Posted on Jan 19, 2015
Trending Influencers -- where do they get all their points?
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So, as I am reading through various posts, there is a column on the right hand side that says "trending influencers" who have an amazingly high amount of influence points, especially "recent" points (although I don't know what RP considers recent).
My question is, how are they gaining these points? Are the asking the extremely thought provoking questions? Are they voting up every post they see? Providing great feedback or just saying "yes or I agree"?
Not knocking anyone, just curious.
My question is, how are they gaining these points? Are the asking the extremely thought provoking questions? Are they voting up every post they see? Providing great feedback or just saying "yes or I agree"?
Not knocking anyone, just curious.
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Recent is 72 hours.
The "points", which really don't matter, are "earned" from asking questions, up voting other, responding to questions, making new contacts, being up voted by others, bonuses for various badges, etc.
Up votes are limited to 75 per day.
The "points", which really don't matter, are "earned" from asking questions, up voting other, responding to questions, making new contacts, being up voted by others, bonuses for various badges, etc.
Up votes are limited to 75 per day.
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Trending Influencers looks at the last 72 hours, as mentioned by TSgt Joshua Copeland. It updates every 15 minutes.
RallyPoint promotes the concepts of 1) meritocracy (best voted answers rise to the top) and 2) transparency. Anybody can see where everybody else's points come from... there's no back room deals . To see your own points board, go to https://www.rallypoint.com/influence and click on "View my influence points details" to see expand the whole board.
You can also see the same board for others, by first going to their profile on desktop, and then clicking on their score near the top of their profile. Then click on "View Influence Points Details" to expand. Everything is right there.
As TSgt Joshua Copeland also mentioned, you can also see a breakdown of recent point activity on their profile under "Recent Activity", although this part can be hidden through the privacy setting.
Lastly, here is a power user tip... you can see a list of all the Trending Influencers (not just the top 5) by clicking on Trending Influencers widget title or "See more" at the bottom. It takes you here: https://www.rallypoint.com/influence?type=trending#my-influence-summary
RallyPoint promotes the concepts of 1) meritocracy (best voted answers rise to the top) and 2) transparency. Anybody can see where everybody else's points come from... there's no back room deals . To see your own points board, go to https://www.rallypoint.com/influence and click on "View my influence points details" to see expand the whole board.
You can also see the same board for others, by first going to their profile on desktop, and then clicking on their score near the top of their profile. Then click on "View Influence Points Details" to expand. Everything is right there.
As TSgt Joshua Copeland also mentioned, you can also see a breakdown of recent point activity on their profile under "Recent Activity", although this part can be hidden through the privacy setting.
Lastly, here is a power user tip... you can see a list of all the Trending Influencers (not just the top 5) by clicking on Trending Influencers widget title or "See more" at the bottom. It takes you here: https://www.rallypoint.com/influence?type=trending#my-influence-summary
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LTC Yinon Weiss
PO2 Jonathan Scharff - I appreciate your perspective. It is definitely something we have considered. Like many things in life, people can look at a tool in different ways. Just like some people may look at a firearm and see it as a hazard, some people look at it as a lifesaver, but it is in fact the same object. Some people can look at points as a game, but that's the beauty of it -- if you don't look at it as a game, then it won't be a game for you. It's all in your own mind. Everybody shouldn't be so worried about what others are thinking.
As far as your second point... I think that everybody interprets what is a "meaningful" discussion differently. What you may not find meaningful might be very meaningful to others, and vice versa. One of the things we at RallyPoint need to do better is to help people more easily find their "meaningful" content on RallyPoint. That is on us, vice discouraging people from creating content that they just find fun or interesting. We've already come a long way through the creation of the categories filter for people (thanks Andre Behrens ), and we are also building groups within RallyPoint so that people can more easily focus on content that matters to them. RallyPoint is always growing and evolving... which we can do thanks to great feedback from members like you. Thank you for being part of the community. Stick with us and you will see us evolve. We've even got some nice updates coming out in just 3 days...
As far as your second point... I think that everybody interprets what is a "meaningful" discussion differently. What you may not find meaningful might be very meaningful to others, and vice versa. One of the things we at RallyPoint need to do better is to help people more easily find their "meaningful" content on RallyPoint. That is on us, vice discouraging people from creating content that they just find fun or interesting. We've already come a long way through the creation of the categories filter for people (thanks Andre Behrens ), and we are also building groups within RallyPoint so that people can more easily focus on content that matters to them. RallyPoint is always growing and evolving... which we can do thanks to great feedback from members like you. Thank you for being part of the community. Stick with us and you will see us evolve. We've even got some nice updates coming out in just 3 days...
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Ooh, updates in 3 days! {{{happy dance}}}
I'm not being sarcastic, Sir. I'm just an easily-amused geek.
I'm not being sarcastic, Sir. I'm just an easily-amused geek.
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And I voted up PO2 Jonathan Scharff based on topics like "Should a jr. enlisted soldier go to parade rest for the spouse of a Senior NCO/CPO"???
Really dude?? Really? I told the author of THAT topic that somewhere deep in a forest, there's a tree furiously producing oxygen, and he needed to go apologize to it.
Really dude?? Really? I told the author of THAT topic that somewhere deep in a forest, there's a tree furiously producing oxygen, and he needed to go apologize to it.
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