We've discussed the topic of “Lazy Loggers” on many PodCacher shows over the years. Many geocache hiders can relate to the frustration of seeing nothing but “TFTC” or “Found it” or even just a single emoji in logs on your caches.
Here are a few tips and tricks that might work to help encourage longer and more creative cache logs.
- Provide a Pathtag (or similar small prize) to cachers who write quality logs
- Suggest that finders write their log using a “theme” (private detective story, haiku poem, nursery rhymes, celebrity sightings, jokes, etc.)
- This cache (Dirk Manlee and the Wanton Widow) revolves around a kind of 1940's private detective story. Cachers were invited to log their finds "using appropriately hard-boiled language.”
- The cache Hickory Dickory Doc, encouraged loggers to include something in their post about nursery rhymes.
- Announce “log of the month” prizes or similar awards in your local geocaching community or at an event
- Suggest a game where each log adds one more sentence to a story
- Practice what you preach (make sure YOU are writing quality logs!)
- Above all, create a fun, quality, interesting, challenging, exciting geocache - and the logs you receive will reflect the effort you put in
- And remember, you can make logging suggestions, but you cannot make them a requirement of finding the cache
What about you? Do you have any tips or suggestions that you’d like to share? We'd love to hear about it!
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