On an obvious note, activity checks are being done late this week. They'll be going out shortly.

So! Here's the deal: Our current activity system, as you know, involves you linking your tag, and the mods reviewing your tag to see your activity over the last month. Then we cross-reference with hiatuses, then we cross-reference with the previous month's activity, and then we comment to let you know if we couldn't find enough activity for you.

What you may not know is that this method takes hours and hours and hours. We have 161 characters in this game (as of right now, according to our database) and we have to check each of their activity for the last thirty days: multiple times, if we don't find enough activity the first time. Every month two dozen characters fail the AC on the first pass. Then we have to review the findings, sort everyone, comment to everyone, think of how to put things nicely, and answer questions and complaints... We had someone volunteer to help us, and then it took so much of her time that she quit. That's the kind of thankless job this is! :(

So what Li and I were thinking was, maybe we could foist off the responsibility on you switch to a format where players link their own activity in the monthly AC/HMD. We'd ask you, on the HMD, to provide links to three threads that were [X] number of comments long. Activity requirements would be a little more firmly-defined, which some of you would like, but also a little less lenient, which you probably wouldn't like. But you'd have the chance to defend yourself there and explain "I was on hiatus for half the month so I only have two threads."

Obviously, we don't want to do this unless people are okay with the idea; we're not exactly at a crisis point, and we can easily pick up another volunteer if one is available. so we're gauging player opinions on the matter!


Poll #5654 ACTIVITY METHODS
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Should we stick with the current activity system, or switch to one where you will have to provide links to your own valid activity?

/made this post with Allen's journal so it could have a poll

What do you guys think? Share thoughts! Volunteer to pitch in! Make a case for why you should be Marina's Next Top Junior Mod! Etc!