#Reward points system?
night pendant
While this does sound like a great idea on paper, my first thought is that there's no need for a system to figure out who deserves the tutor role, more often than not we have a pretty good idea of whether someone applying for the role spends a lot of time in classroom channels. Encouraging helpers can also be a good thing though, perhaps more people can weigh in about that.
buoyant geyser
Yeah the main thing is to encourage helpers really, I just meant it could be a double benefit in that regard. Only issue I can think of is that whoever is being thanked would need to get pinged/replied to with a "thank you" for accuracy for the bot I was thinking of. Not sure if it can be done any other way
buoyant geyser
Could potentially do a lot with it if we wanted, I'd say like a monthly contest where we see who gets the most points over the period of a month, and we reward them with a mention of Helper of the Month (or perhaps a better title) where they keep a certain role that states it for a bit until someone else wins it. That's just one aspect. Could also let it just be that and not do anything with it, a lot of people like collecting points so in theory you don't need a contest of any kind.
polar moth
hmm
I can see both of those
People will fight to have the highest level on level bots so why not helper points
hybrid comet
I feel like a points system could lead to less genuine input if that makes sense
buoyant geyser
I would disagree, I think most would give a sufficient answer to get a thank you. I realize a lot of people don't give a thank you if they didn't find the answer they're looking for.
I thought about this when someone answered my question earlier and I wished if my thank you helped them in some way like they helped me.
ripe jewel
People say "thank you" to completely incorrect info all the time, because they don't know any better, unfortunately. Even small help is also thanked, as any help is help. In fact, I think I'd say "thank you" might be as or even more common on shorter responses, as longer responses generally make the person ask more questions rather than directly thanking the person
We've had to discourage a few people from responding to questions in the past when they would very often give incorrect answers, and the person would thank them and leave. We try to encourage people to help each other, but sometimes people get a little too excited to help and will just give what they think is right, even if they don't really know.