Ask HN: Running a contest/competition
So I'm working on my little side project,  a webapp builder called AppRabbit (http://apprabbit.com) that is similar to Zoho Creator or DabbleDB.  It's still missing some key features but I'd love to get people using it and giving me ideas for the direction I should take it.  So I decided it might be fun to have a contest to see who can build the coolest or most useful app with it, and I'd give away something small like a gift card or a something as a reward to the winner.<p>So my question is, has anyone done something like this before?  Do I need to worry about laws and regulations with regards to doing a little contest like this, or should I just wing it and try to keep it simple?  I figured I'd just judge this round myself, and maybe down the road if I do something like this again have some sort of judging committee or something.<p>So what do you folks think?