Proposed change to "shares for posting"

[planteria]

"Kalpesh wrote:
I personally like the old way of gaining shares to be honest."

"I'm happy with it as it is - seems to work well. "

me too

i often read a post that is helpful/interesting/funny or whatever and dont think to 'Like'
i think encouraging volume of posts, either quality or re. a 'proper' subject, is a good thing

as requested, i have made an effort to help build the Finance & Property forum. i dont assume that the shares will ever be really valuable, but it's nice to 'be part of' the site and to receive shares as reward for being involved in discussions

[kevinchess1]

Coarse there's a downside to this that a shrew investor like Planetaruiom will pounce on
Say you hav 10,ooo shairs worth. for arguments sake, £10.oo.
Every share issue reduces the value of your holdin,
so, it is interest NOT to Thank anybody ever
Thereby increasin the value of your holdin

[RonFlorabud]

Whilst I like that more useful posts are better rewarded (that's the idea), I think the post count will be severely reduced. I think I brought up a simiar question previously, being rewarded for useful posts.

Oh well, the new proposal can be trialed... When does this come in?

[kevinchess1]

1 Feb
bee intrestin to see Post count for Feb

[planteria]

i dont avoid thanking you because im preserving the concentration of my shares kev,
i just don't understand what you're on about

[HeadHunter]

Let's face it, there is nothing more dispiriting than taking the trouble to post and not getting a single response. If it happens too often then you'd soon be off somewhere else.

The "quality" of the reply isn't really the issue.

[RonFlorabud]

Let's face it, there is nothing more dispiriting than taking the trouble to post and not getting a single response. If it happens too often then you'd soon be off somewhere else.

The "quality" of the reply isn't really the issue.

Agree and disagree - I once used a forum where you were encouraged just to reply 'thanks' or 'interesting', etc. If you didn't do this you would fall below the community activity level and then get ads and other interuptions. I see no point in 50 people saying 'thanks' after an initial post.

The very simple policy of a reply earns you a share was good as usually the replies were of interest or added to the topic.

[Antony1606]

seems sensible...can we do it after I got my share for this post

[bigjimbob]

Question for Richard.

What value do you place on increased activity in the forums and will this offset the effect of devaluing individual shares?

[kevinchess1]

Don't know about Dicky but i plaice alot of value on the Forarms.
We can't compeet with hte bigger casbac sights in term of casbac, they can/do offer moor.
But nun of them hav decent forums
The next best after us is Rpoints
and that's only a mirror of hear, but lesso