Aha! I have earned one of the legendary @enjar responses! Which-- in a sense-- tells me that I added "value" here.

OK, that's just me being facetious... to a point.

I will probably continue with occasional short content posts through @zappl because I discovered there's a whole group of people who seem to enjoy the debate that follows "answering questions." In such instances, the short post is merely a catalyst, and the value comes in the way people interact, not only with the original post, but also with each other.

It's also a way for me to expand my readership to those who'd normally respond to my posts with the dreaded "TL;DR."

I have NO intention of converting my blog to "short" form, but will probably run 3-4 short form posts a week for as long as they remain interactive.

I feel pretty ambivalent towards contests and challenges. Several of the ones I do (like "color challenge") don't have prizes and rewards... they are merely ways for me to create my own variation on a pre-set theme. Same was true of the B&W challenge... about to do my 7th and final installment after I get done replying to comments here.

I am VERY anti spun content and content mills... because I have watched that sort of content be a major contributing factor in the demise of close to 50 "rewards for content" sites since 1999. It's not even "opinion," it's simple empirical observation: "Crap Kills." There are no exceptions. If STINC thinks they can make this the exception, good luck to them...

What I do like are events and "themes." I started in on the "Daily Discussion" theme and it was pretty well received... and quite interactive, at generally 30+ comments per post. So that's a keeper. I have another "engagement initiative" up my sleeve-- based on something I used to run on one of my blogs 10+ years ago-- but still trying to figure out how to run it; I might actually give it it's own account... time will tell.

Thanks, as always, for being part of the discussion!