What are the considerations given for selecting RP Influencer of the month?

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:51:26 -0500

Points can be gained in different ways some of which have nothing to do with how someone impacts the RP community. It would be interesting to know what the other factors are.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Jan 20 at 2016 10:56 AM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:56:57 -0500

I think the point system is the "Objective" yardstick we use. Influence is a very Subjective standard and it is hard to quantify if we don't put some sort of metric behind it.

Is the system perfect? Likely not. But no system is. The best we can do is suggest "tweaks" in points allocation to get it closer to the stated goal. I think it's probably in the 90-95% mark as current.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Jan 20 at 2016 11:32 AM

LTC Bink Romanick — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:32:47 -0500

CPT Private RallyPoint Member I'm the bad influencer of the month.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2016 11:38 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:38:27 -0500

I was not aware that RP awards such an influencer.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2016 1:50 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:50:03 -0500

This seems to me a bit arbitrary, but the winners are chosen by RP Staff for contributions. The rules are that no one member can earn it more than once per category (Civilian, Retired, Veteran, Service Member, etc) so it is not strictly a points race.

Response by SPC(P) Jay Heenan made Jan 20 at 2016 4:50 PM

SPC(P) Jay Heenan — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:50:54 -0500

I am my own top influencer of the month every month! Why? Because I am awesome!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2016 9:05 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:05:23 -0500

I wasn't even aware of the bottle opener until I received a email from one of the staff here asking for my mailing address. I think it's a nice gesture for participating, and contributing. To me just a small gesture as that says a lot about the site, and the OUTSTANDING folks running it.

Problem is. I'm not one of those "fancy beer" drinking kinda guys that needs a bottle opener..lol. Twist top is just my speed.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jan 21 at 2016 10:00 AM

SSG Carlos Madden — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:00:18 -0500

Good Question. We actually have an entire page about the Influencer of the Month awards. The IotM is the person at the top of the Influencer Leaderboard for their category (but you can't win more than once), its not a subjective process. The leaderboard can be found by clicking on the Influencer Points links on any profile. It completely transparent. In fact you can look up who the influencer of the months will be before we even create the post.

http://support.rallypoint.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1845880-influencer-of-the-month-award?b_id=4766