Mobtropolis

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this?
Mobtropolis is a service that uses social pressure and casual game mechanics to help you do interesting stuff. As a result you can find interesting things to do and and keep in touch with friends through photos.
How does it work?
Browse or search for mob scenes that interest you. Go out and do it (preferably with friends). Take a photo with a digital camera or a camera phone as proof and send it in. Your photo will be posted automatically and all that voted for the scene will get notified.
Why the name Mobtropolis?
Mobs in the city.

Why are we voting on scenes?
Votes make a scene more visible, and you're saying this is worth doing. When someone submits a photo of a scene, you will get an email with the picture attached.
Why is a scene with less votes higher ranked than a scene with more votes?
The rankings also take into account the freshness of the scene. So an older scene will take more votes to stay higher than a new scene.

How do you feel about people submitting scenes they've already done?
It's perfectly alright, especially if it's something that other people can reasonably do as well. What's mundane and commonplace for them might be an adventure for you.
Won't your list of scenes get long?
Yes. Eventually the scenes are going to get categories and some type of segmentation.
Why make everything so specific to [some city]?
It's not. You can submit something within your city. By all means, do so.
Why is the submit new scene field hidden at first?
Just because it saves on screen real estate. But since rux has been asking for it, I'll try to find a good solution.
How come I can't edit a scene?
You can only edit a scene if no one has voted for it or if no one has uploaded a sceneshot already.

You can't make the site prettier?
Some of the newer pages will look a bit scrawny. But it'll mature and look prettier over time. We try to keep the designs simple, so bear with us as we take time and thought into making things feel uncluttered.
How come I can't login?
Either you have the caps lock down, the wrong username/password combination, or you don't have cookies enabled for this site.
How do you do [something on mobtropolis]
Chances are, whatever you want to do, we haven't implemented yet. But just to be sure, feel free to ask through the feedback page. We've tried to make the design as simple and as intuitive as possible, but let us know if something isn't.

Why can't I upload photos through the web?
You can. It just has to be an image, and less than 1.5MB. Given that this product is still in beta, we have to cap the sizes of the photos. In the future, we expect that you can upload bigger pictures without have to resize them. If you think you have a valid picture, email (wil@3cglabs.com) it to me, and I'll debug what's going wrong.
How come it seems like it's not getting sceneshots from my phone?
First, make sure you entered your phone number under 'Settings'. It will ignore all text messages from your phone otherwise. If the sceneshot from your mobile phone was received, you will get a text message back as a reciept. I found that service providers drops some of emails with photos from time to time.