How are forum posts rewarded with shares?
In addition to our Post of the month competition, you receive bonus shares when other members thank your contributions. The system works as follows:
Each member can receive a reward of up to 50 shares per month, based on thanks received for posts they have made (this is in addition to "Posts of the month" awards). You get 1 share for every member who thanks you (during the calendar month) BUT can only receive 1 share per post . So to receive the maximum of 50 shares, you need to get thanked by 50 different people for 50 different posts.
The idea of capping rewards based on unique posts AND unique thankers is:
- To encourage members to post multiple quality posts, rather than relying on a single 'blockbuster' (already recognised in Post-of-the-month)
- To minimise abuse of the system, where the same posters keep thanking each other
Note that there are restrictions on the volume of offers that can be posted by any one person or from a single IP address. Currently this limit is 2 per hour, 5 per day and 50 per calendar month.