Announcement! Awards!

[UndeadEyes]

Hi, everyone!

As you have all noticed, we have started creating awards (currently just the one for the first 50 members to join Writing Home! Yey!).
So, we want to know some of your thoughts on reward types we can have.
We want rewards that won't be too hard too track (as, for instance, first post reward, might be hard as we grow larger).
While we have some we are considering already, such as "Happy Birthday!" when you have your first birthday on the site, we want to get your ideas as well!

So, comment below and let us know your ideas. :)

 

[Zverda]

I think my first question is - are rewards and auto thing? Basically, can they track how long you've been on a site?

 

[UndeadEyes]

I think my first question is - are rewards and auto thing? Basically, can they track how long you've been on a site?

Good question. I do not believe so, but I can take a second look. :)

 

[Zverda]

Good question. I do not believe so, but I can take a second look. :)

If they can be (say a bot is doing the tracking or w/e) I would recommend maybe milestone ones like - you've been here a year! Then maybe one at 5 and such. However, if it isn't possible then something like that could quickly become a headache to track.

 

[UndeadEyes]

If they can be (say a bot is doing the tracking or w/e) I would recommend maybe milestone ones like - you've been here a year! Then maybe one at 5 and such. However, if it isn't possible then something like that could quickly become a headache to track.

Sadly, it doesn't look like it's possible for the auto. However, once we have more people, resulting in more staff, it may just be a slow to give out. Or, say, a year from now, we go "Anyone who has been here a year, post here and receive a 1-year award", etc. There's ways to do it it in bulk, so we can always get things settled later.
We just don't want things that require us to be noticing "Your first thread!". We want them to be a bit more meaningful to the user anyways, which makes it more personable.

 

[Zverda]

I feel ya there! Trying to keep up with that would drive just about anyone insane.

 

[UndeadEyes]

Yeah! But I think if we keep them more personal and random, it'll mean more to the people who get then. <3

I feel ya there! Trying to keep up with that would drive just about anyone insane.