RE: Service Scam Comments
I will say 99% of the time you are correct when it comes to up-voting posts you comment on. As long as it isn't abuse I think that even if you are just giving advice on formatting or something a small up-vote is in order unless the post/account absolutely has no value. That's why sliders were created!
I like markdown when it isn't excessive and doesn't make the comment longer than the average post. :)
I also think not enough people upvote great comments ! (not that I'm fishing or anything) but you know when someone says something, meaningful, opens up the discussion, even has the good manners to require paragraphs and uses them.
Your comment brings to mind something I want to do with @spaminator. Find a way to run a contest to encourage users to have a conversation. I just haven't figured out how yet. Or maybe I have...
I'm thinking I could create a post once a week with a topic for minnows, tadpoles really, to discuss the topic in comments - even if it leads to an off topic discussion. I also want to encourage them to use any language.
At the end of the week, after post payout, pick some of the comments that are the best conversation starters - provided the account hasn't comment spammed in the last 30 days - and provide them a small reward based on the payout of the post. I hope that we can get the participants to up-vote each other as well to encourage more conversation!
Sometimes comments like yours bring me some pretty good ideas! Thanks!
Good reply & (thanks for the reply). I think that's a really good idea and on that might just work. If you dangle a carrot, even a very small one, people try to use their mind a bit more to get the juicy treats.
let me know how you get on with it. I'm not sure how you will roll it out but most things pick up pace if it's useful and this could be a good way to encourage tadpoles to get involved, learn and possibly grow a leg or 2 ;)
I agree, 99% of the time an upvote with a comment.. or even a comment upvote.. as long as it's upspamming
Markdown
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GOOD LUCK @spaminator
I have ideas for getting people involved, I just lack the resource / incentive to kick start the process.
:-(
@patrice, you might consider touching bases with @merej99 who organized and ran the very successful "Community Engagement Challenge" a couple of months back-- 10 days of monster levels of engagement, creativity, posting, commenting, voting. I think we actually had one post that reached 700+ comments "in dialogue." Part of what made it cool was that we also had a fair number of dolphins involved... so newcomers got to experience "fair rewards" for well crafted comments.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check with them when I get a chance.