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« on: May 12, 2009, 03:02:24 AM »

We've recently noticed that there has been a growing number of one-word posts in the forum. 

We have always encouraged all of our members to keep their posts informative, and we would like to ask everyone to keep the primary goal of "contributing to online conversations" in mind when posting.

 blush  This is the reason why we have implemented this change to the loyalty points system - particularly pertaining to the section of points earned while posting and replying to threads. This new system will reward members who take special care to keep their posts informative and meaty.

Here are the changes:

  • Making a Post
           <10 words = 0 points
           10-49 words = 10 points
           50-99 words = 15 points
           100-199 words = 20 points
           200-299 words = 25 points*

* Every additional 99 words thereafter gets an additional +5 points. There is a cap maximum at 50 points.

We discourage copying and pasting whole articles into forum posts.  We encourage you to kindly summarize the text and provide a link to the post instead.

To summarize, if a user makes a post which consists of less than 10 words, they will get the post count, but not the points.  But now, each member stands to earn more points for valuable contributions to the discussions, and all of you can earn a maximum of 50 points for each post.

To learn more about our new Loyalty Points System, please click here.

We hope that this helps us improve the quality of our online community. smile Again, we thank all of you for continued support.

Cheers,

The BrillKids Team

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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009, 05:54:54 AM »

Brilliant! That's a great change.
(I won't get point for this :-)

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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009, 07:12:13 AM »

it means also that saying "thank you" isnotaspamanymore smile

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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2009, 07:28:31 AM »

Brilliant! That's a great change.
(I won't get point for this :-)

I think you just made it to the 5 point group with that one! biggrin

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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2009, 12:48:21 PM »

I just love it!  biggrin

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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2009, 04:48:22 PM »

Great,
I esp.like the part of not posting articles,but rather links smile

KL,is there a 5 point group?

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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2009, 06:09:21 PM »

That is a good idea, I completly agree. We must share our ideas and experineces not only give answers that doesn't help. smile

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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2009, 06:28:02 PM »

Great,
I esp.like the part of not posting articles,but rather links smile

Great idea Nikolett! Karma to you! Honestly when someone pastes the whole thing I don't even read it because it looks so dense  blink . Summarizing would be great, but I know it takes a great amount of time to do something like that.

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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2009, 08:55:42 PM »

***Sorry for interrupting, I'm just testing!!!  big grin

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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2009, 10:42:40 PM »

I feel the urge to test this out! I like the idea so that more meaningful conversations are made! smile

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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2009, 01:11:14 AM »

i think adding this new way of points is a great idea. it will give those of use who really have something to say a quicker way of adding up those oh so help full pionts thanks alot!

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« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2009, 01:51:19 AM »

It's really great to have such a grading of point identification and make it so clear here.  Thanks a lot for the effort.

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« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2009, 02:44:08 AM »

KL,is there a 5 point group?

Ooops... there isn't, my mistake! Shows I can't read!  LOL

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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 12:10:15 PM »

OK, just a technical question or two
1. what about modifying your post later?
2. does quoting somebody else count?
not that I am counting the words in my posts now (they are rather on a short side since I can't touch type),but still...

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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2009, 12:16:44 PM »

1. Your points for that post get recounted, and that includes if it's been modified by an admin.

2. Quoting does not count.

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