New feature: stats and reports

[richard@imutual]

We are now able to provide each member with a personalised 'Reports' area showing, amongst other things, analysis of your activity on the site. We hope you'll find this particularly useful for earning promoter shares and referral shares

To access the reports area, visit http://www.imutual.co.uk/reports (we'll add a menu link in due course)

A couple of reports there to start off with:

Monthly posts - See whether we're likely to achieve another record this month!

Your offer stats - List of offers you have posted, and what activity they've generated

We'll be adding more reports soon but if you have any particular requests or suggestions, do speak up!

[richard@imutual]

I've just added a further report - Links Shared - showing your use (if any) of the Quick Share buttons and what incoming traffic they have generated. See example output below

[Oggy]

The trouble with the monthly posts report is that many I'm sure post something just to get the share. I think we're all guilty of one or two words posts!

[dorisifa]

The trouble with the monthly posts report is that many I'm sure post something just to get the share. I think we're all guilty of one or two words posts!

Yes.

[Mel]

The trouble with the monthly posts report is that many I'm sure post something just to get the share.

We may review the "shares for posting" incentive soon (e.g. have it based on posts being thanked, not just posted) but I think it's been successful. I don't detect much 'artificial' posting, and the report also shows a clear trend -i.e. for more posting and posters, regardless of incentives.

[moi]

The trouble with the monthly posts report is that many I'm sure post something just to get the share.

We may review the "shares for posting" incentive soon (e.g. have it based on posts being thanked, not just posted)

Personally, I don't see how 'rewarding' people for all posts is going to help the argument that the shares are any more worthy than Monopoly money.
Shares are sometimes being offered in lieu of leading cashback rates, with the argument there may be some future worth in them. At the same time, though, these very same shares are being doled out willy-nilley for any forum comment, be it useful advice/a deal, or just starting new, repetitive, threads for the sake of getting extra shares.
Of course incentivising posts that are thanked a lot/post of the month is understandable, but any & every post?
I'm sorry I'm sounding a bit disrespectful, but I'm the first to admit I'm not quite convinced by the shares argument yet.

[kevinchess1]

The trouble with the monthly posts report is that many I'm sure post something just to get the share. I think we're all guilty of one or two words posts!

Includin yours
(And this one for me )

[BeautifulSunshine]

Thanks for this on behalf of everyone. You can never have too many stats.

[kevinchess1]

The trouble with the monthly posts report is that many I'm sure post something just to get the share.

We may review the "shares for posting" incentive soon (e.g. have it based on posts being thanked, not just posted)

On 8th July 2011 aupt asked

couldn't one thanks be worth 1 share?

Richard replied

It would certainly be fairer but would this run the risk of turning the Thanks system (working well so far) into a 'You thank me and I'll thank you' affair?

[kevinchess1]

'Your offer stats'

Kevinchess
You hav posted 22 generating an income of £000.00p and 000 shares
Well done