contestants participated in Telegram's digital freedom contest. The evaluation criteria for the contest said low quality submissions would be discarded. [Virality was never mentioned there.]
For weeks people asked whether virality was a judging criterion. They answered other questions. They never answered that one.
The volunteer told us to focus on quality, and they didnโt correct them.
So people did that. Spent real money on production, on shoots, on equipment, then a month later, they drop the results and now they say "The key criteria in this contest was virality โ we did not request anything else"
And get thisโฆ The #1 winner was a short clip with caption. ๐ตโ๐ซ [video in comments]
Then all hell broke loose. Lots of creators felt deceived and used and started calling them out for it... Then they eventually start deleting messages and muting people๐๐... The irony โจDigital Freedomโจ
My read: if they had said virality upfront, most people wouldn't have bothered participating. Instead, the absolute most important factor was never emphasized, everything else was, everyone who asked didnโt get a reply, and they got a month of PR out of hundreds of creators.
I don't know how involved @durov is in this. But from where I'm standing, it's shameful. A contest fighting government oppression, and this is how contestants get treated. HOPEFULLY, behind your back.
For reference these are some of the submissions
#1 (winner): [Video in the next thread]
Other high quality submissions i saw (but didn't make top 10):
https://t.co/3eYWQS49s4
https://t.co/YJ1tspXonn
https://t.co/YtMYIyz6CW
https://t.co/0ta0ttS9UM
[adding these for comparison, they didn't ask to be included]
And my submission (the quoted post)
So yes, 359 entries made the winners list. But we participated malinformed about the most important criteria. Telegram, do better.
Moral Lesson: ASK QUESTIONS, IF THEY DON'T ANSWER, RUNNNNNN.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSQydEQW0AAhCg7.jpg)
![johncodunayo's tweet photo. We won telegram's $200,000 Digital Freedom competition
But it's looking shady... and they're deleting people's messages ๐
here's the gist.
Hundreds of contestants participated in Telegram's digital freedom contest. The evaluation criteria for the contest said low quality submissions would be discarded. [Virality was never mentioned there.]
For weeks people asked whether virality was a judging criterion. They answered other questions. They never answered that one.
The volunteer told us to focus on quality, and they didnโt correct them.
So people did that. Spent real money on production, on shoots, on equipment, then a month later, they drop the results and now they say "The key criteria in this contest was virality โ we did not request anything else"
And get thisโฆ The #1 winner was a short clip with caption. ๐ตโ๐ซ [video in comments]
Then all hell broke loose. Lots of creators felt deceived and used and started calling them out for it... Then they eventually start deleting messages and muting people๐๐... The irony โจDigital Freedomโจ
My read: if they had said virality upfront, most people wouldn't have bothered participating. Instead, the absolute most important factor was never emphasized, everything else was, everyone who asked didnโt get a reply, and they got a month of PR out of hundreds of creators.
I don't know how involved @durov is in this. But from where I'm standing, it's shameful. A contest fighting government oppression, and this is how contestants get treated. HOPEFULLY, behind your back.
For reference these are some of the submissions
#1 (winner): [Video in the next thread]
Other high quality submissions i saw (but didn't make top 10):
https://t.co/3eYWQS49s4
https://t.co/YJ1tspXonn
https://t.co/YtMYIyz6CW
https://t.co/0ta0ttS9UM
[adding these for comparison, they didn't ask to be included]
And my submission (the quoted post)
So yes, 359 entries made the winners list. But we participated malinformed about the most important criteria. Telegram, do better.
Moral Lesson: ASK QUESTIONS, IF THEY DON'T ANSWER, RUNNNNNN.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSQyPB_X0AA5QO-.png)
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Imagine a world with no more avatars and no more anonymous names. Imagine needing to use your national ID and facial verification before you can do anything on the internet even for something as basic as searching "what is photosynthesis?" or watching a video on YouTube.
