Petition To Headline More Blogs
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going through many variations with chess.com stuff is still rather messy though 
Too late. 
At least people can see your game now.
its a strange game lol... i included some opening analysis so if anyone wants to take the time, they could play the bb5+/15 catalan with white perfectly! lol
Dec 22, 2017
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#48
Thanks, @batgirl. My plan is to make the suggestion once we get enough supporters of the idea. 
EOGuel wrote:
NintendoMaster853 wrote:
Well, I have made multi blogs (all not to long ago) but I'm a 13 year old; who cares about a 13 year old.
Well... are you going to sign?
Well... 
I read almost everything that appears on my activity box, so ... not sure if this makes any difference to me.. lol
Dec 25, 2017
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#53
EOGuel wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Not 100% sure this is still valid but I think it may be.
https://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/how-to-become-a-top-blogger-for-chesscom
Yeah, I'm already a top blogger. We, as @chesster said, are trying to get chess.com to headline more blogs; especially those of amateurs.
They want to headline quality content. That link defines a lot of what they want to see in order to headline things.
Dec 25, 2017
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#54
Martin_Stahl wrote:
EOGuel wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Not 100% sure this is still valid but I think it may be.
https://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/how-to-become-a-top-blogger-for-chesscom
Yeah, I'm already a top blogger. We, as @chesster said, are trying to get chess.com to headline more blogs; especially those of amateurs.
They want to headline quality content. That link defines a lot of what they want to see in order to headline things.
Thanks for letting us know. I am hoping that Chess.com will headline more blogs than they already do even if they don't quite match the articles written by professionals. I think many bloggers I know deserve highlighted content, even if it is not always perfect. That is just my opinion. Thanks!
Dec 25, 2017
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#55
I tend to support this petition.
The way chess.com has treated blogging has evolved. The most notable change was when they decided to feature (headline, I suppose) 3 blogs -all those of the newly created "top blogger" status - at a time on a rotating basis. V2 still does this it seems:
The remaining blogs were listed below but not prominently. As new blogs were created, these blogs fairly quickly fell to the back pages and out of sight. Once that happened, they pretty much became invisible in spite of the quality of the content. So being a "top blogger" kept one's current entry visible and highlighted a bit longer especially since there were always 3 in the marquee. Few titled players or staff blogged back then.
Today there is just 1 featured blog, quite often that of a staff member or a titled player, and the rest are listed below. If you aren't a "top blogger," forget it and even you are, your visibility is much more limited than it was even in v2 (and it wasn't that great there). I realize that in order for "featuring" to work it has to be quite limited, but I don't think being limited to just 1 is adequate and this limitation discourages bloggers, especially non-staff and/or non-titled players.
PERSONALLY, I think there should be 4 highlighted, rotating spots at the top: 1 for staff, one for titled players and 2 for amateur members who meet and follow certain criteria in their blogging efforts.
Dec 25, 2017
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#56
Thanks, @batgirl for your opinion. I 100% agree.
A signature would be very helpful. Type "HEADLINE BLOGGERS" in the comments, and your vote will be cast! Thanks!
@ chesster i think i knwo how to do it now, maybe i'll try my hand at blogging when the new year comes, my goal would be to make at least 1 post every month