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[twistedsymphony]

I've been a member here for quite some time now and I'd like to think that in general I give back to the scene by helping out people here where-ever I can use my knowledge to their advantage.

About as long as I've been a member here I've also been a member of various Subaru forums, as I got my Xbox around the same time I got my WRX. Some of those forums seem to be about the same size this one (probably a bit smaller). Despite that crowd being much older in general (due to everyone at least being old enough to drive, and most much older to afford) it's still plagued by post count whores and people who refuse to search and read.

Recently one of the Subaru forums instituted a new system called "Scooby Snacks" (Scooby being the nickname for Subarus) In this system people get points based on contributions. Each member gets 2 scooby snacks a day that they can give to other members if they happen to see a post that really helped them out or they thought was beneficial to the scene in general. Moderators can give these out whenever they see this as well. Similarly if a member writes a review or a tutorial they receive a scooby snack for every unique member that looks at that review or tutorial (their tutorials are in the forums so it's easier to track). Finally you can also receive scooby snacks by making donations to the site to help keep it up and running.

This scooby snack system replaced the post count system. You could still see someones post count looking at their profile but not under their name in every post; instead you saw scooby snacks.

I'm sure this was a tricky system to implement, and I was there when the change occurred and a lot of people complained. About a month after it's implementation there were no more complaints and the forums had made a drastic 180, flaming and post count whores nearly disappeared as now they were doing everything they could to help people for scooby snacks.

I think a similar system here could be beneficial (I really started to think about this after reading some of the editorials).

I've always personally been a fan of positive reinforcement. You reward the good rather than punishing the bad.

Just something to consider, I'd appreciate your thoughts if nothing else.

 
-TS

[ILLusions0fGrander]

i personally think that sounds like a good idea... only i dont know if a majority of the members of this forum are mature enough to deal with something of this nature.

could we call them "gates bucks" instead though?

[lordvader129]

a good idea, but its been suggested several times, i cant think of the actual reasons the admins decided against it, but they did (decide against it) lol

[dougMod]

very good idea and i just think the reason mods wouldnt like it is becsuae its alot more work

[HSDEMONZ]

That's all the reason we need.

Staff have enough to do without adding more to someones workload. Plus.. you then now have someone who will be deeming what is "worthy" of a point.

It isn't going to happen.. and every time someone comes up with one of these silly systems.. the thread gets closed.

People suggesting these point system.. are actually half the problem.

"let's do away with the existing point system.. but.. let's implement an "you are worthy" point system cause "x" site somewhere else has it."

That's the worst reason for XS do do anything.

XS is what it is because we aren't following everyone else. We also won't trade one cockeyed point system for another.

If we'd do anything.. it would be to remove the points altogether. But at present.. we aren't going to do that it's and it's not up for discussion.

People think that requesting features we'd already said NAY on time and again.. is going to get something done on this site? All it does is show me who is and isn't searching before wasting more space on this forum with a question that has been answered to many times to count.

If we enacted a "wrothy" system.. I'd first put negative on the people who ask often repeated questions without reading the responses that have already been given to their questions ad nauseum.