Hello Freedom! Family, a few users in this section have been gathering together talking about the current status of the Promote Yourself forum and the lack of contribution that users are making to the general forums. This topic is currently in our focus and we hope to figure out a way in which we can limit the spam in the Promote Yourself section in a way which allows people to promote themselves effectively without going through endless rules and restrictions..
Before I present my specific solution to the problem, I would like to outline the issues that we currently face in the section. Currently as it stands, 98% of people who go onto someone's thread on the Promote Yourself section does not leave a reply. Compared to the Introduce Yourself section, only 92% of people who go onto someone's thread does not leave a reply. Both of these numbers (sampled from 100 currently active posts) are shocking, so we need to do something about them!
SOLUTION: Introduce a secondary, internal and virtual currency.
Currently, we only have one actively used currency known as 'Credits' - These are used for cosmetic changes around the forums as well as giving you access to promote your channel in the Promote Yourself section. This current system is alright for everything but Promote Yourself. Registering, updating your profile and adding a profile picture all give you bonus credits at the start, allowing a new user to promote themselves instantaneously, prompting a 'hit and run' scenario.
By adding a new currency known as 'Promotion Credits' (placeholder), we can make it so that they can only be earned by the replying of threads inside the Promote Yourself section. This will prompt users to actually interact with other peoples promotions and give feedback or advice to each other, whilst also earning themselves the ability to create their own posts.
Every post in the Promote Yourself section would cost 1 Promotion Credit. Replies to threads in the Promote Yourself section gives the user 0.2 credits as a base, with an increase of reward with a larger reply (word count basis), up to 1 credit per reply. This idea allows people to still promote as usual, as users pay for their threads in the form of normal credits at the moment anyway, however this means they must reply to others to gain their access.
People still get to promote their channel - More people would see each others content and channels - WIN (Growth)
People will have to reply to other threads - Less steaming piles of spam - WIN (Cleaner)
People get to grow whilst also making the forums cleaner and better, it's a win-win situation.
Do you think this is a good idea, do you have a suggestion to this problem, or possibly something to add to this? Leave a comment down below with your ideas, as well as visiting the poll at the top to see if you believe this idea will work or not!
Before I present my specific solution to the problem, I would like to outline the issues that we currently face in the section. Currently as it stands, 98% of people who go onto someone's thread on the Promote Yourself section does not leave a reply. Compared to the Introduce Yourself section, only 92% of people who go onto someone's thread does not leave a reply. Both of these numbers (sampled from 100 currently active posts) are shocking, so we need to do something about them!
SOLUTION: Introduce a secondary, internal and virtual currency.
Currently, we only have one actively used currency known as 'Credits' - These are used for cosmetic changes around the forums as well as giving you access to promote your channel in the Promote Yourself section. This current system is alright for everything but Promote Yourself. Registering, updating your profile and adding a profile picture all give you bonus credits at the start, allowing a new user to promote themselves instantaneously, prompting a 'hit and run' scenario.
By adding a new currency known as 'Promotion Credits' (placeholder), we can make it so that they can only be earned by the replying of threads inside the Promote Yourself section. This will prompt users to actually interact with other peoples promotions and give feedback or advice to each other, whilst also earning themselves the ability to create their own posts.
Every post in the Promote Yourself section would cost 1 Promotion Credit. Replies to threads in the Promote Yourself section gives the user 0.2 credits as a base, with an increase of reward with a larger reply (word count basis), up to 1 credit per reply. This idea allows people to still promote as usual, as users pay for their threads in the form of normal credits at the moment anyway, however this means they must reply to others to gain their access.
People still get to promote their channel - More people would see each others content and channels - WIN (Growth)
People will have to reply to other threads - Less steaming piles of spam - WIN (Cleaner)
People get to grow whilst also making the forums cleaner and better, it's a win-win situation.
Do you think this is a good idea, do you have a suggestion to this problem, or possibly something to add to this? Leave a comment down below with your ideas, as well as visiting the poll at the top to see if you believe this idea will work or not!
