{"id":13088,"date":"2016-07-22T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdcontent.com\/blog\/?p=13088"},"modified":"2019-02-06T11:17:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T16:17:57","slug":"crowd-comments-updates-july-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/blog\/community-faq\/crowd-comments-updates-july-22-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd Comments Updates &#8211; July 22, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crowd Comments is an interactive commenting platform that helps brands build vibrant communities around their content. To learn more about Crowd Comments as a contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/comments.crowdcontent.com\/contributors\/\" target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>. If you&#8217;d like to install Crowd Comments on your blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/comments.crowdcontent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an ongoing effort to encourage authentic, relevant discussion, we\u2019re rolling out the following updates. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updates are based off of feedback from contributors and partner blogs. All updates are intended to align with our primary objectives to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Help our partner blogs build vibrant communities, and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Provide a positive and fun environment for contributors to earn rewards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updates for July 22, 2016 include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Added New Awards: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introducing Fresh and Prime comments<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See a \u201cleaf\u201d or \u201clightning bolt\u201d icon at the top of a thread? That thread is in Fresh or Prime state<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave a comment during either state and get 10 coins instantly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each contributor can only earn one Fresh or Prime award per thread (not both)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Made Milestones and Rank Simpler: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milestones now only earn Rank, not Coins<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because earning 3 or 5 Coins didn\u2019t feel meaningful, Milestones now just contribute to your Rank<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranking up earns Coins<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Rebalanced Rank Up Rate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updated rate points are earned to next Rank<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Rank up now generates 25 Coins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank is important! Some Milestones, Awards, and other actions unlock at certain Rank levels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>Rebalanced Coin Value: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Coins are easier to earn now, the value has been reduced<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 Coins is now worth $10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coin conversion will take place on Thursdays.&nbsp;Email support@crowdcontent.com when you&#8217;ve reached at least 100 Coins to have them converted on the following&nbsp;Thursday!<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help with the transition, we\u2019re increasing&nbsp;current Coin balances on all accounts by 2.5X immediately!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>General Notes:<\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will continue to adjust the model based on feedback from contributors and partner blogs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Milestones that were being abused have been capped or limited in other ways<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will continue to add new Milestones and Awards &#8212; (Milestones and Awards for authors are coming soon!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are a contributor, please remember to read and understand the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/18gcFgfYSUNcaAn9JFl2GIgx6VEJkrkm484sdDk-oYE8\/edit#\" target=\"_blank\">Commenting Guidelines<\/a> before participating.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for your continued participation in Crowd Comments! 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