Revert to a maximum of 8 or 10 posts per day : May be someone might say : Hey I have 15 ideas today and you bring this 8/10 limit!! Yet I think sometimes with no limits, our tendency to post junk goes up.
Would posting junk help any of us?
I heartily agree that we should return to the maximum 10 post per day limit. Over the life of FC, there have been 185 members who consistently contributed over 10 posts per day during their activity on the site. 3 out of that group managed to receive an above average reputation score with slightly above 100 posts but all the rest earned well below the average reputation score during their time on FC.
We still have four of the most prolific writers dumping in loads of junk content at well above 10 posts per day and way beyond 10,000 posts to their credit. All of those have extremely low reputation scores. They dump in commentary that rarely actually answers the topic questions and spend most of their time posting entries in contests or playing games, neither of which can possibly contribute any value to the site. Unfortunately, 7 out of the first 10 contests for 100 FCs were won by just 2 of these bozos due to their high volume of entries. Even though they only contribute junk content, they have been winning way more than the rest of us can earn in months. I personally feel the contests are an insult to most members who even try to contribute value added content.
There is no value in allowing more than 10 posts per day. It only encourages junk content as ALL previous contenders have proven without question. Even though those 4 collectively contribute nearly 50% of the daily volume of posts, it is nearly all junk content. Quantity does not equal quality.
Reward a very well written and composed article with extra points - at least 5 FC.
Now this could sound a bit socialistic but then I think the very ideas of Socialism and even Communism were never bad but the implementation could be faulty and this incentive could mean better articles being put out.
I have already discussed this idea with Fergal. Problem is, the software for the site does not offer any option for varied payment per post. Everyone is stuck at the same rate. 62.16% of all members for the life of the site have well below the overall average reputation score and the average scores fall to a lower level every single day with junk content. (7.8946% at this moment) There is no system option to adjust the pay rate based on quality content. A daily manual review would require hours of reading to find outstanding contributions. Basing any bonus on the earned reputation score for the overall content would make it far easier.
Over the entire history of FC, there have only been 92 members who actually earned a reputation score above 13%.Those few members have consistently contributed well above average quality content and have earned the positive reputation points to prove it. They most certainly deserve special recognition for their added value content.
These are the few out of all who have contributed content in the latest 30 days with a reputation score above 13%. They all deserve special consideration with added FC compensation specifically based on reputation scores:
Netherrealmer * 13.33%
Pousinha * 14.50%
bestwriter * 16.03%
Angie10 * 17.66%
oldbuddy * 18.62%
Yusra * 18.80%
dfarmer2001 * 18.87%
ptrikha21 * 19.07%
Trush Jodie * 19.55%
Masterminor * 19.74%
Fergal * 20.97%
cmoneyspinner * 21.96%
OldGuy * 52.17%
CyberFreak * 62.38%
In fact, I'd be pleased to do that myself for all except site admin and myself.
Awards equal to reputation scores paid with this announcement.