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Re: Crypto Cards: The First Cryptocurrency Related Trading Card Game

I like the card back a lot. The centerpiece design and colors are very pleasing, and I don't think I would tire of looking at it.

Re: Crypto Cards: The First Cryptocurrency Related Trading Card Game

Cards are fun. I'm in!

Re: Proof of Participation point metric adjustments

Here's a reminder of the current metric, for comparison:

Current Proof of Participation points (PoP)

• Article comment: 4
• Forum post: 4
• Unique page view: 1
• Magic word: 5
• Post "like" received: 0.5
• Newly registered (one time): 2
• Active Referral: 10

Proposed

• Magic words: 15 points
• Forum post or article comment: 10 points [D]
• Active referrals: 10 points
• Post "like": 1 point
• Page View: 0.5 points [D] remove 2 point new user bonus

Note: comments, posts and "likes" have diminishing returns the more frequently they are done each day.

Page views are easy to farm and they take the least amount of effort. It's also easy to give "likes."

It takes more effort to contribute valuable comments, but there's no way for the system to distinguish between valuable and not, except by upvotes and downvotes. Does the system take those into account?

A forum post should be worth more than an article comment. Giving ten points to comments increases the motivation for one-word, spam comments.

Can you put a cap on the number of page views an account is allowed to earn, especially if it is anonymous? Is there a reasonable number of pages one person could view in a week? If 3,000 pages covers the whole website, how many new pages are created each week? Cap it at 500 per week? Or 50 per day?

Ban anonymous accounts? If people want to be here, and they want to participate, then part of participation should include an identity of some kind, even pseudonymous. It could be argued that people with anonymous accounts aren't really here, and aren't really participating. Part of earning LTBcoin could be that you have to have an identity, with a positive reputation tied to it. Anonymous accounts do not get tokens. Accounts associated with extreme behavior -- like 3,000 page views in a week -- get banned. I know that's a fine line to walk, but some behaviors are obviously unacceptable. Robotic, gaming behaviors don't get rewarded.

Re: growing the community

Manipulation attracts manipulators. We don't need to attract more of those types of people. Those who aren't already looking for change don't want to change. It's not up to us to convince them that they do.

Like attracts like. Honest, slow growth attracts honest, enthusiastic people. Those who want a better world go looking for it and lend their talents and energy to the creation of it.

Re: weekly updates?

@coinswatcher @coinfire @rotalumis

I've actually been wondering where the latest roundup was. I'm so sorry I missed it. My brain has gone into "it's probably spam" mode as well. Until this gets fixed, please ping me directly and I'll be sure to get important content out ASAP. I am keeping an eye on incoming submissions, but depending on what else I have going on, they may slip through.

Re: The Bitcoin Group/ Comics Project

Wow, awesome artwork! Have you shared it with the people you've depicted?

Re: Thinking of Spamming the Forums? Consider Yourself Warned!

I know this is being taken care of in the coming editorial system, but have we said anywhere that spam submissions to editorial will also be penalized?

Re: A Twitter post that got me thinking

What are your thoughts? By "publishers," did he mean sites like LTB, or will LTB be part of the new system? Isn't the system already available via the Internet itself-- blogs, PDFs, social sites, etc.?

Re: News Breaking Story Lead(s)

@bcohen,

Are you still looking for writers in this capacity? I have nothing published to refer you to yet, but I can give you names of people who will vouch for my writing (one of whom may be you).

Cheryl