Curious about Points - Give Me Some Point Advice, Please!

i dont think you get points for members posting in your group... if you do thats new to me.

you earn points by viewing, commenting and others viewing and commenting on your posts.

You don't get points for people posting to groups that you own.

I am not sure how points work. I have just finishing voting on all your videos. You produced quite a bit of work today. Good luck in reaching your points goals.

I should have said: good luck in reaching your point goals.

Ok well that's a small thing anyway about posting to your groups but what gives people the most points? Salud

Thanks so much Michael! Salud

Thanks Dn. Salud

your contest points will be added. you will get a message when they are, usually takes a few days to get them after you win them.

i don't think so, more involvement (active) , more points..

It's been weeks and I did get a message that they were added - I still couldn't figure it out - but supposedly they were...oh well. Thanks Dn. Salud

I know Niju - thanks. Salud

What is the average number of points most of you get in a day? Salud

50 points a day sounds great to me! There are some weeks that go by and I barely break 50, but in those cases I have been less active.

Oh ok Sophie - that's what I want to know - so 56 points is good - ok - well, I'm usually a big commenter but haven't posted anything in a couple of days except 6 videos. Salud

Mariana, email whom ever hosted the contest and tell them that you havent recieved your points yet and i bet they will fix you right up:) Gather has great customer service:)

my points very depending how active i am per day, usually between 100 to 150 a day:)

Good question....I wish I could help you with an answer, but am completely clueless myself!

I am lost. Points remain a total mystery to me. I believe when I collect enough of them, some one sends me a coupon for Border's Books or something - I really haven't a clue.
I have given you 10 points. That's the best I can do for you, dear friend.

It seems that videos give you more points - whether your are posted and viewed or you view other's videos. My points have been slow going the last few days so I don't know what to tell you. I don't get a lot of views on my videos so that doesn't help. ;-)

I was hoping to view some of your videos a bit later. I have quite the backlog.

Oh Janell - you are such a good person and I am so behind on my own commenting - no excuses but I'll get there!

Kenn - I think you cash them out - I need to figure it all out - mine are to have bayou cats spayed - I rescued many after the hurricanes...you know me always doing something. Thanks Kimberly

Thank you Dnbuster I did all that and they said they were added...- good to know folks can get 100 or more a day! wow. Salud

Mariana, when I first signed up someone posted an explanation of points to one of my first gather posts. I just tried to go back to it and it seems to be missing :-(

Seems to me that the longer I am on Gather, the harder and slower it is to gain points.

Okay...this is what I think. I was very busy and did not comment or post much for a while. I would go on...view 3 photos and I got 3 points.
Then, I went and just viewed and rated one picture. One point was all I got.
Then, I viewed/rated/commented on 4 photos...and someone left me a comment--that got me 5 points.
So, in my unscientific research, you get 1 point for viewing and 1 point for being viewed.

I also suspect that the reward may change with the advertising revenue.

I never get 1 point for each thing I do. Points are a mystery to a lot of people but I have found some interesting information, photos, etc...Hope a new post helps you a little.

The way gather figures out the points does indeed change regulaly depending on the ad revenue. IF ads are up points come faster, if the ad revenue is down the points come slow. ANd getting points is all aboutthe views, People viewing your content & you viewing peoples content. I will send you what works for me.

I will try to look at your videos. I like looking at photos best, especially nature photos, and reading. I always look at your stuff when I have time.

No points for posting content. You get points for views. And honestly, you posted so many videos today, I only watched a few of them. I have too many other people to keep up with when that much content gets posted in a day, consecutively like that.

Also I've noticed that video view points sometimes take a half day-day to credit, at least for me.

The point factoring changes all the time, but I've found that if I view, rate and comment, I accrue points faster than if I just view or just view and rate. It works the same way in reverse too. The amount is minute, but when you factor it by the whole day, it works out to several more points.

Of course some content I only view and rate matter what cause it simply doesn't apply to me, but I try to also comment where I can since it does seem to make a difference.

If you really want to earn points, view-rate-comment on ALL your conections content every day. I earn anywhere from 100-150 points a day. But I look at almost everything my connections post every day (With exceptions like.... If someone posts an abundant amount of content and barely comments on anything I've posted, I selectively view their stuff).

In my opinion viewing and commenting gives the most points at the time. Viewing videos (and posting videos) seem to help increase the points as well. I watched all the videos you posted today, although I did not comment on all of them.

