IrateMonkey: How to facebookify T-Shirt Contests

How can you bring t-shirt design contests - such as the likes of Threadless, Shirt.Woot!, LaFraise and a good dozen others - into the Facebook world?  IrateMonkey is throwing in their effort now:

The Facebook integration turns out to be pretty loose.  Designers are supposed to get their Facebook friends to vote for their designs.  Further interaction between users on the Facebook platform is not possible.

A better effort is the Threadless Plus application.  Users can not only present their Threadless collections, but can also far better interact with each other.

The direct comparison between the two applications reveal what a big difference it makes if an app is designed from the site operator’s point of view (IrateMonkey) or from the Facebook user’s point of view.

Any other appraisals or opinions on the applications?

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Originally posted in German by Jochen Krisch, translated by Jason Soo.

Comments

[Mason Browne]

(I realize this is a translation of the original German author's post, but, I'm replying here anyhow.)

Thanks for the write-up. We're currently working on some major revisions to bump up the level of interaction between users, so feel free to keep checking in on us. =)

Best,
Mason
IrateMonkey

[Jason]

Hi Mason,
Jochen and I are in close contact, so it's okay to post here. I'll be sure to let him know in case his opinion is required. Tip: Native German speakers probably won't see your comment here, but the majority of them can read English (at least the readers of Exciting Commerce). So you may wish to copy your comment on the German blog (linked from my post).

cheers,
Jason