What are points for?

What are points for?

at the moment, its just for bragging rights, and to encourange participation. ;)

It works, though. On me, at least. I'm a sucker for pointless competition.

ya
me too

Im climbing in the top guys

i like the point thing
i finde it to be intertaining

Rank: 0 bravo

I hear what you're saying Grand Assault. It is a pain to spend time writing a proper review that actually gives an insight into the product and find that someone else has just typed whatever few words that came into their head at the time. *grumbles*

I have, to date, written just three reviews. None of them quickies.

I wouldn't just type a few words just to gain points!

I am looking for a little more substance than, "I liked this"...it was great, it sucked, etc.

That isn't enough for me, and a waste of my time.

suggestion: let's convert points.... TO CASH! ;)

please? lol

Sure, Prelude. You want it in Yen? :P

I'd prefer editing privileges, but I think it might still be too easy to game the system (with effort). I know I have plenty of boo-boos that I'd like to correct in the stuff I've entered manually and alot of the auto-magically imported stuff could use touch-ups too.

actually, that's not a bad idea. more points = more edit privileges, almost like moderator status. i feel like slapping some people after I dug and found a high rez vintage 1960s movie poster, only to find out a few weeks later some bozzo set default back to a blurry DVD image from Amazon. lol

Points may not be the way to earn editing privileges, nor a moderator status as I'm pretty sure Tom wants to be independent in maintaining the site (which is quite a good idea at the moment). I gained a lot of my points surprisingly fast and it could easily be abused. The editing system that is being implemented seems adequate so far, so lets see how it is expanded.

I'm sure Tom will think up something nice to do with points soon. After all the big problems and changes are tackled, of course. Perhaps they could earn small things such as the ability to create a sub-title for yourself for use on the boards? A forum I am part of has that for posts and it is a nice feature for long-time posters. Or we could have a system like Newgrounds where members gain access to "secrets" after reaching a certain point level? Anyway, I can definately wait for any changes whatever they may be. :) (Though I wouldn't say no to the cash. :P)

Voxy, I respectfully disagree. Anyone who can crack the top 25 (first page when viewing members, sorted by listal points) has contributed a ton to this site. and if someone goes and tags 6,000 items in two days (to get 12,000 points), they deserve a bow and respect on here. And if someone 'abuses' the system to get 10,000+ points, i say let them abuse it, every point means they've helped the site grow.

As it stands, for popular movies, listal has a lot more actors/actresses images as well as more popular posters than IMDB has. The area where we lack is IMDB's complete database of all movies, which might be an unachievable goal.

I dunno, 100 crappy, one line or less reviews, for instance, wouldn't be a boon. Which isn't to say that some one or two line reviews wouldn't be adequate. I know drivel when I see it though and there's a fair amount of drivel...

And don't forget friend referrals. They can rack up a lot of points and don't really add anything to the site without any contributions. Again I will push for the quality over quantity argument. ;)