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Reject the digital ID! Share this video everywhere to sound the alarm before they make it illegal to even have this conversation. Like and retweet, and let's build this awareness together.
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We won telegram's $200,000 Digital Freedom competition
But it's looking shady... and they're deleting people's messages ๐
here's the gist.
Hundreds of contestants participated in Telegram's digital freedom contest. The evaluation criteria for the contest said low quality submissions would be discarded. [Virality was never mentioned there.]
For weeks people asked whether virality was a judging criterion. They answered other questions. They never answered that one.
The volunteer told us to focus on quality, and they didnโt correct them.
So people did that. Spent real money on production, on shoots, on equipment, then a month later, they drop the results and now they say "The key criteria in this contest was virality โ we did not request anything else"
And get thisโฆ The #1 winner was a short clip with caption. ๐ตโ๐ซ [video in comments]
Then all hell broke loose. Lots of creators felt deceived and used and started calling them out for it... Then they eventually start deleting messages and muting people๐๐... The irony โจDigital Freedomโจ
My read: if they had said virality upfront, most people wouldn't have bothered participating. Instead, the absolute most important factor was never emphasized, everything else was, everyone who asked didnโt get a reply, and they got a month of PR out of hundreds of creators.
I don't know how involved @durov is in this. But from where I'm standing, it's shameful. A contest fighting government oppression, and this is how contestants get treated. HOPEFULLY, behind your back.
For reference these are some of the submissions
#1 (winner): [Video in the next thread]
Other high quality submissions i saw (but didn't make top 10):
https://t.co/3eYWQS49s4
https://t.co/YJ1tspXonn
https://t.co/YtMYIyz6CW
https://t.co/0ta0ttS9UM
[adding these for comparison, they didn't ask to be included]
And my submission (the quoted post)
So yes, 359 entries made the winners list. But we participated malinformed about the most important criteria. Telegram, do better.
Moral Lesson: ASK QUESTIONS, IF THEY DON'T ANSWER, RUNNNNNN.
![johncodunayo's tweet photo. We won telegram's $200,000 Digital Freedom competition
But it's looking shady... and they're deleting people's messages ๐
here's the gist.
Hundreds of contestants participated in Telegram's digital freedom contest. The evaluation criteria for the contest said low quality submissions would be discarded. [Virality was never mentioned there.]
For weeks people asked whether virality was a judging criterion. They answered other questions. They never answered that one.
The volunteer told us to focus on quality, and they didnโt correct them.
So people did that. Spent real money on production, on shoots, on equipment, then a month later, they drop the results and now they say "The key criteria in this contest was virality โ we did not request anything else"
And get thisโฆ The #1 winner was a short clip with caption. ๐ตโ๐ซ [video in comments]
Then all hell broke loose. Lots of creators felt deceived and used and started calling them out for it... Then they eventually start deleting messages and muting people๐๐... The irony โจDigital Freedomโจ
My read: if they had said virality upfront, most people wouldn't have bothered participating. Instead, the absolute most important factor was never emphasized, everything else was, everyone who asked didnโt get a reply, and they got a month of PR out of hundreds of creators.
I don't know how involved @durov is in this. But from where I'm standing, it's shameful. A contest fighting government oppression, and this is how contestants get treated. HOPEFULLY, behind your back.
For reference these are some of the submissions
#1 (winner): [Video in the next thread]
Other high quality submissions i saw (but didn't make top 10):
https://t.co/3eYWQS49s4
https://t.co/YJ1tspXonn
https://t.co/YtMYIyz6CW
https://t.co/0ta0ttS9UM
[adding these for comparison, they didn't ask to be included]
And my submission (the quoted post)
So yes, 359 entries made the winners list. But we participated malinformed about the most important criteria. Telegram, do better.
Moral Lesson: ASK QUESTIONS, IF THEY DON'T ANSWER, RUNNNNNN.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSQzjYgXIAAaVGe.png)
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