Scary Post Contest

October 22, 2005 11:05 AM

Now that the other contest is over, and since we're building up to Halloween, what sort of contest can we come up with to encourage 11 days of the creepiest/scariest posts ever?
posted by kimota to MetaFilter-Related at 11:05 AM (23 comments total)

creepiest/scariest posts ever

Perhaps just offer free user accounts to NAMBLA and Cre@tivity Movement members?

Sorry, do I get five demerits for starting this thread on a sarcastically obtuse note?
posted by gramschmidt at 11:18 AM on October 22, 2005

MetaTalk has been creeping me out quite enough recently, thank you very much.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:25 AM on October 22, 2005

Remove the Goatse.cx prohibition.
posted by klangklangston at 11:37 AM on October 22, 2005

Isn't "creepiest/scariest post" a bit too subjective to reach a conclusion on? I mean, I'm deeply terrified of bichon frises, to the point where panic sets in when I'm forced to walk through the neighbourhood retirement community, so a post all about bichon frises would totally get my vote for "scariest/creepiest". But others might not see it that way.
posted by cmonkey at 11:54 AM on October 22, 2005

How about not encouraging them at all? I'm already heartily sick of seeing halloween crap all over the place, and it's not for another nine days. Why does every one-day "event" (for want of a better term) have to be dragged out into a weeks-long commercial feeding frenzy? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm robbing the stores of their thoroughly deserved money being a killjoy.

There's christmas-related products in the stores already. WTF?
posted by buxtonbluecat at 12:17 PM on October 22, 2005

"creepiest/scariest posts ever"

I guess quonsar posting again just isn't enough for some people. ;-P
posted by mischief at 12:39 PM on October 22, 2005

I'm going to have to go ahead and ask that no one post any of those flash sites where you stare at something for 30 seconds and then BAM! you get a close up shot of that nasty girl's face from The Ring.

but other than that, I think this is a good idea.
posted by shmegegge at 12:48 PM on October 22, 2005

buxtonbluecat : "Why does every one-day 'event' (for want of a better term) have to be dragged out into a weeks-long commercial feeding frenzy?"

Wait, we're going to do Halloween stuff and sell stuff? Because unless money changes hands, I don't think doing Halloween stuff on MeFi could be considered a "commercial feeding frenzy". If anything, it would be more like a "Take Back The Night" for the holiday: Halloween stuff for no monetary reason!
posted by Bugbread at 3:19 PM on October 22, 2005

Somehow, I get the feeling you want whimsical-spooky posts, like a flash file of dancing skeletons in top hats. The Internets are no slouch when it comes to the truly macabre and disgusting, and I really doubt people would want to be subjected to a week of rotten.com-esque links. Also, those shock-horror links (like shmegegge mentions) are no fun either.
posted by jenovus at 4:16 PM on October 22, 2005

Better contest: find the hammerblog.
posted by Count Ziggurat at 4:49 PM on October 22, 2005

jenovus, actually I was inspired by how much fun I had as a result of this thread a few years back. (It was a quiet phone-duty day, so I got to read a bunch of the stories. Eleven days of that would be awesome!)
posted by kimota at 5:08 PM on October 22, 2005

what sort of contest can we come up with to encourage 11 days of the creepiest/scariest posts ever?

How about: Send us a creepy post by midnight, Oct. 31 or we will hunt you down and force you to drink a can of Steven Seagal Juice.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:10 PM on October 22, 2005

1. Get your own blog.
2. Post the scariest creepiest posts for way too many days
3. ???
4. suck it.
posted by fishfucker at 6:42 PM on October 22, 2005

5. I don't know that frequent contests are really the best way to encourage quality posts on metafilter, but i realize the idea itself was presented with good intentions, and I don't mean to appear dismissive or otherwise antagonistic towards the idea's originator or anyone else who thinks this sort of thing is a good idea.
6. suck it.

posted by fishfucker at 6:50 PM on October 22, 2005

There's any amount of creepy shit over at Portal Of Evil.
posted by Joeforking at 3:34 AM on October 23, 2005

Free cameras for zombies?

/just an idea
posted by wheelieman at 6:20 AM on October 23, 2005

That someone likes this idea is disturbing enough for me.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:49 AM on October 23, 2005

I could start posting again.

(AAGH! NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT!!!)
posted by Steven Den Beste at 5:38 PM on October 23, 2005 [1 favorite]

Here's an idea: Next person to propose a contest loses.
posted by grateful at 6:57 AM on October 24, 2005

(AAGH! NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT!!!)
No one cares, Steve. Find a girlfriend yet?
posted by darukaru at 3:17 PM on October 24, 2005

darukaru, you are what's wrong with MetaFilter.
posted by gd779 at 8:19 PM on October 24, 2005

I, for one, would welcome our new Den Beste overlord.

Seriously. MeFi is a pretty lonely place for those of a certain ideological persuasion, and if Steven returned, our ranks would...well, not quite double, but you get the idea.
posted by davidmsc at 4:41 AM on October 25, 2005

And we could start ripping you lots of new ones. Cool!

Not sure if the server could take SDB & EB both waffling away full-throttle but could be handy for insomniacs...
posted by i_cola at 6:22 AM on October 25, 2005