In general, I'm not opposed to requiring 2 instances of activity. I can see where it might help prod people into tagging around more. And in all honesty, my greatest trouble with AC here has been having several threads, none of which reached the required 15 comments. I know I can't be the only one who's gotten 2-3 threads to 10-12 comments only to have them die. And that is frustrating as all hell.
But I also like things the way they are. It's not really any more lax (in fact, I think it's more difficult than the proposed changes) but it is simple. Which is a big plus for me. There aren't a lot of combinations and choices, and that is what makes it the better option for me, personally.
My other major concern with the proposed activity is its non-uniform-ness. Sorry, I can't think of a proper word just at this moment.
I think while it might promote tagging around/posting more often, it might not help promote quality cr building. I mean, theoretically, you could make two short posts, make one comment on each and be set without anything really going anywhere. I guess I just feel like it could create more content, but also generate more laziness. Particularly if it's a problem with people barely scraping by on AC.
As someone who survives primarily by tagging around rather than posting, it strikes me as very unbalanced. Sort of like asking people who post for 4 tags while asking people who tag for twice that. I just feel, personally, that there should be a little more uniformity there instead of posts basically being weighted 3x higher than comments.
I understand that the idea is probably that posts are generally longer than tags, but that definitely isn't always the case. And for that reason, if the important factor here is having the activity spread out, I'd be more in favor of weighting the posts themselves as tags and keeping the standard 15 comments across 2 posts.
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In general, I'm not opposed to requiring 2 instances of activity. I can see where it might help prod people into tagging around more. And in all honesty, my greatest trouble with AC here has been having several threads, none of which reached the required 15 comments. I know I can't be the only one who's gotten 2-3 threads to 10-12 comments only to have them die. And that is frustrating as all hell.
But I also like things the way they are. It's not really any more lax (in fact, I think it's more difficult than the proposed changes) but it is simple. Which is a big plus for me. There aren't a lot of combinations and choices, and that is what makes it the better option for me, personally.
My other major concern with the proposed activity is its non-uniform-ness. Sorry, I can't think of a proper word just at this moment.
I think while it might promote tagging around/posting more often, it might not help promote quality cr building. I mean, theoretically, you could make two short posts, make one comment on each and be set without anything really going anywhere. I guess I just feel like it could create more content, but also generate more laziness. Particularly if it's a problem with people barely scraping by on AC.
As someone who survives primarily by tagging around rather than posting, it strikes me as very unbalanced. Sort of like asking people who post for 4 tags while asking people who tag for twice that. I just feel, personally, that there should be a little more uniformity there instead of posts basically being weighted 3x higher than comments.
I understand that the idea is probably that posts are generally longer than tags, but that definitely isn't always the case. And for that reason, if the important factor here is having the activity spread out, I'd be more in favor of weighting the posts themselves as tags and keeping the standard 15 comments across 2 posts.