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Instant View Contest News
9 May 2019, 17:57
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/winners2019Within 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!
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Instant View Contest News
2 May 2019, 15:04
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.
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Instant View Contest News
14 Apr 2019, 18:27
The final 500 domains have been added to the contest. Get them now before it's too late!
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Instant View Contest News
24 Mar 2019, 17:30
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
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Instant View Contest News
20 Mar 2019, 22:05
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
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Instant View Contest News
12 Mar 2019, 11:28
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.
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Instant View Contest News
1 Mar 2019, 19:56
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
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Instant View Contest News
25 Feb 2019, 15:17edited
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.
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Instant View Contest News
19 Feb 2019, 19:50
500 fresh domains were just added to the contest. Get them while they’re hot!
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Instant View Contest News
8 Feb 2019, 15:08
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.
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Instant View Contest News
6 Feb 2019, 16:41edited
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
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Instant View Contest News
4 Feb 2019, 17:11
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/contestWe included some domains from the 2017 contest in the first batch. Every 10 days we'll be adding 500 more domains.
Instant View PlatformTemplate Competition 2.0We 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!
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Instant View Contest News
2 Feb 2019, 11:34
Announcing the Instant View 2.0 Template Competition: two months, $300,000+ in prizes, $100 per template: instantview.telegram.org/contest
Instant View PlatformTemplate Competition 2.0We 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!
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Instant View Contest News
8 Aug 2017, 18:27
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/)
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Instant View Contest News
8 Aug 2017, 13:54edited
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 winners1. 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
TelegramInstant View Platform ChatIf 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://t.me/IVpublic/27
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Instant View Contest News
1 Aug 2017, 13:13
We are now sorting through the final remaining appeals. While we've always tried to be as consistent as possible in our decisions, the sheer range of websites and layouts that were covered by the contest made for some unavoidable mistakes and misunderstandings. We'd like to share some details on how we evaluate the severity of the different issues on this final stage so that everyone knows the reasons behind our decisions.Our main concern is user experience on the receiving end of the IV. We have three main goals: - To make sure Instant View pages represent information accurately and without omissions. - To provide a better user experience as opposed to opening the content in a browser (lighter, faster, cleaner). - To present Instant View to the users as the powerful and beautiful platform it is.This means that some issues that could appear minor are actually much more serious than
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Instant View Contest News
21 Jul 2017, 18:50
You have submitted almost 40,000 templates and more than 46,000 issues during this contest. Now we're almost done processing the last of them.We are currently performing some final checks on the winning templates. The wait is almost over, results of the contest are coming early next week! (most likely 😊)
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Instant View Contest News
20 Jun 2017, 17:39edited
Bringing articles from half of the World Wide Web to a single format is not an easy job. It's difficult for the template creators. It's difficult for those who design guidelines for this process. It's also difficult for the admins who try to resolve disputes based on those guidelines. One thing that's easy is to overlook important details.Today we're adding a way for template creators to appeal our admins' decisions on accepted issues. If you think that an administrator made a mistake when accepting an issue for your template, you can now write a new comment and send it off using the 'Send Appeal' button.Please try to make a good case for your template and cover as many details as possible in your comment. We will be around to re-evaluate the case. If the appeal has merit, your template may be restored to the contest.(Please use this new tool with care. Template creators who send
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Instant View Contest News
19 Jun 2017, 22:01
Wow, that was a lot of issues you've reported! Please be patient while our admins finish processing them.We will announce the winners when they are done.Thank you very much for participating in our competition and for all the wonderful templates you have submitted.
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Instant View Contest News
18 Jun 2017, 22:01
Thank you for participating in our template competition! Starting right now, we no longer accept new templates — this stage of the contest is over.Please note that you can report issues with templates until 00:01 CEST on June, 20. This is to make sure that all templates, including those submitted in the last minutes get reviewed properly.We will announce the winners as soon as our admins have processed all the issues on active templates.
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