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Yay or nay. Stop the gray (or white)! Refine your Trinket experience.
My sock collection is by far the best.
It is simply unmatched
I collect binary variables.
Someday I'll be a booleanaire.
I feel sorry for comic book collectors.
They have so many issues.
So I was training to collect pollen, and my final grade was a B.
I'm going to start collecting highlighters — mark my words.
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Trinkets flew onto the WdC scene in 2016 and has become a main feature of the site. I’m not a Trinket guru or an avid hunter scouring to find these gems, but for the most part, I enjoy creating them for fun. Most of these virtual collectibles are for the two Comedy contests I host and have twenty-two Trinkets in my collection. I use them to send to entrants if they win or if someone donates to the contest. What do I write into the Trinket? I torture people with the worst jokes and puns in the world because that’s how eye roll.
I enjoy finding a funny image and researching the bad jokes. There have been times where the image didn’t fit the criteria of the Trinket space, so I had make adjustments to the size. One thing is for sure, you want the best quality of Trinket because you cannot edit it afterwards, so do not force the image to work. It will result in a blurry mess, and the nasty gray or white area will show around the border. Eek! Why does the gray or white show?
As mentioned, the image might be the problem. It could be too small or too large, but before you run off to shrink or enlarge the image, try to fix the problem from the Trinket creation screen first. It can be enhanced to fit within the border of the upload area. It’s a tool called Move & Resize. It does wonders to refine your Trinket to look its best. Try it out. I promise experimenting with it to garnish the best-looking Trinket will not lead to your computer blowing up. Keep clicking around until the image fills the area so you can get rid of the gray or white areas. Here’s how to use this handy-to-dandy tool:
Notice there is a  and  to enlarge the image or to shrink it. Make sure you zoom in on it to cover the entire inner shell of the Trinket border. The circle will center your image and the  arrows surrounding the circle allows you to move the image up, down, left or right to fit perfectly without any spaces around it – thus, covering open space of the white or gray. Yay! If you haven't tried creating one, a suggestion would be to find an image that has a white background. It will display easier and you won't have to click around with the Move & Resize feature.
  Did you know?
~ If you collect 100 Trinkets from other members, you receive one Community Recognition. This now explains why we have so many Trinket hunters. 
~ A new feature was added to Trinkets that are fun to utilize. Back in 2023, the Automatic Review Response was added. It’s a cool feature and a good way to send a reviewer a little something for stopping by with a review. The best part? It’s easy to do:
When creating an item, or you can edit an older item, click on the advanced feature and scroll down to the Automatic Review Response text box. Write a fun message and post a Trinket. Save your item as usual, and anyone dropping by will now collect a Trinket for sending you a review!
If you want to collect a couple of Trinkets from the Automatic Review Response feature, here's the original item and one that is attached to a flash fiction of mine. The original item below has the guidelines to collect the Trinket.
~ To post a Trinket for the community to see but not collect, use the following WritingML:
{ncTrinket:XXXXXXXX}
~ If you're a Trinket Hunter, check out the Trinket book feature from your portfolio to see all the Trinkets you need for your collection
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~ While researching the site for information on Trinkets, I found the coolest area to read Trinket statistics. One tab is for Collectors and one is for Creators. I was blown away with the Trinket hunters (collectors) who are in the top two spots. I think sindbad and ruwth are involved in a Trinket battle of a lifetime.  Where are you on the lists? Here’s how to find out:
Go to your Community tab. At the top right, click on Trinkets Collected. At the top, click on The Book of Trinkets. Scroll down a little and click on Collection Leaders. From there, you can check out either the Top 100 Collectors or Leaders.
~ There are other features lurking around, like using them as a key to gain access to an item. For more information, check out the documentation on Trinkets. "Beta: Trinkets"
Collector Alert – No Need for Trinket Hunting Skills:
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When it comes to creating your Trinkets, have fun and say nay to the gray or white!
Happy Trinket creating, collecting, and hunting!
