FAQ | Noonies 2022

What are the Noonies?

The Noonies are the tech industry’s greenest awards. These awards - and the voting software powering this site - are presented by HackerNoon. 2022 marks the 4th annual Noonies which is rumored to be the biggest year yet 😉 Over the last 3 years, 7k+ people were nominated for various awards and over 400k+ votes were cast. We can't wait to see what they'll show us this year!

What do the winners get?

Internet street cred. 😎 A sense of making a difference in the world. And a bit more tech sh*t. There are over $100,000 worth of prizes to be won this year!

For example, all Winners will receive a .Tech Domain for life and select voters will receive a .Tech Domain with a usage period of 1 year, courtesy of .Tech by Radix.

All of this year’s winners will also receive an official HackerNoon NFT. The winners of the top 20 most-popular awards (the awards with the highest total votes) will also receive $50 worth of gear from the HackerNoon shop.

The following awards have special cash prizes:Top Programming Guru,Top Tech YouTuber,Best Data Science Newsletter,Tech Tutorial Teacher of the Year.

Please see the yellow box on the individual Noonie for full reward/prize details on each award.

When will the winners be announced?

Voting closes on November 15th, 2022. The winners will be announced December 1st, 2022, after the HackerNoon team reviews the results. (yes - people be cheating every.single.year 😤)

I’ve been nominated! Why..?

For HackerNoon Contributor awards, we choose the top authors who generate the most time reading on hundreds of our highest performing tags. For the rest of the awards, we did our research to find some Internet sensations and tech stars that we thought deserved a nomination. 💎 You can nominate a worthy techie for a Noonie from August 15th until August 31st at noonies.hackernoon.com.

What’s next now that I’ve been nominated?

Congratz on your nomination - you're already a winner in our books. 🥳 But, if you want to get a leg up on your competition, you gotta let your peeps know it's time to vote. That’s right - it’s time to shamelessly brag (@ us on social - we are pretty much everywhere as hackernoon).

Try this out for size `I've been nominated for a @hackernoon Noonies 2022 award. To show your support, head over to noonies.hackernoon.com and cast a vote for me! [INSERT URL TO AWARD PAGE]`

I’ve haven’t been nominated! Why..?

There’s still time! Public nominations will be open from August 15th until August 31st. Visit noonies.hackernoon.com to nominate your friend, boss, coworker, sister, or friendly neighborhood techie for a Noonie (or yourself cause like no shame - we stan that). 🏆

Can I pay to get nominated?

No, but you can submit your nomination for us to review. 😁

How do I vote?

Simply cast your vote by clicking the box next to any nominee's name. You can vote today!

When can I vote?

Voting starts on August 15th and ends on November 15th, 2022. People can vote once per day per award.

How does weighted voting work?

We weigh votes to further elevate the voice of our contributing writers, reward verified expertise, and prevent spam. Hacker Noon published writers' votes count as 10, authenticated users' votes count as 3, and unauthenticated visitors have their vote count as 1 (pending spam reviews).

The reasons for this are:

1. The contributing writer, by publishing their words and expertise on Hacker Noon, has earned the right to have their voice count the most when it comes to who deserves HackerNoon rewards.

2. Authenticated users have a much lower spam rate so their vote should count more.

3. We want to continue to ensure that anyone can vote. All users can vote once on each award in voting season

Can I sponsor The Noonies? And/or an Individual Noonies Award?

If a category (Web3, Gaming, Programming, Emerging Tech, Internet Heroes) doesn’t already have a sponsor, you can sponsor before nominations end (August 31st). Simply reach out to us via our brand new brand dashboard!. The best sponsors also offer cool prizes to the winners. Current sponsors include but are not limited to and

Are you adding more awards?

Probs not. HackerNoon staff curated 300+ awards. We are turning to our wonderful community to double our nominees right now. 🥺 But if you have a quality award idea with a great sponsor prize, email yes-reply@hackernoon.com with the subject: NOONIES AWARD IDEA: “Award Title” before voting begins.

How is this built?

Noonies.Tech is built by Hacker Noon’s custom voting software, which powered Noonies 2019/2020/2021, and Startups of the Year. The stack includes Algolia, Firebase, Vercel, Next, TypeScript, Tailwind, and more. It integrates with the content management system we built to power HackerNoon.com.

What is HackerNoon?

“How hackers start their afternoons” - HackerNoon is the best place for technologists to read, write, and publish. Our entirely free library has 100k+ stories! HackerNoon’s served 2k+ tech companies as customers, published over 35k+ curious and insightful contributing writers, raised $2.6M from 1.3k+ awesome shareholders, and since launch, 200M+ humans have visited HackerNoon to learn about technology. Learn more about us and how to get published on HackerNoon.

How do I submit stories to HackerNoon?

If you are nominated for an award, Check your email; There is an interview template waiting for you! click here to learn more or search “Noonies” on HackerNoon.com for noonies related content.

If this is your first time here, simply create an account and submit a story. Our editors will review it within 3-4ish days! Learn more about publishing with us here.🤟🏻

Who can I contact about the Noonies?

HackerNoon.com/contact is the best place to reach the relevant person. Can also email us at Yes-Reply@HackerNoon.com.

How do I build a custom award voting site like this?

We built ours from scratch. If you'd like us to power a digital voting experience on your site, email partners@hackernoon.com