If you guys remember the "Future of RIF" thread I had posted last month, I had mentioned a few things:
The bounty program is for those who are helping our community not in an official capacity. If a user gets a warning point given to them based on your report, you will receive part of their fine as compensation.
Minimum words to gain RIF Cash for content has been discussed with the community. Many of our users have given their mostly positive input. The word counts will only be applied to on topic sections. I have looked at all of your responses, and the average word count that you guys as a community suggested is 31.09. I will bring that number down to an even 30. This will be for replies. Topic creation will be 60 words. Again, only in the on topic sections.
At the end of the day, these minimums to gain payment per post will be incredibly easy to achieve.
All of these changes mentioned above are now in effect as of this posting.
Thread Deletion:
Posting a thread has a greater reward than posting a normal reply. This is due to the fact that you are generating a discussion amongst the users. However, it will now hold a greater risk as well. (if you aren't following the rules and guidelines)
Anytime you create a thread in the on topic sections, it will reward you with $0.02. If someone else then replies to that thread, they get $0.01. Right now if we delete that thread you created, we take back the $0.02 we gave you. The people who have posted in the thread, still keep their $0.01 even though the content they have posted is deleted. This is true even if the thread has gained 50+ replies.
A recent example of this is our Make Money: Tutorials & How To's section. Every single thread had to be deleted because it was all questions, or no real tutorial. Only $0.66 was removed from the thread authors, but the result was we paid out $4.38 to the users who replied to those threads. So those users still got to keep their $4.38 for content that is deleted.
I am moving to be a bit more aggressive. People really need to think before creating threads. Read the descriptions of the forums. Look at the category that forum is in. As of now, to help compensate paying the people who replied to your deleted thread, any time your thread gets deleted, we will remove the money we gave you, plus an additional $0.05. This is on top of any warning point costs that may happen due to the thread deletion. This only applies to thread deletion, and not a thread being moved to another section.
If a thread had generated a larger sum of money for other users than usual, more money may be taken to compensate them at our discretion.
I'm not looking to deter anyone from creating discussions. In fact, I'm trying to encourage it. However, we are trying to create an organic community that supports growth. This won't happen if all the content of each section doesn't belong there, and on top of that we are paying for that content. All I'm asking is for you to read the descriptions of the forums before creating topics. If you are unsure of where a topic would go, feel free to ask! For the most part, this won't even effect our users.
Moderation Comments
I have listened to all of your feedback regarding some of the moderation towards your content. Often times a thread or comment of yours will be deleted and you aren't notified. Instead, you are just left with the missing money. As a demonstration to our commitment to transparency and open communication, I have been in touch with our moderation team and have to asked them to start informing you when actions are taken with your content.
This way, you will have a clear explanation, and can learn from it for the future. I want to foster a positive and respectful community, and I believe this will help build that. The important thing to remember is, to use their response as feedback, and to learn from mistakes made.
Artificial Inelegance
It's no secret that AI has blown up significantly in the last few months. I'm going to keep this short and simple, and I want to make it clear. Anyone creating content on our site by copy/pasting AI generated content, will be treated as plagiarism.
Google marks content created with AI as spam, and we can't have that content on our site.
- Warnings will cost you RIF Cash
- Bounty Program
- Word Count Minimums
The bounty program is for those who are helping our community not in an official capacity. If a user gets a warning point given to them based on your report, you will receive part of their fine as compensation.
Minimum words to gain RIF Cash for content has been discussed with the community. Many of our users have given their mostly positive input. The word counts will only be applied to on topic sections. I have looked at all of your responses, and the average word count that you guys as a community suggested is 31.09. I will bring that number down to an even 30. This will be for replies. Topic creation will be 60 words. Again, only in the on topic sections.
At the end of the day, these minimums to gain payment per post will be incredibly easy to achieve.
All of these changes mentioned above are now in effect as of this posting.
Thread Deletion:
Posting a thread has a greater reward than posting a normal reply. This is due to the fact that you are generating a discussion amongst the users. However, it will now hold a greater risk as well. (if you aren't following the rules and guidelines)
Anytime you create a thread in the on topic sections, it will reward you with $0.02. If someone else then replies to that thread, they get $0.01. Right now if we delete that thread you created, we take back the $0.02 we gave you. The people who have posted in the thread, still keep their $0.01 even though the content they have posted is deleted. This is true even if the thread has gained 50+ replies.
A recent example of this is our Make Money: Tutorials & How To's section. Every single thread had to be deleted because it was all questions, or no real tutorial. Only $0.66 was removed from the thread authors, but the result was we paid out $4.38 to the users who replied to those threads. So those users still got to keep their $4.38 for content that is deleted.
I am moving to be a bit more aggressive. People really need to think before creating threads. Read the descriptions of the forums. Look at the category that forum is in. As of now, to help compensate paying the people who replied to your deleted thread, any time your thread gets deleted, we will remove the money we gave you, plus an additional $0.05. This is on top of any warning point costs that may happen due to the thread deletion. This only applies to thread deletion, and not a thread being moved to another section.
If a thread had generated a larger sum of money for other users than usual, more money may be taken to compensate them at our discretion.
I'm not looking to deter anyone from creating discussions. In fact, I'm trying to encourage it. However, we are trying to create an organic community that supports growth. This won't happen if all the content of each section doesn't belong there, and on top of that we are paying for that content. All I'm asking is for you to read the descriptions of the forums before creating topics. If you are unsure of where a topic would go, feel free to ask! For the most part, this won't even effect our users.
Moderation Comments
I have listened to all of your feedback regarding some of the moderation towards your content. Often times a thread or comment of yours will be deleted and you aren't notified. Instead, you are just left with the missing money. As a demonstration to our commitment to transparency and open communication, I have been in touch with our moderation team and have to asked them to start informing you when actions are taken with your content.
This way, you will have a clear explanation, and can learn from it for the future. I want to foster a positive and respectful community, and I believe this will help build that. The important thing to remember is, to use their response as feedback, and to learn from mistakes made.
Artificial Inelegance
It's no secret that AI has blown up significantly in the last few months. I'm going to keep this short and simple, and I want to make it clear. Anyone creating content on our site by copy/pasting AI generated content, will be treated as plagiarism.
Google marks content created with AI as spam, and we can't have that content on our site.
