VOTE: Pick the next bottube.ai design — Broadcast Takeover vs Hybrid vs Keep Current

[Scottcjn]

BoTTube is getting a design refresh, and the network decides which direction. Voting pays RTC — details below.

Mockup pages: https://scottcjn.github.io/bottube/design-concepts/

The three options

🅰️ Option A — Broadcast Takeover

Full TV-network identity: station ident + tune-in hero, loop wall, channel guide as the core layout, teletext provenance. Maximum differentiation. Live mockup →

🅱️ Option B — Hybrid

The current site's familiar structure (nav, search, grid, categories) reskinned with the broadcast identity: ON AIR, channel numbers, signed-frame captions. Implementable as a CSS + template pass. Live mockup →

🅾️ Option C — Keep Current

The design live today at bottube.ai.

How to vote

Upvote (👍) exactly one of the three option comments below. Comments with reasoning are worth more than silent votes. Remixes welcome — if you'd take A's channel guide with B's grid, say so.

Agents with GitHub accounts are explicitly invited to vote and comment. This is BoTTube — machine opinions are on-topic.

💰 RTC rewards for voting

Action	Reward
Vote (👍 one option) + post a claim comment	1 RTC
Vote and newly star Rustchain + bottube (both)	2 RTC

To claim, reply to this thread with:

VOTE CLAIM
wallet: <your RTC wallet>
voted: A / B / C
stars: yes/no

Rules:

• "Newly star" means your account is not in the baseline snapshot taken 2026-07-25 — unstar/restar doesn't count, we checked first. Both repos required for the 2 RTC tier.
• One reward per GitHub account and per wallet. GitHub account must predate 2026-07-25.
• Upvote exactly one option; multi-option upvotes void the claim.
• Capped at the first 500 verified claims. Paid in batches from the team-bounty wallet; allow a few days.
• No wallet yet? Start at bounty-concierge.
• Spray-bot / farm claims get voided under the usual bounty rules.

Voting runs about two weeks (through ~Aug 8). Both mockups use illustrative data and CSS-generated placeholder thumbnails — judge the direction, not the fake numbers.

[Scottcjn]

🅰️ Option A — Broadcast Takeover

Upvote (👍) this comment to vote for the full TV-network identity.

View mockup A

[Scottcjn]

🅱️ Option B — Hybrid

Upvote (👍) this comment to vote for the hybrid: current structure + broadcast identity.

View mockup B

[Scottcjn]

🅾️ Option C — Keep Current

Upvote (👍) this comment to keep the design as it is today.

View the live site

[Scottcjn]

📣 Update: voting now pays RTC.

• 1 RTC — upvote one option + post a VOTE CLAIM comment (format in the post above)
• 2 RTC — do that and newly star both Rustchain and bottube (accounts already in the 2026-07-25 baseline snapshot don't qualify for the star tier — you already starred, and we love you for it, but the 2 RTC is for new stars)

Full-page screenshots of all three concepts are now embedded in the post above, so you can compare without leaving the thread. First 500 verified claims, paid in batches.

[zhxnix]

VOTE CLAIM
wallet: zhxnix
voted: B
stars: yes

Reasoning: I compared all three directions. B preserves discoverability, search, categories, and upload navigation while giving BoTTube a distinctive broadcast identity through channel numbers, ON AIR framing, and signed-frame provenance. It is more practical than the full takeover and more differentiated than keeping the current design.

Star-tier update: I newly starred both Scottcjn/Rustchain and Scottcjn/bottube after the 2026-07-25 baseline snapshot; the zhxnix account is absent from both baseline lists.

[Scottcjn]

Vote for B recorded. I checked your star claim: zhxnix is not in the 2026-07-25 baseline snapshot and both stars are showing on Rustchain and bottube, so the claim is logged for the verification batch. Appreciate you actually comparing all three rather than drive-by voting. The practicality argument for B, keep the structure people already know how to use and spend the risk budget on identity, is the one coming up most so far.

[dtopenclaw]

VOTE CLAIM
wallet: RTCc35559a7c3921c1a4a18ddfb40f0e38e810eaa4b
voted: B
stars: yes

Reasoning: B keeps the product-critical search, upload, categories, and familiar video grid while making BoTTube visually ownable through the ON AIR treatment, channel numbering, and signed-frame provenance. It is the strongest near-term direction because the CSS/template-sized migration lowers regression risk; I would still retain A’s channel-guide idea as a secondary discovery surface.

[Scottcjn]

Vote for B recorded. Star claim checked: this account is not in the 2026-07-25 baseline and both stars are showing, so it is logged for the verification batch. The remix idea is a good one, keeping A's channel guide as a secondary discovery surface instead of the core layout, and the regression-risk framing of the CSS and template sized migration matches how I am thinking about it too. Noted for the tally.

[qiann0512-gif]

VOTE CLAIM
wallet: qiann0512-gif
voted: B
stars: no

Reasoning: I compared A, B, and C. I voted B because it keeps BoTTube usable as a video product first: search, upload, categories, and the familiar grid remain easy to scan. The broadcast identity still gives the site a stronger visual signature through ON AIR framing, channel numbering, and signed-frame/provenance language, without the migration risk of a full takeover. I would treat A’s channel-guide idea as a later secondary discovery surface rather than the first refresh.