TIL Activity does not work on precisely 2 week intervals + interval timings

[BadBear]

Activity decreases post quality compared to what? Before it was just post count, and it was really bad then. Only real issue is account farmers, but that's more related to sig campaigns.

[Thai]

I was thinking about a system that offered less "points" per interval (i.e. < 14). I didn't realize that prior it was just posts, so I see the wisdom now.

[Peter882]

Activity decreases post quality compared to what? Before it was just post count, and it was really bad then. Only real issue is account farmers, but that's more related to sig campaigns.

We still have account farmers and account trading now...we just slow them down a bit (IIRC, in the past people could get to hero member by just posting hundreds of posts in one single day)...

[jambola2]

we just slow them down a bit

A bit ?

From what you said , with people making hero members in a day , it seems like the time taken has changed from a day to make a Hero Member to a year and a third. 420 days is more than a small duration.

The current system is pretty good, I don't see a post a day being spammy except in rare cases.

[magcoin-crypto]

what is the actual benefit of these titles?

The intent is that you should be able to judge how "regular" a forum member is based on their activity.

The unfortunate side effect is that the quality of the posts on the forum decreases, since many members post garbage in order to score "points" (activity) towards their account. There is even a small market for accounts with activity (probably to perpetuate a scam).

I sometimes find myself posting for the sake of posting. Humans love little achievements, after all. At least I try to stick to off-topic.

That precisely is why the activity system matters. It should encourage participation, but I feel lurking should also be counted -- just to a lesser degree. Otherwise, those who simply like to read more than they like to write are penalized over time.

[Peter882]

we just slow them down a bit

A bit ?

From what you said , with people making hero members in a day , it seems like the time taken has changed from a day to make a Hero Member to a year and a third. 420 days is more than a small duration.

The current system is pretty good, I don't see a post a day being spammy except in rare cases.

Okay maybe I should use "a lot" instead.
My main point is, there is IMO no way to really stop account farming and slowing it down is already the best we can do.

And yes, I like the activity system as well.

[magcoin-crypto]

we just slow them down a bit

A bit ?

From what you said , with people making hero members in a day , it seems like the time taken has changed from a day to make a Hero Member to a year and a third. 420 days is more than a small duration.

The current system is pretty good, I don't see a post a day being spammy except in rare cases.

Okay maybe I should use "a lot" instead.
My main point is, there is IMO no way to really stop account farming and slowing it down is already the best we can do.

And yes, I like the activity system as well.

Interestingly, my activity seems to be stuck. I'm past 20 posts (almost thirty!), waited an hour, and it's still at 14 :/

[hilariousandco]

That's because you can only get a max of 14 points every two week period. You can get another 14 on the 19th. Read the following for further details on activity: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=495948.0

[jambola2]

we just slow them down a bit

A bit ?

From what you said , with people making hero members in a day , it seems like the time taken has changed from a day to make a Hero Member to a year and a third. 420 days is more than a small duration.

The current system is pretty good, I don't see a post a day being spammy except in rare cases.

Okay maybe I should use "a lot" instead.
My main point is, there is IMO no way to really stop account farming and slowing it down is already the best we can do.

And yes, I like the activity system as well.

The account farmers don't work really well IMO.
You kinda stop trusting them when you notice that the hero member who wants to trade a lot has posted only in giveaway threads and random altcoins for a long long time.

[keithers]

activity gets adjusted every other Tuesday at around 9AM (Pacific Standard Time), from what I have noticed.   

[hilariousandco]

If you read the op you'll see that is all detailed exactly.

[Mornser]

Was looking for this, thank you for your effort to makes this thread.

[jambola2]

activity gets adjusted every other Tuesday at around 9AM (Pacific Standard Time), from what I have noticed.   

That's what the OP is about
On July the 9th it was at 9 am sharp on Tuesday.
The next alternate Tuesday had the change at 9:06:40

The difference between two periods is 2 weeks, 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

86400 seconds in a day / 400 seconds late per period means that every 216 periods, we will move forwards a day exactly.

TLDR ; Read the OP.
By October 21st 2022, the activity will change on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, 9 Am sharp.

[rigel]

August 19th 2014, 9:20:00 AM

Looks like today we are late...

[BiTJack]

August 19th 2014, 9:20:00 AM

Looks like today we are late...

No, As OP said "It takes upto 30 minutes for activity to update and your rank will update at the same time as activity"
Worked for me just got upgraded to the rank of Sen Member. 

[hilariousandco]

It used to be 30 mins or that's what was stated, but the sticky has been updated to 60 mins now which would seem right: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

[some1]

It used to be 30 mins or that's what was stated, but the sticky has been updated to 60 mins now which would seem right: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

Still no update for me today

[hilariousandco]

You've only just made that one post today so you need to wait up to an hour for the system to update.

[Muhammed Zakir]

Please update your post. Write 60 mins instead of 30 mins.

It used to be 30 mins or that's what was stated, but the sticky has been updated to 60 mins now which would seem right: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

It would be nice if you use Google Calendar for listing timings.

Kindly,
      MZ

[Sonny]

Why have you made this thread, it's pointless...

Pointless? We have new members making threads to ask about activity again and again.
If they do a search beforehand, they will very likely find this thread and won't need to make another new thread.