Dear Minitokyo Community,
In response to comments made and concerns voiced by members regarding the credit system, we will be adjusting the credit system as it pertains to posts sometime tomorrow in a way that should reduce the amount of spam as well as increase the amount of detail in both comments and discussions.
The new system will have a number of key features:
Longer posts will earn more credits than shorter posts, though with diminishing returns
to scale.
In order to reward members who take time and effort to make thoughtful, constructive, and detailed remarks, the system
will grant more credits to longer posts than it will to shorter ones. However, the longer a post becomes, the less each
additional character will be worth in terms of credits, so posting an eight-page political dissertation will not make a
user much wealthier than someone who was more succinct in jotting their thoughts down. After all, on Minitokyo
we're looking for discussion and not soliloquies. Also, including quotations will not increase the amount of
credits earned. Furthermore, the overuse of ellipses, repeated strings of smiley faces, or any other activities for
artificially increasing the length of posts will not be tolerated.
Short posts will cost credits.
To cut down on spam posts and comments, we have decided that instead of instituting a minimum character count for posts,
we will actually dock credits from posts that have less than 50 characters. Again, artificially lengthening posts will
not be tolerated.
Having one of your threads posted to will not earn you credits.
This one should be fairly self-explanatory. Eliminating income from created threads should reduce the incentive of
members to create threads such as "what is your favorite __" or "what are you ___ now" threads that, while often popular, seldom lead to any
meaningful discussion.
The credit system will not affect the Chat Lounge.
While most posts in the Chat Lounge do not meet the 50-character threshold, you cannot lose credits in the Chat Lounge.
At the same time, you cannot earn any credits by participating in the Chat Lounge either.
Please note that it is the policy of the Moderator Staff to never disclose specifics of the credit system, such as how
many credits the system grants or takes for certain actions, to the community in order to prevent abuse. However, if you
have any other comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will see what we can do to be of
assistance.
Sincerely,
shinsengumi, on behalf of the Moderator Staff
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Edit: Looks like it'll take a bit longer than expected, but rest assured, we'll be rolling this out soon!