Ummm, I see how this is a good idea for attracting some nice posts, but won't this also encourage some spamming in which people will ask some of their friends to vote theirs as the best in order to get the platinum.
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There used to be a free gift subscription when you were a premium member of a certain level - did they change that? I see now that you can still give a gift subscription, but I don't see where I can give a free one.
Aug 31, 2009
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ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:
There used to be a free gift subscription when you were a premium member of a certain level - did they change that? I see now that you can still give a gift subscription, but I don't see where I can give a free one.
That was back when platinum was $80/yr. The absence of forcing the gift subscription on the member brought it down to $50/yr. Seemed like a sensible change to me.
Aug 31, 2009
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I suppose I should have given it away when I had a chance then. Live and learn. Sometimes the threat is not stronger than the execution.
There is no need for any kind of karma points system, that's why they have forum moderators. As for them giving away free subscribtions for people being "helpful" well thats fine and all but its not really up to us, so who cares.
A+ post
I support the slashdot system so that I don't have to read any more posts like
ok, how bout this, since the staff can't keep track of every message posted, We could have the members voting, BUT...to prevent friends racking up votes for their other friends, the staff would have final say, so this way they would look at the top 100 vote getters, and select the ones they feel are the most helpful and useful. This way I coudln't just post a message like "First move E4" obviously just a rediculously normal message, but if it wound up with 1,000 good votes, the staff would know it's rediculous & not select it for a prize.
RyanMK wrote:
I support the slashdot system so that I don't have to read any more posts like
How did you do that?
Probably not a bad idea for articles, rather than forum posts. You can already rate articles, but maybe a reward system could be good.
I never really understood why you'd gain points for forum posts, articles are a bit more useful and easier to search through. (posts are also easy to miss for new members and infrequent visitors)
xbigboy wrote:
RyanMK wrote:
I support the slashdot system so that I don't have to read any more posts like
How did you do that?
I entered two random moves into the pgn area.
RyanMK wrote:
xbigboy wrote:
RyanMK wrote:
I support the slashdot system so that I don't have to read any more posts like
How did you do that?
I entered two random moves into the pgn area.
Please explain more clearly... is it something like e5xc2 ... Qxh8 ?
Gonnosuke wrote:
TheGrobe wrote:
Do you get the impression that this system actually discourages those garbage posts or just provides a tool to let people easily filter them out?
It's interesting that there is no visible ranking attached to people's user-names-- I think that this may actually assuage the primary concern of most of the folks who objected so vehemently when this was first tabled, which, like Kupov's, was that it would amount to one giant popularity contest.
The garbage posts are still there but they very quickly disappear from view unless you've elected to bypass the filtering system altogether.
I think the beauty of the Slashdot system is that there's nothing for individual members to collect. Since only the posts themselves are rated the content stands or falls based on the reaction of those that have read it. With a system like this, a member can still develop a reputation for posting good content but it's completely outside of the system itself. By that I mean that Slashdot isn't tracking it -- reputations are developed organically as frequent forum visitors start to notice that certain contributors consistently post content that they enjoy and rate highly.
To a certain extent, I think we all do that sort of thing already. For example, I know from past experience that I generally enjoy reading your (TheGrobe) posts so if I see that you've recently responded to a discussion I'll often check it out. I do the same with other frequent forum contributors like Ozzie, Reb, Tonydal and many others that I can't think of off the top of my head.
If the ratings live and die with each individual post it really does seem like it should assuage the "popularity contest" or abuse concerns. I'd fully support something like this.
ChessDweeb wrote:
Let's take a vote on whether or not we should vote.
Absolutely yes.
xbigboy wrote:
RyanMK wrote:
xbigboy wrote:
RyanMK wrote:
I support the slashdot system so that I don't have to read any more posts like
How did you do that?
I entered two random moves into the pgn area.
Please explain more clearly... is it something like e5xc2 ... Qxh8 ?
Yeah, I entered 1. exb7 Qxh8
a great idea Danielle, I agree with a small incentive for us non members, try before you buy..