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These items popped up with the search word of Trinket:
From the  Queen of Trinkets, ruwth 
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 Question for this newsletter: What is your Trinket skill level? Are you an avid collector only, or are you on the hunt regularly?
 Feedback from my last newsletter, "The Games People Play" : The posted question: What’s your favorite party game? Any traditions when it comes to playing games at your parties, and any fun memories?
 Submitted Comments:
Beholden  : "Thank you very much for including my short story, A Twentieth Birthday Party, in your Editor's Picks section."
You're welcome! 
Choconut  "What a great newsletter! I love the party game you describe. It's definitely one I can take back to our family Christmas parties. My Mum was one of ten children, so I have, roughly, a gazillion cousins, and they all have lots of children. So, our parties are huge. As a child, everyone had to bring a gift and put it on the 'party table.' We would all be given a raffle ticket, and then we all collected a present as our numbers were called. I remember, one year, watching in despair as all the good prizes were claimed, and my ticket was the last to be called. I had a choice between a Spiderman sticker album and handkerchief set. I went for Spiderman."
Lol! That's a funny story. I think I might "borrow" that game sometime. I'm so glad you enjoyed the newsletter.
Joy  : "Great NL and such fun! Yes, I do recall the "Pin the tail on the donkey."
The only games people are playing lately against me though involve AC and Plumbing companies. No matter what I do I'm on the losing side." 
Lol! I hear you with the AC and Plumbing guys. I'm dealing with Reno guys right now, and I think I could write a novel about the games they play. Thanks for the comment!
 Comments from the Newsfeed. Thanks for posting your fun answers!
TheBusmanPoet  : "No Traditions we just played what everyone agreed upon. We played a lot of word and strategy games [i.e. scrabble, boggle, word-up, risk, clue, battleship etc.]."
oldgreywolf on wheels : "I don't play party games. I throw knives, shoot rifle, pistol, shotgun, and bow. You want to play? Okay, stand in front of that tree. No, the next one back, to make this interesting. Shucks, they kept going. Good heels."
Mousethyme  : "Getting drunk with my sister and playing "Teddy Toss" was fun once in a while. It's basically "hot potato" but it just keeps going and no one ever gets caught holding the potato."
Samantha : "My family would always break out Uno to play at holiday parties. My partner exposed me to a new to me game on Labor Day this year and I am so excited to play again- Rummikub! It's so much fun for my adhd rattled brain."
SadVac22 : "Me and my little bro, for some reason, play dodgeball with stuffed animals, god knows why or when it started."
🐕GeminiGem🎁  : "Playing Trivia with my parents and Nana. My sweet, innocent Nanna playing a less-than-honest game was hilarious."
S 🤦 : "My favourite games were always the 'How To Host A Murder' parties, where you dressed up as a character and played that character and tried to guess the murderer.
I do remember LAN parties where we'd take our computers to a hall with dozens of others, hook up to hardwired LAN portals and then spend hours fragging one another in Doom (the OG), Duke Nukem 3D, and Wolfenstein. This was the days when the Internet connection was by dial-up modem so wasn't any good for gaming, early to mid 90s."
Humble Poet PNG still humble : "I enjoy playing bobbing for watermelons, because Bren loves watermelons and I like to try to catch one for her --- sometimes two if my jaw is limber enough from talking. It usually is. My brothers and I used to [that phrase again] play Blind (and Stupid) Man's Bluff on the roof of our Granny's coal barn. Mostly, when I attend a party I talk until there's no time left to play anything, but then I'm not invited to many parties. As for bored games, I have a checkered past. I like Monotony, Scribble, Cabbage, and Jah-Long. Oddly, they all seem to end up being Aggravation.  I've been playing The Game of Life since about December 1960, but I'm not doing too great. As a young man, I played poker a bit because we heated with two coal stoves. As much as I enjoy the good, clean, pun of board games, there's another pastime I prefer:  ! "
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