Concerns About the Current Contest Ranking System

Hello,

I really enjoy participating in your contests, but I have some concerns about the current ranking system that I hope you will consider.

At the moment, it feels like participants are at a significant disadvantage unless they submit their work immediately after the contest opens. If you don't post within the first few minutes, your work receives very little exposure.

However, because so many entries are submitted at the exact moment the contest begins, most of them are buried almost instantly.

Despite this environment, the same small group of accounts consistently receives a very large number of likes and occupies multiple top positions in the rankings every single day. This naturally raises questions among many participants.

I am not claiming that any rules are being broken or that anyone is cheating.

My concern is that, regardless of whether any unfair behavior exists, the current system itself creates an unfair playing field. A small number of works continue to receive the majority of the exposure, while many other entries are barely seen at all.

Does the SeaArt team consider this to be an issue?

I also believe that many users have already suggested improvements such as:

• Making the default display order random instead of popularity-based.

• Adding a scheduled posting feature so users do not have to compete by posting within the first few seconds.

If these suggestions have already been received, why have they not been implemented? If there are no plans to introduce these features, could you please explain the reasoning behind that decision?

I sincerely hope the contests can become a fairer environment where every participant has a reasonable opportunity for their work to be seen and appreciated.

Thank you for your time.