In the Tesla Club

Hi guys!

I just wrote a reply to a discussion, and noticed that I'm now in the Level 8: Telsa club! If I'm honest I haven't been keeping a close eye on my points and levels and badges and such (always too busy posting the docs about getting points and levels and badges and such! ), but I wrote that quick post and there was Nikola staring back at me!

It also made me wonder about the general reaction to climbing levels -- do you just let them come as your points rack up naturally, or do you actively make an effort to reach the next level?

If you don't really watch the levels, what would make them of more interest to you?

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mconners over 10 years ago

Points, levels, and badges don't mean a lot to me. They meant even less after the whole scheme was restructured. I will say the fact that clicking a button marking something as helpful, even when it wasn't your question, is as valuable as a blog post, which can take days or weeks of preparation is disconcerting. That single button click, by the person that clicked it, should be worth no more than 1 point. I can see awarding the person whose answer was marked as helpful the full 15 points. But to paraphrase "when everything is helpful, nothing is"

Mike
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michaelkellett over 10 years ago in reply to mconners

I was tempted to like your post but I'll thank you for it instead.

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mconners over 10 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

And that's fine. The motivation for liking it should be the fact that you like it. Not that you will gain something.

And you're welcome.

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mconners over 10 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

And that's fine. The motivation for liking it should be the fact that you like it. Not that you will gain something.

And you're welcome.

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clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to mconners

Thats how I see it like for nice post and helpful for real knowledge gained.
Clem
PS no like since points do not matter any.
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mconners over 10 years ago in reply to clem57

Also, don't read it backwards, if the creator of the comment or post moved someone enough to like it or mark it helpful, those points are reasonable, because they made something of value. 15 points might be high, but whatever, but the reader, contributing nothing more than a mouse click, shouldn't be rewarded with an equal value.

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Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to mconners

and liking does not mean it is correct either, !
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mconners over 10 years ago in reply to Robert Peter Oakes

I wish I could like that shabaz marked that helpful

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shabaz over 10 years ago in reply to mconners

LOL. Best feature request for Jive ever : )
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jkutzsch over 10 years ago in reply to clem57

That is how I see it, I get confused when I see multiple posts marked as Helpful when they are more comments then actual knowledge shared. I will hit like quite a bit depending on the thread an input to conversation, but a helpful click is reserved for something that actually just educated me, or I feel is information that can educate others.
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jkutzsch over 10 years ago in reply to mconners

Okay, now this I did not know! So I get that marking something helpful will award points to the person who provided the helpful knowledge, but the person who clicked helpful receives the same point value?
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mconners over 10 years ago in reply to jkutzsch

Yes, according to Your Ranking: element14 Community Badges, Levels & Points
if you mark a response helpful, you get 15 points as well as the person whose answer you marked. Which is the same as a blog post.

Which I think is silly. But them's the rules.

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jkutzsch over 10 years ago in reply to mconners

Interesting, I had read through there before and due to the "Mark a reply to your question" part, had assumed it only counted when you posted a question out to the forum and someone replied that you could mark helpful. Not everything you click as helpful. Those darn assumptions... :-)
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