J/U Scoring Scheme: We're Not All Playing On A Level Field?
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Theres been some talk concerning points a bit in the last week or so. Have a look around and you can see the various posts.
I got to thinking about it, and decided that this was worth a new post.
Draginol's access class of 9 really gives him a significant edge. In a couple of the scoring schemes, one's access class is squared and/or multiplied against.
Interesting=Your access class squared.
Insightful = 2 X Your access class squared
For example:
Draginol posts an article, and a user gives him an insightful rating> 2(9^2)= 162 points (for an insightful click)
Xythe posts an article, and a user gives him an insightful rating> 2(1^2)= 2 points (for an insughtful click)
Gideon posts an article and a user gives him an insightful rating> 2(3^2)= 18 points (for an insightful click)
Wow! (162) points vs. (18) vs.(2) points for an insightful click. I'm not really certain we are all playing on the same turf here.
I found it also interesting that nearly all the top JU users have an access level greater than 1 (citizen). Ironically, many of these folks say they do not care about the scoring system. I can see why. Why worry when your at the top, and most users being at access level one really have little hope in catching them because of the scoring scheme.
What does one need to do to raise her/his access level so as to be playing on a level playing field?
I might be mistaken on some of this. If so, please kindly correct me.
I got to thinking about it, and decided that this was worth a new post.
Draginol's access class of 9 really gives him a significant edge. In a couple of the scoring schemes, one's access class is squared and/or multiplied against.
Interesting=Your access class squared.
Insightful = 2 X Your access class squared
For example:
Draginol posts an article, and a user gives him an insightful rating> 2(9^2)= 162 points (for an insightful click)
Xythe posts an article, and a user gives him an insightful rating> 2(1^2)= 2 points (for an insughtful click)
Gideon posts an article and a user gives him an insightful rating> 2(3^2)= 18 points (for an insightful click)
Wow! (162) points vs. (18) vs.(2) points for an insightful click. I'm not really certain we are all playing on the same turf here.
I found it also interesting that nearly all the top JU users have an access level greater than 1 (citizen). Ironically, many of these folks say they do not care about the scoring system. I can see why. Why worry when your at the top, and most users being at access level one really have little hope in catching them because of the scoring scheme.
What does one need to do to raise her/his access level so as to be playing on a level playing field?
I might be mistaken on some of this. If so, please kindly correct me.
