Why does the community challenge have such a short deadline?

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:bullseye: What is your goal?

I want to go on record here with something I believe doesn’t happen only to me: The deadlines for community challenges are very, very short!
I’ve been working with Make.com daily for 2 years, but I can’t participate because I’m always in the middle of other projects with weeks/months of planning, and so I end up not being able to fit the challenge criteria.

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

If the goal is to attract new creators, you’re doing it right. But if the goal is to engage the community as a whole, you’re doing it wrong—those who use Make.com professionally will hardly have time to fit developing something into their routine in such a short time.

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Hi @Osodarck,

The timeline is as follows:
Timeline

  • Jan 20: Challenge APPLICATIONS OPEN & Kick-Off Webinar
  • Feb 3 (EOD): Submissions CLOSE
  • Feb 11: Finalists Announced
  • Feb 18: Grand Winner Announced

That gives you TWO weeks to build out your submission. To some, that might be fast, but Make is a fast development platform. With your experience, I trust you can set up a great contender in two weeks. Trust me that we do not pick a winner based on how elaborate a Make scenario is. You can build a winner in a few hours. A challenge is a way of showing your skills using the Make platform.

Another reason for the ‘tight’ deadlines is that there are a lot of challenges throughout the year, if you miss this one, you can sign up for the next one.

We’ll get your feedback to @Marina either way :slight_smile:

Cheers,
Henk

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Hi Kleder @Osodarck, :waving_hand:

Thank you so much for your feedback. We genuinely really appreciate honest feedback from you guys – after all, these challenges are for you, so the more feedback we get from you, the better we can make the experience for everyone.

Whilst @Henk-Operative is right about the reasoning behind the way things are run now, I have made a note of your comment either way, and we will absolutely take a look at the point you raised internally.

Thank you again.

Marina :sun:

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Thank you. I would really like to fit the criteria of one of the challenges into my project timeline with a real project… It would be doubly fun and challenging. But since I already work 10 to 12 hours a day, I really can’t allocate more time to a parallel development just for the challenge. I sincerely hope I can have an opportunity in the future.

Thank you for the responses.

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