Bah, missed the first post! :hmpf:
This strikes me as an effort to stave off 2 things:
1. Complaints about the credit system. Look through the "bug reports" forums and you see way too many threads
about "why don't I get credits for such-and-such" and a mod has to take time directing them to the policy
and closing the thread.
2. Abuse of the credit system. I saw one guy who spammed his own guestbook again and again trying to get credits. (They
all showed up as merged posts, so it didn't work.) And of course the wall-ripping tendencies of some people falls
under this as well.
What I'm afraid of happening here is an effect similar to the "level 10 effect" from MT2, to where folks
with low credits contribute art/posts until their credit count becomes invisible, then they stop, because they
can't see a numerical benefit to posting further. Another possible ill effect is something to where folks download
until their DLQ/credits become visible, then stop. Were this to happen, it would sort of defeat MT's purpose with
regards to people posting their art, as it would be looked at less, and consequently commented/faved less.
But, it's a recent change, so we'll have to see how things go over time- I could be way off the mark.
:pacman:
EDIT: I wanna know too, what's the "low" visibility threshold?
