by Tracey E.
Member since:
February 19, 2007

POINTS COMMENT

September 20, 2007 09:40 AM EDT
views: 81 | rating: 9.1/10 (21 votes) | comments: 29

OK everyone....if you don't care anything about points, just close this article out and don't even read past this point. 

For all of you that have fun on here with points....

 I started a group yesterday, posted to MANY articles, and more and guess how many points were added to my total since yesterday morning at 8 am?  1 point !!!!

What gives here????

I just don't get it.

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Comments: 29

Sandy (back in Ohio...blah!) Sep 20, 2007, 9:48am EDT
Sometimes gather takes awhile to add points to your account. I only got 20 points yesterday. So, it really depends. As I understand it Gather gives out a set amount of points each day. These set amount of points get divded between everyone who posts or comments.

Example : Gather is given out 5,000 points and 3000 members posted or comments. Than you would get at least one point. Maybe two if you were a top poster for the day.
Taylor ~hopes no one forgets her!~ Blue Sep 20, 2007, 9:49am EDT
My points were slow yesterday...It all depends I guess. I am sorry to hear that... :(
M C. Sep 20, 2007, 9:54am EDT
Sorry to hear this..some days my points update instantly others it seems to take all day!
Michael C. Sep 20, 2007, 9:55am EDT
Sandy, where'd you get your 'inside scoop' on Gather's point system?
You are the first one I've seen who has posted their 'point theory' with that kind of confidence. Everyone else sounds like what George Carlin always said what the priests always said... "Well, it's a mystery"...
Shannon S. Sep 20, 2007, 9:56am EDT
It also isn't in Gather's best interest for you to see a direct cause-and-effect relationship between activity and points...
Holly G. Sep 20, 2007, 10:02am EDT
I know that I have heard that the majority of your points get added weekly on Monday evenings. Check on Monday evening, and see what happends. I don't know if this is true, but I noticed that on that day of the week, my points usually do go up.
Tracey E. Sep 20, 2007, 10:04am EDT
well Shannon, I am going to differ with you on that opinion. I first hand as well as many others on Gather can tell you that because of lack of rewards promised a site will fall quickly. Hundreds of us were all daily and very active members of Judy's Book and when they turned their backs on our rewards, they lost all but a few.

I personally come here to have fun, chat, get new recipes, post opinions and play games and of course....EARN POINTS for prizes.
Cindi P. Sep 20, 2007, 10:09am EDT
I think Gather can only pay what they have!
With the addition of video and the surge of new Gatherers, and the slumping economy the points had to slow down. If they have more people posting and commenting and LESS people advertising then the profit margin narrows.
just my opinion
Michael C. Sep 20, 2007, 10:12am EDT
The thing that I've noticed seems to be that the points may be slow, but they usually do come. Sometimes in massive bursts. It's like a garden hose that was kinked so that only a trickle would come through, then all of a sudden someone takes out the kink and BAM!

As Mythbusters would say though... Sandy's theory is plausible... :-)
Elizabeth D. Sep 20, 2007, 10:13am EDT
thanks for bringing this up
JoAnne D. Sep 20, 2007, 10:14am EDT
Sometimes they seem to jump up quicker than other times.
Melanie S. Sep 20, 2007, 10:20am EDT
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Jude Cowell Sep 20, 2007, 10:33am EDT
interesting question and comments! ;p
William M. Sep 20, 2007, 10:52am EDT
I don't think anyone knows how many points you get for what and when you get them.
Jennifer P. Sep 20, 2007, 10:56am EDT
All I know is that sometimes it just takes a while for them to show up and other times they show up rather quickly. I also noticed the more I check the points the slower they go and if I don't pay attention, they add up quicker.
Priscilla (wishing I was in Costa Rica) ~. Sep 20, 2007, 12:03pm EDT
Did your numbers come at all now?
Larry H. Sep 20, 2007, 12:57pm EDT
thanks for sharing...
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Sep 20, 2007, 1:04pm EDT
Gather Points are not always awarded as you accrue them. Some participation is awarded at various times throughout the week. This equates to occasional slow periods which you are currently experiencing, but balanced by periodic spikes in your point total as accrued earnings are added to your overall earnings. Therefore, you could potentially see a jump in your totals very soon.
Check your totals only periodically and don't focus on your current earnings as a gauge for how your current activity is rewarded.
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Nyota *Star* Sep 20, 2007, 1:11pm EDT
I don't think much about the points. I will use them when I can. We put in so much work for so little. Must be because we like to share and exchange ideas.
Sandy (back in Ohio...blah!) Sep 20, 2007, 3:51pm EDT
Michael,
I read it as answer someone gave asking the very same question in this article.
Alainia~ Tha one n only~ a. Sep 20, 2007, 9:10pm EDT
I agree with Nana! I have had days where I have been all day on the site posting and commenting and gained little points and then I have days where I have not been on at all and recieved several!
nicole g. Sep 20, 2007, 10:22pm EDT
not quite sure , I have been posting lots of comments all day- I'm only up by 11 points since yesterday. Maybe the counter is on vacation!
Amanda J. Sep 20, 2007, 10:26pm EDT
I have been posting quite a bit, but I still have also only gotten 1 point today.
Janna R. Sep 21, 2007, 12:56am EDT
Tracy E. asked: "I started a group yesterday, posted to MANY articles, and more and guess how many points were added to my total since yesterday morning at 8 am? 1 point !!!! What gives here????"


The points algorithm was recently modified to cut down on point whoring and begging behavior. The system scans article Groups and tags that have the word "Points" in them and actually awards fewer points than they have in the past. Articles posted to more than 20 "point whore" groups automatically receive a maximum of 1 point per day. Extra punctuation also no longer earns any points.


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Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Sep 21, 2007, 12:58am EDT
What if they are phasing out points? Maybe it would be a good idea to just leave now.
Tracey E. Sep 21, 2007, 9:38am EDT
Great suggestions everyone. Thanks.
I did notice a jump of 50 points yesterday. Better than the 2 I got the day before.
Kimberlee S. Sep 24, 2007, 10:39am EDT
I think I only got like 30 or 40 points all last week....let's hope for a better week this week :)
queen.susan . Oct 19, 2007, 12:37pm EDT
It does seem that point accumulation
goes up and down in no predictable order.
I try to check it once a week and not so
much day to day.
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