Board Thread:Townie of the Month/@comment-31680260-20190101192128/@comment-25615841-20190112141317

TheRetroPioneer wrote: I think ToTM should be like one of those things where you write an argument about why somebody should win it (and it's not a monthly award), or ToTM should be like one of those things that you get for doing something great. Ideologically speaking, democracies don't get good candidates every election—which is the same for ToTM. I mean, the Medal of Honor isn't handed out just because somebody needs to win it at some point, it's handed out for acts of valor Interesting. ToTM by default was made to be a competition, and set at regular intervals to ensure users would continue contributing as best they can. The argument part has been a part of ToTM culture from it's the start, it's just that recently a lot of people have just omitted it from nominations, namely self nominees, and people who've done little to nothing at actually promoting themselves/others see little to no repercussions because most voters seem to have completely forgotten this factor of ToTM.