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Make sure you read the results from this Bug Battle.
Over a 7 day period, our uTesters validated three different social networking sites: Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace. They didn't have to test all three – just the ones that they wanted.
All they had to do was find a bug and submit it to us. The bugs had to be original - bugs that were already known were not eligible. Because these are publicly available websites, we did not pay per bug like we usually do. Instead, we found the best bugs and awarded prizes.
When the competition was over, we sent a usability survey to everyone who had submitted a bug. Testers were able to give us their opinion on how usable, intuitive, and straightforward each website was to use.
We gave away two prizes for each website - six prizes total:
- Top Bug – $200 – the best bug for each website in terms of accuracy, creativity, severity, etc
- Best Feedback – $200 – the best feedback provided during the usability survey (feature, analysis, etc)
We also gave away three overall prizes:
- Top Tester – $1,000 – the tester who reported the most valuable bugs and feedback
- Top Novice – $750 – the beginner tester who showed the most promise in software testing
- Top US Tester - $500 - the top tester from the USA