I am with Marianne on the viewing and commenting.

Good morning Sistah Mariana! I will send you to a friend who helped me (sorta) figure out the points on Gather. I'm not sure if you're currently connected to Princess Spanky Pants 'The Real Original Heather T' but she has a private group about earning more Gather points. It really helped me figure it out because frankly, the constantly changing points structure on Gather had me frustrated. Somehow I was only earning about 30 points daily but now I earn about 50-100, depending on how much I Gather and the value of Gather points that day. Heather closely studies this and does the "work" for us, if you want let her know I sent you ;) Good luck reaching your Gather goals, Sistah :)

The best I can figure things out...you gets points for posting anything; an article, a picture and more for a video. You get points when someone views your post. No points for rating or comments. You also get points for viewing others articles and picture, more for watching videos. Groups do nothing for you...no points for owning or others posting to your groups. I have my publication notifications turned on for everything all of my connections post. I open ever single E-mail I receive when a friend posts; even if I don't look at it, watch or comment. There are days when I open around 500; other days when it's closer to 1,000. There are even times I have 2 or 3 videos playing at the same time while minimized. I usually average 150 - 200 points a day. One day last week, it seems when the points started coming in faster, I picked up 277 points in one day. (I keep track of mine, too, so I know how much is coming in. Right now, since the start of the year, the last time I cashed out, I'm at nearly 22,500 points...about $365.) Now, get to work...and open as much as you can. I don't always comment on things...leaves me more time to open other posts...page views and points for both of us.

I have no idea how the points accrue, but I can tell you that if I make 50 points in a day, it has been a very active day... The last time I cashed in was in January, and I'm only at 1480 now.

Also, I don't know how many points you get for posting videos, but I posted my first video ever, over the weekend and my points barely moved. I didn't get many views, so I'm sure that makes a big difference, but still... it's not an appreciable difference, as far as I can tell.

I would check to see why you have not received the 500 points. Lately I am lucky if I get 50 points in a day. With the economy the way it is I figure that is about average.

NFI Mariana - I just plug away and slowly gain points - I can discern no surge after videos, articles, comments - anything! Good Luck!

Thank you all so much for your generous comments. I realize that lately I've not been able to contribute more to the commenting part of all this - for me, it comes in spurts depending on the time I have available! Thanks though for your time. I rarely rate so that may be one of the problems. I wish I had time to go to all my connections but I don't - however, Marianne, I know what you mean about publishing all those videos at once but I have to do it when I can. Soon, I won't be able to be on here but once in a while as I'll be on dialup. I have to say that Gather has been extremely generous and I do enjoy my time here very much. Thanks again folks. Salud

I used to post a lot and comment/view a lot, mariana...got an average of 100/150 points a day...then the longer I was on, the less points I seemed to generate. Now that I do not post often, but still comment/read/view quite a bit, points are only 10 to 30 a day. i give up on thesysyem,lol. i too, used my points for stay cat care and home depot gift cards for folk I knew. haven't had enough to cash out since the fire in oct. last year. (sigh)

View and comment, that seems to be what pushes my points higher.

wish i had some advice, but when stuff like this comes up i usually tell people to write to maryanne...she knows all!

me too. I don't have the vaguest notion of how it works.

I have no clue how and when points get awarded. I wish I did! Good luck!

from what I understand,
just posting things doesn't get you points. . . . It's the number of VIEWS that your content gets.
The more people viewing your content, the more points.
As I understand it, points are based on page views.
So the more things you view in a day, the more you'll see your points grow.
If you feel like leaving a comment, then of course leave a comment, but the comments
aren't what generate points. It's about the page views.
So view as many things as you can each day and watch your points growing.
Of course, post things so others have new things to view, too.
Their viewing of your content gives them AND you both points.
Well, that's what I understand anyway.
:-)

I'm not sure on the points that you get but I know some days are better than others.Then again they will catch up over night.I am pleased if I make 50 points aday.
Have a great gather day!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure glad you asked Mariana. I think I'll take Rob's and Queen Susan's advice and track my points for a few days and do more viewing.

My biggest problem is that I really enjoy reading the posts and I get caught up in the comments and here I am fifteen minutes later or maybe even half an hour and all I looked at was one post! LOL 

...and never mind all those lovely photos.

I don't get to visit Gather very often, and the points don't make any sense to me.

I'd take the advice of the folks who are getting lots of points.