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Introducing the Forem Shop! New Merch, Giveaways, and More.

dev.to staff on March 07, 2022

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GrahamTheDev • Mar 7 '22

OK so this was a big reminder that I have $100 worth of vouchers for the DEV store (I hope they are still valid, they are old now).

If they are valid, what is a good way I can run a competition that adds value to the DEV community to give them away (I don't do merch) and would anyone be interested?

Michael Tharrington • Mar 11 '22 • Edited

Word up! Your code should indeed still be valid.

what is a good way I can run a competition that adds value to the DEV community to give them away (I don't do merch) and would anyone be interested?

This is a super cool idea and I really appreciate you asking for feedback on a way to do this that would have a positive effect on the community. 😀

I'd love to see a competition that encourages folks to do something cool like:

Who can create the most engaging discussion?

I'm thinking this might be measured as the discussion with the most comments... that said this could be game-able and cause folks to create fake accounts to boost their own comments. You could of course try to filter out comments that feel low-bar or like they're from fake accounts, but that'd be tricky and potentially error prone! Alternatively, you could choose the discussion here subjectively based on what ya think is the most interesting prompt.

Who can create the best post #a11y post?

Yeah, this ones subjective, but I think you would be well qualified to judge these posts and pick out a valid winner.

Who can provide the most helpful comment to someone looking for help (someone that has posted under #help)?

I'm definitely coming up with a lot of ideas that are tricky to measure. 😅 This one is probs subjective unless you wanted to quantify it by number of likes, but when there's a quantitative way to win, I just slightly worry about folks gaming the numbers...

I'm sure that you can come up with some good ideas here so feel free to take or leave these!

As a logistics thing for these, you could require submitters to use a particular tag that you create on each of their posts or have folks embed their post as a comment in your post about the competition. Getting folks to comment on your post would boost visibility of your post, so keep that in mind!

And if you would, just make it clear that this isn't a DEV official contest. You can mention that I have given you permission to regift your Top 7 code in this way though! I think this is an awesome idea. 🙌

GrahamTheDev • Mar 11 '22

Thanks a lot for the great suggestions and how to go about it!

Obviously something around #a11y would be right up my street!

I don’t mind them being subjective (my vouchers my rules 🤣) but I will see if I can come up with some simple rules that are hard to game / cheat!

Thanks so much for taking the time for such a well thought out comment, competition will land in the next couple of weeks then! ❤️🔥

Michael Tharrington • Mar 11 '22

Happy to help out with a bit of advice. 😀

I think it's an awesome idea and am excited to check it out when it goes live!

Kavisha Nethmini • Mar 8 '22

that will be great!

Posandu • Mar 8 '22

👀

Mahmudul Hasan • Mar 8 '22

Sure, You can start a giveaway competition! That will be great!

Jess Varghese • Mar 7 '22 • Edited

Awesome merch!
https://twitter.com/jmvargoose/status/1500945294707642368?s=20&t=2nrs94oyrzDqLYpOoMoYRQ

Jess Varghese

@jmvargoose

My fave Item: Stickers. You can never have enough stickers.

Checkout new merchandise at: shop.forem.com
@forem

21:23 PM - 07 Mar 2022

Andrew Bone • Mar 7 '22

That's really generous give away 😯

Bhagya • Mar 8 '22 • Edited

Congratulations Team forem🙊❤

📌Link to the tweet:
https://twitter.com/bagya___/status/1501110615875928065?s=20&t=8q5W1gManDcs1TSnFfl56A

10x learner • Mar 8 '22

Congrats on your new redesigned shop @forem ! 🥳🎉🎉
Twitter post

Asmit Malakannawar • Mar 8 '22 • Edited

Congratulations Forem!! This new site looks 😎

Link to my tweet!!
https://twitter.com/Asmit_2952/status/1501245566503702528?t=syLmAN8vQ19HAQ5HMLibrA&s=19

Timo • Mar 8 '22

Congratulations 🎉

Here's my tweet...
https://twitter.com/GrunesNews/status/1501308787310743554?t=jg21XXK8cjP1Z98ZpnH1JA&s=19

Leví Arista • Mar 8 '22 • Edited

Mugs are great!
Tweet

Mia :) (she/her) • Mar 10 '22

Congratulations on the new shop! It looks great!
twitter.com/miaauch_/status/150160...

