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rubycity_ooc2013-04-30 08:24 pm
rubycitymods) wrote in rubycity_ooc2013-04-30 08:24 pm
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Mod Announcement
Hi there folks!
We'd like to come to you with a proposal to make a change in the activity check guidelines. Don't panic! This is by no means something that will happen, only what might happen if it's met with general approval by the game's players.
Up until now, the activity checks have required either a thread of fifteen comments total, or a log/post with fifteen comments total within it.
Double activity has either been one thread of thirty comments, two threads with fifteen comments, a log/post with thirty comments, or two logs/posts with fifteen comments.
What we are proposing is as follows:
1. Two posts/logs with at least one comment
2. One post/log with at least one comment plus a thread of ten (10) comments total
3. Two threads with fifteen (15) comments overall [To clarify, this is fifteen comments total, we're not going to suddenly ask for thirty!]
Double activity would then be:
As stated previously, this is not a certain change, and we're bringing this to you before we consider implementing it so that we can answer your questions, hear your concerns, and if it's shown that this isn't going to work, the proposal won't go any further and the activity check guidelines will remain as they are! If there's a good amount of discussion both ways, the decision may be put to a poll, which will be posted using one of the moderator's paid accounts.
Please keep all discussion in this post polite, and if you have a question which you think we may not see, please indicate in the subject line of your comment! Anon is enabled so that everyone feels free to say what's on their mind, but be aware that if this is abused we will withdraw anon commenting.
Thank you for your attention!
The RC Mods.
We'd like to come to you with a proposal to make a change in the activity check guidelines. Don't panic! This is by no means something that will happen, only what might happen if it's met with general approval by the game's players.
Up until now, the activity checks have required either a thread of fifteen comments total, or a log/post with fifteen comments total within it.
Double activity has either been one thread of thirty comments, two threads with fifteen comments, a log/post with thirty comments, or two logs/posts with fifteen comments.
What we are proposing is as follows:
1. Two posts/logs with at least one comment
2. One post/log with at least one comment plus a thread of ten (10) comments total
3. Two threads with fifteen (15) comments overall [To clarify, this is fifteen comments total, we're not going to suddenly ask for thirty!]
Double activity would then be:
1. Three posts/logs with at least one comment
2. Two posts/logs with at least one comment plus a thread of ten (10) comments total OR one post/log with two threads of at least fifteen (15) comments overall.
3. Twenty five (25) comments total spread over two to four threads.
2. Two posts/logs with at least one comment plus a thread of ten (10) comments total OR one post/log with two threads of at least fifteen (15) comments overall.
3. Twenty five (25) comments total spread over two to four threads.
As stated previously, this is not a certain change, and we're bringing this to you before we consider implementing it so that we can answer your questions, hear your concerns, and if it's shown that this isn't going to work, the proposal won't go any further and the activity check guidelines will remain as they are! If there's a good amount of discussion both ways, the decision may be put to a poll, which will be posted using one of the moderator's paid accounts.
Please keep all discussion in this post polite, and if you have a question which you think we may not see, please indicate in the subject line of your comment! Anon is enabled so that everyone feels free to say what's on their mind, but be aware that if this is abused we will withdraw anon commenting.
Thank you for your attention!
The RC Mods.
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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.