Posted on Nov 9, 2022
Should RP members be able to "cash in" their Influence Points for cool stuff?
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A long time ago at RP, we kicked around the idea of making it possible for RP members to cash in their Influence Points for stuff like discounts on cool gear, merchandise, gift cards, etc.
The tricky part was how to make this work on both sides -- on the one hand, RP members wouldn't care about this if there was nothing compelling that they could cash in their points for. See what I mean? Like, if I have 100,00 Influence Points and I can only cash them in for like $1 off of a pair of boots, then who cares? It's a waste of time.
On the other hand, we obviously can't bankrupt RP as a company. Like if a member has 1,000,000 points -- can that person cash them in to get a free $500 pair of boots? If so, then RP would have to basically cover that cost. And that adds up quickly. Like right now across the entire RP community there are probably tens of millions of points out there. Yikes. It would be like the collapse of Lehman Brothers all over again, lol.
So...who has any ideas about this? How interesting would this be for RP members?
Open to ideas.
The tricky part was how to make this work on both sides -- on the one hand, RP members wouldn't care about this if there was nothing compelling that they could cash in their points for. See what I mean? Like, if I have 100,00 Influence Points and I can only cash them in for like $1 off of a pair of boots, then who cares? It's a waste of time.
On the other hand, we obviously can't bankrupt RP as a company. Like if a member has 1,000,000 points -- can that person cash them in to get a free $500 pair of boots? If so, then RP would have to basically cover that cost. And that adds up quickly. Like right now across the entire RP community there are probably tens of millions of points out there. Yikes. It would be like the collapse of Lehman Brothers all over again, lol.
So...who has any ideas about this? How interesting would this be for RP members?
Open to ideas.
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I think the point system has become its own monster. I understand and applaud the intent: get people interacting. But I think you've got a volume vs quality problem created by people trying to rack up points. There is a whole lot of chaff on RP.
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CSM Charles Hayden
And too much political discussion for a supposedly ‘military discussion’ site. Maj John Bell SGT (Join to see)
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SPC Gary C.
SGT (Join to see) - Don't forget all these spammers that have shown up in the past month or so.
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Maj Robert Thornton
I would vote for the points on RallyPoint transferring to my Black Rifle Coffee subscription. That would be a ton of free coffee for me and not cost RP anything.
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CPT Aaron Kletzing I vote no since these are only influence points. We do not want to bankrupt RallyPoint. I would rather have the money spent on maintaining RallyPoint and maybe adding software improvements to enhance the user experience.
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COL Randall C.
Yep - funnel it all back into RP for improvement.
(Sorry Charlie ... no big RP coffee mugs for you)
(Sorry Charlie ... no big RP coffee mugs for you)
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