The points system.
Posted by rlewellen 10 years, 2 months ago to The Gulch: General
I want to discuss the point system, specifically when a point should be added and when it should be taken away. I don't want to discuss whether non pay people should be rewarded producer of the week. The point system is being abused from my point of view and I would also like to know who has access to take away more than one point.
To specifically address one of the questions ... nobody can add or remove more than one point per comment / post.
You can vote something up, you can vote something down. You can also remove (without voting in the other direction) a vote that you previously made.
There is also a very short synopsis on points in the faq: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/faq
Maybe we should add to that.
There have been some other discussions on points in the not too distant past, I'll see if I can find a link or two. In the meantime, we definitely encourage the discussion.
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I have only twice upper a point count and never lowered one. but I think I have it figured out. Mul;tiple points are still a ?mark
So from that I would conclude that an individual can only give one point, and subsequent attempts only cause the status to switch from 1 to 0 and back.
If one attempts to give oneself a point, that point is removed (such that the original post was the first +1 point and subsequent attempts just toggle on/off).
Hope that helps.
The point total by your name should too. If it is not, that is an issue. I'll look into that and correct if needed.