We need to give people more accolades
Saturday, July 14, 2001 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
One of our top priorities when we created the site was to have a way of really giving users who are contributing to the site some accoldates.
That's why we track the top skin authors per category and top skins and such. But we shouldn't stop there I think.
One of the things we've been throwing around is the idea of having a points system for users. So that people who are contributing to the site in other ways can get more recognition.
Basically the idea works something like this:
When you make a post, you get 1 point for every 10 responses it gets.
When you submit news that gets accepted, you get a point.
For every 10 responses you make you get a point.
For every 5 responses on news items you get a point.
For every 100 downloads your skin gets you get a point.
For every article we publish of yours you get 1 point.
For every 100 people who view your article you get a point.
For every 5 comments you make on a skin you get a point.
Now, to keep people from writing "junk" responses, they would lose a point for every response/comment of theirs we had to delete (so if the person responded "Yea!" as their post, we could delete it and the user would lose 1 point -- we would just discretion, only if it was apparent the person was making the weak response for points would we do that).
This sort of point system would then let us have a hall of fame for top contributors to the site.
That's why we track the top skin authors per category and top skins and such. But we shouldn't stop there I think.
One of the things we've been throwing around is the idea of having a points system for users. So that people who are contributing to the site in other ways can get more recognition.
Basically the idea works something like this:
When you make a post, you get 1 point for every 10 responses it gets.
When you submit news that gets accepted, you get a point.
For every 10 responses you make you get a point.
For every 5 responses on news items you get a point.
For every 100 downloads your skin gets you get a point.
For every article we publish of yours you get 1 point.
For every 100 people who view your article you get a point.
For every 5 comments you make on a skin you get a point.
Now, to keep people from writing "junk" responses, they would lose a point for every response/comment of theirs we had to delete (so if the person responded "Yea!" as their post, we could delete it and the user would lose 1 point -- we would just discretion, only if it was apparent the person was making the weak response for points would we do that).
This sort of point system would then let us have a hall of fame for top contributors to the site.
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Carlitus
Reply #82 Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:21 PM
Reply #82 Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:21 PM
Points? Best skin authors?
I think the best rating is the utility and the pleasant use of a skin.
Is right to award the participation in forums, notices, comments, etc. Yes, but for the users like me (that my thoughts are in catalan - a non english langage) that they do not know to write in English, cannot put in the Web many comments. I am learning English too much quickly
But a good idea would be to award the skins by a system in which the users said as they are his prettier skins, and most useful.
this forum is a site where people can express themselves freely, and where to put ideas, not a site in order to accumulate points.
I prefer that a user says to me that skins is contented with my, and that has found them useful, not to accumulate points or to be number one. When I paid the Object Desktop, my intentions were to have one better interface; luck that I was decided to do skins, more is amused than to use them!
I think the best rating is the utility and the pleasant use of a skin.
Is right to award the participation in forums, notices, comments, etc. Yes, but for the users like me (that my thoughts are in catalan - a non english langage) that they do not know to write in English, cannot put in the Web many comments. I am learning English too much quickly
But a good idea would be to award the skins by a system in which the users said as they are his prettier skins, and most useful.
this forum is a site where people can express themselves freely, and where to put ideas, not a site in order to accumulate points.
I prefer that a user says to me that skins is contented with my, and that has found them useful, not to accumulate points or to be number one. When I paid the Object Desktop, my intentions were to have one better interface; luck that I was decided to do skins, more is amused than to use them!
craeonics
Reply #83 Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:54 PM
Reply #83 Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:54 PM
Carlitus has seen the light!
craeonics continues the lounging (and the bitching and moaning)
craeonics continues the lounging (and the bitching and moaning)
feline
Reply #84 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:12 PM
Reply #84 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:12 PM
craeonics the bitch - now there is an interesting thought. wrong species, but canine is definetly getting closer to feline.
soon we will be there [mannic laughter]
soon we will be there [mannic laughter]
deadman67
Reply #87 Friday, August 3, 2001 8:29 AM
Reply #87 Friday, August 3, 2001 8:29 AM
i say just keep it the way it is if it's not briken don't fix it i'm new to things i'v started with skinning when i find out what program i can use to realy change the look of winamp i'd want to be posting it here i like the way this site is now don't change it.
berzerka
Reply #88 Friday, August 3, 2001 11:37 AM
Reply #88 Friday, August 3, 2001 11:37 AM
i think the 100 downloads thing is a bad idea, people will just download skins just because they will get points, this can be misleading to the author, i get a buzz when i see people have downloaded my wallpapers, but, i would be unsure if people are downloading them because they like them, or if they just want points
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Reply #81 Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:13 PM
on this points idea, there is concern that "3 or 4" people will abuse it with lots of posts designed just to get points. surely this would be obvious to all concerned? in that case, if the people wont see reason, then just stop giving them points for posts?
my other concern is, what about posters who are more "reality challanged" than others? i just hope that they wont be discriminated against for making less directly relivent posts
feline is feeling paranoid, they may have found where i berried those stealth helicopters