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How to Vote on Projects

A visual guide on how to vote on user-submitted projects on the preprlabs.org platform.

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Written by Caitlin McDonough
Updated over a week ago

Desktop Guide

Step 1. Begin by navigating to the challenge page for which you would like to begin voting on projects. This can be done from The 'Challenges' option in the navigation menu, the explore section or by searching for the Challenge by name.

Step 2. Once you have arrived at the desired Challenge, scroll down until you see the 'Submissions' Tab.

Step 3. Click the 'Submissions' tab and scroll down to view the list of all of the submitted Projects.

Step 4. From here, browse the various submissions to the Challenge, and to view one of the Projects in full, click on the Project title.

Step 5. Once you have found a Project that you would like to vote for, click the 'Vote' button in the top right of the project page.

NOTE: Engagement is one of the metrics that the Prepr team uses to evaluate projects, so the more engagement the better! Other things you can do to support your fellow solvers are: write comments on their Projects, and click the 'Like' button in addition to voting.

Mobile Guide

Step 1. Begin by navigating to the challenge page for which you would like to begin voting on Projects. This can be done from The 'Challenges' option in the navigation menu, selecting the 'Search' option in the navigation menu and searching for the Challenge by name or viewing the explore section.

Step 2. Once you have arrived at the desired Challenge, tap on the 'Submissions' tab.

Step 3. You are now viewing all of the Projects that have been submitted to that Challenge. From here, scroll down to browse the various submissions to the Challenge, and to view one of the Projects in full, tap on the Project thumbnail.

Step 4. Once you find an interesting project that you would like to view, tap on the thumbnail image to view that Project page.

Step 5. Engagement is one of the metrics that the Prepr team uses to evaluate projects, so the more engagement the better! Other things you can do to support your fellow solvers are: write comments on their Projects, and click the 'Like' button in addition to voting. Once you have found a project that you would like to vote for, tap the 'Vote' button.

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