Thomas Bnt • Mar 7 '22

Awesome 😎👍

Mahmudul Hasan • Mar 8 '22 • Edited

I love your mug and pad ❤😘 and share my affection to my twitter community! 🎤🔊 check out
---> twitter.com/mhasanmeet/status/1501...

Gokul_Zuzu • Mar 12 '22 • Edited

https://twitter.com/GokulZuzumaki/status/1502697096641921024?s=20&t=2uC5GYgSmQkZfh7By-TFlw

Looking forward to the voucher

Gokul

@gokulzuzumaki

Congrats @forem for redesigning the shop🎉🎉
Merch looking so cool

Visit: shop.forem.com

Love this denim cap

17:24 PM - 12 Mar 2022

Gokul_Zuzu • Apr 2 '22

I haven't received the gift card yet

Jay Parmar • Mar 8 '22 • Edited

Excited for my first goodies from Forem
link to my tweet :twitter.com/_Jaystwt/status/150112...

Gracie Gregory (she/her) • Mar 11 '22

Update: The Forem team will be in touch with your swag codes the on or soon after Tuesday, March 15, 2022!

Jackson Kasi • Mar 7 '22

instagram: instagram.com/p/Caz_JzJPpUB/?utm_s...

Anamika • Mar 8 '22

Congratulations to the Team! 💜
📌 Here's my tweet:
twitter.com/reachtoana/status/1501...

psai0011 • Mar 10 '22

congratulations for new launching the shop
I am so much excited for my first goodies from forem shop

twitter.com/Psai1100/status/150192...

Andrew Baisden • Mar 13 '22

Love new gear 😍

balu308 • Mar 10 '22

Excited for my goodies thank you and congratulation for your new launch.
twitter.com/Balaji8565/status/1501...

Luthira Geesilu • Mar 8 '22

EXCITING! 🤩
Link: twitter.com/luthira13/status/15011...

Kavisha Nethmini • Mar 8 '22

EXCITING! 🤩
Link: twitter.com/kaviiiiisha/status/150...

Thomas Bnt • Mar 7 '22

It is here !

Thomas Bnt ☕

@thomasbnt_

For my Mug collection 😍☕ #Forem #DEVCommunity

New shop available on @forem (also @ThePracticalDev and @CodeNewbies)

shop.forem.com/collections/20…

19:55 PM - 07 Mar 2022

Bobby Iliev • Mar 7 '22

This is super cool!

Madza • Mar 7 '22

Congrats, team Forem! 🥳✨👍

Elsa • Mar 7 '22

https://twitter.com/jacksonkasi555/status/1500902301891846146?s=20&t=DIKbWQEqezXWf9-FR9aZeg

Mariano Rentería • Mar 10 '22

https://twitter.com/marianorenteria/status/1501808613677015044?s=20&t=Noq6bsK2bcwh3Q4W2w6pdg

When I took the screenshot the image was not rendering, but look at the tweet :P

Dhairya Shah • Mar 8 '22

Here's my tweet

SnowBit (he/him)

@codewithsnowbit

Awesome stickers 😍 by @forem

Check out their merch store: shop.forem.com

03:02 AM - 08 Mar 2022

Suave Bajaj • Mar 8 '22 • Edited

Awesome merch!

https://twitter.com/lithaifithai/status/1501160325428965381?s=20&t=lNiIfhBAEy2RnOS5nMOydQ

Andy Piper • Mar 7 '22 • Edited

Exciting!!

… now, do I choose the Forem wink, or the word logo… 🤨

Ella (she/her/elle) • Mar 8 '22

Why not both? Since you've been waiting so patiently, and there will only ever be one Launch Collection... Lmk if you need more help justifying this decision 😉