Community Controlled Content

By becoming part of the Design Float community, you decide what content is submitted and made popular. The community relies on it’s members to provide relevent content as well as rate, through “Floats”, each entry so that the best and most relevent entries float their way to the top.

1. Submit Content
   Once you join the community, you instantly have the capability to submit your favorite design related articles, stories, and resources.
2. Upcoming Entries
   Once an article is submitted, it will appear on the Upcoming Entries page where the rest of the community will decide to “Float” or “Sink” the submission.
3. Popular Entries
   As users browse the Upcoming Entries, they can “Float” the one’s they find relevent and useful. Once a submission has received at least 5 votes, it is considered popular and moves to the front page.
4. Floating
   As you browse both Upcoming and Popular entries, you have the option to Float, or vote, for the one’s that you find useful or interesting. You may only Float an article one time. The more Floats an entry receives, the higher on the popularity list it moves.
5. Sinking
   If you come accross an article that you feel is not relevent or does not belong on the Popular page, you have the option to Sink it. Sinking an article counts as a negative vote for that particular entry. However, Sinks do not carry the same weight as Floats so it takes several Sinks to deduct a point from an entries total number of votes. If enough people decide to Sink an article, then it will make it’s way to the bottom of the pages.
6. Sharing Content
   Design Float encourages building a network of friends to share content with. Each entry can also be emailed to friends and colleagues without ever leaving the page.
7. Discussion
   Like any community, we have given our users the ability to comment on any entry that is submitted.