Do we need ask for points
Hi friends,
one more chance to share my latest query..... when i first started into this forum i used to request for points after answering questions.... But since a long time i dropped this idea since the poster of the question anyway knows and has the responsibility to reward based on the merit of the answers.
So, in such case how much fair / required it is again to ask for points. ....My intention is how can we give balance to content and not just worry so much about points-
And its bit painful to see people who ask questions which require spoon feeding some times say that Points will be definitely rewarded to attract : as if we would answer anything for points.
at the end of my query i thought the correct subject of my question would be why do we need to ask for points
Your opinions please.....
Best Regards,
Sadhu Kishore
Sadhu:
Thanks a lot for this post! -:D
Here's my explanation...People just don't read...They still think that they are going to get some free T-Shirts by gaining points on SCN...They think that they're going to get better jobs or that they're going to have better reputation...
Nothing farther from the truth...Points are only good for the Food for People program...Nothing more...And I would love to think that people want to contribute to this wonderful program...But I'm not that naive -;)
I have crossed the 10K milestone...Why? Just because it was a personal goal...And because I get points for writing blogs and posting answers to the forums...But of course...I have never asked for them...
People must understand that this is a professional community...That we're are doing this because we love SAP (Ok...At least I love SAP)...
To me ask for points it's like give something to charity and say "Say thanks otherwise I get my stuff and get out of here"...Very bad behavior...
Points are not going to go...They exists for a reason and I wanted them to stay...People must change...And change for good...
Greetings,
Blag.
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Hi all,
I am sure you would have seen people asking for points whenever they answer any question. However simple they are. It has reached the points of Having a signature as Reward points if it helps!!! Who else finds it annoying?I dont believe that asking for points or saying "Points will be awarded" in a question is really a capital crime. I can ignore this when I read a post quite easily. More annoying is the paste of masses of links, help text, program code, program output, etc that means you have to scroll down 25 pages to see the next persons post in the thread.
I would prefer if a signature line like <b>"Please reward useful answers and Close this thread"</b> was used more often to prompt people to shut down threads where there is a valid answer. This would save me time reading through posts that I think I can answer only to find someone has got there first. I would still read many such posts for interest (especially if I recognise some of the names on the post as being people who normally post intelligent answers).
As stated by David Z. Pantich in his reply to this thread, I think the issue of wrong or misleading answers or links is a much more serious problem. I also have issues with answers that answer the question asked without getting sufficient information or checking that the answer is appropriate (like telling someone how to directly update a SAP table without asking or advising about BAPI's, BDC's, etc.).
Having some format to questions so that basic details like product / version etc are included would mean you dont advise a 31H user to us the Enhancement Framework for example. This would help improve quality of some answers a bit.
I dont believe the total removal of the points sytem would be a good idea. One good effect of allocating points is that those who allocate points generally also close their threads at the same time. If no points were to be allocated there would be even less pressure for users to close threads and we would all spend even more time reading through threads that were finished.
The major issue with points seems to be that they are a measure of quantity not quality. This is like a lot of current television shows where viewer voting is a measure of popularity, not of talent.
Perhaps some form of after the event weighting of points by peers could address this imbalance a bit. If there were simple radio buttons for 1 to 5 rating against each response made by a person, which were aggregated and applied as a percentage modifier to the persons total points (perhaps with some form of sliding time scale so recent votes counted more) then a person with 5000 points for lots of useless responses could find their points only counting as 500 if a lot of their responses were voted a "1".
There would need to be checks and balances - options might be for example:
- only one vote per person per post;
- votes by people from the same company domain get discounted;
- votes only by people with 100+ points;
- votes only against posts by people with 250+ points;
- moderator ability to over-ride or modify;
- only apply weighting once 100 plus people had voted on a persons quality;
- etc.
I would hope that the result of this would be that a person judged in this manner would start to think about what they were posting and reduce the quantity to improve the quality. The various checks should also be designed to prevent effects like people "ganging up" to get at a particular poster.
Hope these thoughts are useful and of interest to some.
Andrew -
Is it against the rules to ask for points?
I seem to think it is, but can't track down where it is stated.
I'm seeing this on a few posts by the same person:
+If this works somebody please give me some stars by marking my message as helpful or solved!!!+
Example here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1625395&tstart=0
If it is against the rules can someone have a quiet word with them?
Regards,
Colin R.It certainly is against the rules:
# Interference with the Site.
1. You agree to not interfere with or disrupt the Site.
2. Apple may provide a system whereby users acquire points for various activities.
1. Do not ‘game’ the system. You agree to not create multiple IDs or otherwise manipulate the points system.
2. Do not ask for points. If you feel the system is not clear to users, please provide feedback to Apple; do not instruct other users unless they ask.
The above is from the Apple Discussions Use Agreement.
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Thanks for any insight on this
Amy,
Not so much conflicts as maybe a little less seamless integration with Apple software and perhaps some third-party software providers in the Mac App Store where some programs build in direct access to iPhoto and Aperture libraries for getting images into those programs easily. Typically, there is a manual command to go to Finder (think Windows Explorer) to browse folders.
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