Eggcave Merit System

syndrome • 15 December 2012 at 1:08 PM

I've seen other websites do this and it's a pretty neat thing. Moderator should be able to award merits when they see a user doing an act of kindness, or posting a really good and meaningful comment. Users can then trade those merits for special travels, creatures, EC, etc. Moderators could also take away merits if they saw someone being rude. It would be a great way to cause users to be nicer and cause less drama. Anyone like this?

Likes: 1

Dislikes: 0 (let's keep it that way lol)

april__ • 15 December 2012 at 1:10 PM

@pirateseaz

I'm not too sure.

I'm sure it'd be nice but some people might feel frustrated if they're doing lots of nice things and just happen to go unnoticed.

Not sure. Not sure.

But. It sounds interesting... Kay.

Like.

I do that a lot. Have a debate with myself in my comment before coming to a conclusion.

syndrome • 15 December 2012 at 1:12 PM

@april_ Lol, as long as you like it. I guess there would be some frustration, but not any random act of kindness would get it. I mean like truly meaningful ones, and our devoted mods notice things like that.

takaedakumi • 15 December 2012 at 1:12 PM

@pirateseaz It's interesting, but something tells me it might just cause problems... :/

syndrome • 15 December 2012 at 1:13 PM

@takatheeducatedkid There will always be those who have problems with updates, but people are always open to change 😸 So, like or dislike?

takaedakumi • 15 December 2012 at 1:15 PM

@pirateseaz Hmm, well it seems like a nice enough idea and I do think though it might cause problems, it could also make Egg Cave a better place... So, like.

icymuffin • 15 December 2012 at 1:16 PM

@pirateseaz

Well... Iunno about this :I

I mean, sometimes kindness goes unnoticed. And people can start to be nice not to be kind but because they want to gain merit.
And everyone says it's the thought that counts, but I don't really want the thought to be on greed D:

And this could cause drama itself.
1: *gives away creature*
2: You're just doing it for fame!
1: IS NOT
3: You're just jelly!
Cue argument and drama
Hypothetical, but still possible :/

And since the merit system is based on opinion, it can get flawed.
I think this will cause more problems than it will bring kindness.



[If you want to be nice, THEN JUST DO IT. There shouldn't need to be a reward. If you need motivation to be nice, then that's rather quite pathetic in my opinion. ]

april__ • 15 December 2012 at 1:23 PM

@takatheeducatedkid @icymuffin

That was my thought. I feel it could cause problems but I thought that was me just over thinking it.

I agree. When I'm nice to people, I don't do it for anything in return.

takaedakumi • 15 December 2012 at 1:25 PM

@april__ @icymuffin

Yeah, same. Though it could help some of the more rude people be nicer. Then again if it's fake niceness then who needs it? Hmm... *takes away like to leave this neutral*

syndrome • 15 December 2012 at 1:27 PM

@april_
@icymuffins
@takatheeducatedkid

Perhaps the system could just be for well written and thought out comments then? Not acts of kindness.

takaedakumi • 15 December 2012 at 1:30 PM

@pirateseaz I don't know, it's a nice idea, but I really don't think it's a necessary idea in all honesty.

Egg Cave is just fine the way it is, we don't need any bonuses of any sort to make Egg Cave better and actually the potential for something bad arising from it outweighs the potential of something good coming of the idea.

syndrome • 15 December 2012 at 1:34 PM

@takatheeducatedkid Alright, I get it. Bad idea, sorry to the people of Eggcave for ever imposing such a horrendous notion.

takaedakumi • 15 December 2012 at 1:37 PM

@pirateseaz Look, it's not like we hate you or anything. You obviously made the topic to run it by us, correct? When one creates an idea, it is important for them to know that it can turn out to be a little different then they first imagined.

It's not an entirely bad idea, it's just that we're trying to explain the things that could happen if this idea went wrong.

metaphor • 16 December 2012 at 10:49 PM

@pirateseaz


Hm, I think it would probably just be easier to have some Member of the Month thing, where each month one member is picked based on helpfulness, kindness, or whatever and then is rewarded a special travel or egg. I just see this as being less of a chance for drama. And that way, it doesn't necessarily need to be about who can give away the most, but rather who contributes the most to make the EC community pleasant!
I do like the concept, though!

invisiblefly • 18 December 2012 at 2:29 PM

I say, Why not? It could build up everyone's character, and also if a person scammed another, the user could report to the scammer and take away the user's merits. Now say if the scammer said that this was all a lie and such. This would be a totally different concept. Best not get in to it yet 😊

shale • 18 December 2012 at 2:51 PM

@pirateseaz

I think this is an interesting idea!

rileytibbles_side • 18 December 2012 at 2:56 PM

@pirateseaz
I think it's a good idea, but it will be hard for the mods to track EVERY act of kindness or bad behaviour. Maybe whoever receives the act of kindness tells a mod and the merit is given. Then again, people might start doing it too much... it won't be random anymore.... Like, they'll start doing stuff JUST for the sake of getting a merit