Fishing Reports

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(02-01-2013 05:41 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  Step back a moment………

In my mind it’s not about who’s got so many “thanks”, or what your reputation is………….. If your contributions are of value here (as anywhere) such will come naturally and without want.

This site has many “visitors”………. Who, I would imagine, are members that haven’t signed in, or “others”. This will always be the case.

The goal is to establish a fair and equitable system that prevents selfish taking without an ounce of sharing - while promoting all to join up, and then to step up and display their success. You don’t have to say “where” …….. Just share your methods and techniques to help others………. And in turn we all benefit.

The reason we all take pics is to show/share our success…….. otherwise …………why bother…………..

Ponder this a while…………………………..dig?

OT

Hey OT,

Sorry, I must not have communicated that properly...

I'm just saying that a system like "Thanked" or "Reputation" can be used as metrics to tract contributions. If these "Thanks" and "Reputations" come naturally and without want, isn't that then the real measure of a member's value on the board? These are not self inflated measurements...rather "respect" that other members had given. I don't think it should be a stand alone criteria, but it can be use as additional measurements (or at the moment, as a "temp" fix until something is implemented).

For example...

1 new report post = 1 accruable month permission
1 thanked post = 1 accruable weeks permission
1 additional "Level" of reputation = n times the current sum of weeks of permission based on the current level (ie...if you are at Level 2, it is 2 x current total, Level 6 is 6 x current total...etc)

Total time of permitted access is then the sum of all of these metrics.

Reputation level up can increase based on accumulated contributions (article contributions, general discussion topics, reports...etc) and the number of thanks received...

That's just how I would set it up...but this is MA's forum.

As an aside..."accruable" shows up as an incorrect word in the spell check...what the heck? Someone needs a spanking!