feedback on the "reward" system

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Level 4

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feedback on the "reward" system

Any possibility to go back to giving individual points to people who help in a thread? This 2 helpful 1 solved thing is too darn stressful. Giving a few ++ to everyone who contributes something to fixing a problem is far better than trying to decide who should get the big payout of points. 😟

It also doesn't help that some people will go into a thread and point out that the OP hasn't given the big payout points.

Instead of it feeling like a way to say "hey thanks" or "this really solved my problem" I often feel like someone with unused baseball tix and too many deserving friends with spare time for the two available seats. 😟

Let's go back to individual +++

PB G4 12, 1gHZ/768 mb RAM, iPod Shuffle, Mac OS X (10.3.8), PM7300/200 416 mb RAM OS 8.6/8.5/7.5.5

Posted on Jul 19, 2006 12:08 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 20, 2006 2:08 PM in response to Marlinespike

Hear! Hear! All in favor, figure out who we have to thank for the current and unsatisfactory system.

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Answer 2

Peggy

Level 8

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Jul 20, 2006 3:56 PM in response to LINDA CATE

figure out who we have to thank for the current and unsatisfactory system.

One major reason for the change in the points/awards system is due to the tremendous abuse of the +/- system. The main problem I see with the current system is that, for the most part, it isn't used. I've been in favor of just a + system.

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Nikki

Level 4

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Jul 20, 2006 4:02 PM in response to Peggy

You can thank the developer of the software these forums now run on.

Nikki

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Answer 4

Jul 23, 2006 12:38 AM in response to Marlinespike

Apple's boards — Apple's rules.

Like it, lump it, or leave it.

I've decided to lump it.

If you feel it's too stressful to award points, don't. As Peggy mentioned, that's the way most people are handling it.

There is the option to mark a question "Answered," without awarding points. You can do that if awarding points doesn't make sense to you.

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Marlinespike Author

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Jul 23, 2006 1:21 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

I for one like awarding points to people who help. OTOH, I cringe when I see people pimping for points.

The advantage of everyone being able to give out + is that good answers tend to get highlighted. How many times I've gone into a thread and found an answer I needed, and no way to reward the person for it besides posting.

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Answer 6

Jul 23, 2006 1:42 PM in response to Marlinespike

How many times I've gone into a thread and found an answer I needed, and no way to reward the person for it besides posting.

That's fine. Post a "Thank you! This helped me, too." This serves to bump the thread up to the top of the heap, where it is more likely to be noticed by others looking for help, so it's not totally without merit to do that.

If it's in one of my threads, you'll even get an answering, "Thanks for posting and letting us know that this has helped someone else."

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