Posted on Jan 20, 2016
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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.
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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.
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CPT (Join to see) I'm the bad influencer of the month.
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LTC Bink Romanick That's an idea! No it is not you.
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CPT (Join to see) I would be upset, where it no me, :(
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LTC Bink Romanick
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ACPT (Join to see) I would never get this award. My opinions are too strong so people don't like my opinions or me. I don't deal well with the political topics and I speak my opinions. People don't generally like opinions that aren't their own. So I lose a lot of points
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LTC Bink Romanick - Well we seem to get along o.k. What else matters? Smile.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
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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.
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What are the considerations given for selecting RP Influencer of the month?
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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
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SSG Carlos Madden Thank you for sharing the link.
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SPC(P) Jay Heenan
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I am my own top influencer of the month every month! Why? Because I am awesome!
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SPC(P) Jay Heenan That is an awesome answer!!
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Thanks, it is hard being me sometimes! LOL!
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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.
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1SG (Join to see) It's just a question. No ill intent is intended.
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1SG Civil Affairs Specialist
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CPT (Join to see) - I didn't take it as ill-intent... did I miss something?
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1SG (Join to see) - I'm glad. No.
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I was not aware that RP awards such an influencer.
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