Koro wrote:
First off, I would like to say thanks to Schik for all the time he's obviously been putting into the new system.
It's my pleasure. And my pain, sometimes. But mostly my pleasure.
Second, the forum has really been slow for me lately. I have a cable connection that loads other sites very fast and runs games nicely etc. But the forum is just crawling even at times when there are hardly any other people on, it takes almost a minute and a half to load a page, even the index.
I doubt it's because of the new system - it shouldn't be changing the speed much if at all. Our forum seems to fluctuate in terms of performance. We're in a bit of a low right now.
Third, I personally will not be very inclined to moderate any post at a cost of 3 or more points. Gotta get the bang for your buck you know, but in general, I'm wondering if that system will make +2 or -2 or greater posts rare to find (noting that on the old system I hadn't yet seen a +3 anyway). Also, in this point economy, where does that third (or more) point go in the incremental increase? If you spend 2 points on a post, the recipient gets one point for rank and one for moderating. If you spend three, do they get an extra mod point or does it vanish into oblivion? If it's gone, this will require substantially more seeding by the moderators if the system is used effectively.
Every moderation has the same effect - +/- 1 Mod Point and Rank Point.
This system might discourage +2s and above, but that's okay. We might see more posts getting moderated, instead of one post getting all the attention. And if there's something you feel very strongly about, then you just may be willing to spend that extra point to let the author know. We Moderators will need to seed pretty regularly. By my count, one of us in particular (not me) is doing a much better job at it than the rest of us.
Normal good posts should get you some Mod/Rank points, but if you really want to impress a Moderator and possibly get a large chunk of change, try being creative.
DROD related art, poetry, fiction, etc. For the technically inclined, make a DROD related game. I've got something in the works that will hand out points for submitting good holds for our Holds page. Heck, offer to make an avatar for someone in exchange for some Mod Points. Be creative!
Posting will get you there slowly, but extraordinary efforts might earn you extraordinary results.
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