I've completely missed out on this. Interesting deal indeed, the idea is great.
However I do not agree with the ones saying that Off-topic shouldn't be worth anything. If you really look at it, there sometimes tend to be great discussions of value in it. However, posts like in that thread where you only post a single image, or word games should be nullified.
Now that I realize it, off-topic is probably more valuable in terms of post quality than games and rounds. Off-topic has some pretty good discussions in it, but I see why they don't pay. Some have nothing to do with bitcoin, but games and rounds has things like giveaways, and sometimes are related to gambling so I see the logic there.
Agreed. Off topic gets a bad rap but it's only really the spammy pointless threads in there that shouldn't be counted. I barely post in there anymore but have had some pretty good discussions in the past. I wonder if there would be a way to add certain threads to the bot so they're not counted at all or maybe posts under a certain word count (say 5 or so)?
Surprised that local foruns worth only 1 point.
I must admit that these sections have less people than the rest, but this is a very restrict part of the forum since its closed to the speakers of the language.
Sadly it's easier to spam and go unnoticed in the Local boards due to lack of moderation. The Chinese section had a massive problem with bots that were building their post count up in there.
If anyone else has suggestions about some sections being unfairly allocated points and you think it'd be beneficial to change, let me know here
I think the Staff forum should be worth 5 points
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The most spam that happens are in those sections so you clearly did think this through. But I have a feeling there will be such a huge focus on the gambling perspective of the site with spam posts. Strategically, I understand why it's the highest paying, but perhaps other sections should be included too. Sections where BTC is spent, mainly the market place.
I agree with this and think it could potentially lead to problems. Some people will obviously push themselves to post as many posts they can or even exclusively post in there and cause flooding, though that may be good from an advertising perspective, but I personally don't think more posts in that section is going to necessarily equal more direct hits and people have just as much chance of seeing and clicking on a link anywhere else. Wouldn't it be better to just put Gambling with the 2 pointers? You'll still get plenty of people posting in there but just as normal and I think having the forum
blanketed in PD ads everywhere as it was previously is better than having them flooded in certain sections and is overall a better strategy.
As i said earlier, off-topic board shouldnt be paid at all. Only spammers visit that section and anyone hardly reads whatever has been previously written by the forum users. People just post random things over there and noone is gonna view pd's signature over there(except for other signature spammers). So stop paying off-topic board posts and stop SPAM.
How do you know any of this? Any stats to back the claims up? Seems to be wholly opinion, one I'd largely disagree with.
