It’s a mysterious to figure out how the influence score increases and decreases
I have seen numbers of posts / questions / answers / connecting with people all these may impact the increase or may not then how about if you want to take a break, a vacation for few days what will happen if you stay away from login and participating. How many point per day you lose?
Someone may ask why would you care, It doesn’t matter if it increases or decreases, I guess it is more psychological for the efforts we put in.
Is the number of generating more traffic impact the influence score?
If you know the algorithm please share it. Saving Changes...
I guess it's more than just 'generating traffic' (although the comments and answers posted should be the biggest - for want of a better phrase - influencer).
The number of connections, interactions with these connections, participation in polls, reviews of articles: All of these should impact the Influence score.
My guess is votes on comments also are a factor.
As to losing points - again, guessing - I would think that there is a time period where a person's contributions are measured. For example, let's say the time period is the last 30 days. This window keeps shifting.
So if one has heavy contributions during days 1-10, lighter contributions on days 11-30, and then does not log in on days 31-40 -- one can expect their influence score to drop drastically.
The above principles are what I have observed being used, at least, in the design of all the gamification endeavours I have participated in.
Ah Karan but the comments and answers are scored the least. Regarding the other situation of lower contributions and the score dropping, I have tracked people who contribute very little for several months and nothing for weeks and yet their influence has remained the same, in fact at one stage they even jumped 1 point higher.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
May 08, 2018 8:25 PM
Riyadh Salih
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Sante, you are absolutely right, I guess me and you know how it feel, however looks like no one completely decoded the code:)
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Alok PriyadarshiProject Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers LimitedJamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
I think it is a combination of everything and it has some ceiling of each type of activity.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
May 08, 2018 8:29 PM
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Kevin, you're right but how it works I guess it is still mysterious, is it done by human or AI -----watch it on the weekend !
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Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
The algorithm takes in lots of factors. I had reached out before, and this was the response -
Influence is calculated based on over a hundred different factors, including interactions, participation, creation of content, reaction to content and of course, time. The data is compiled and processed and the results are then run against algorithms and plotted on a 100 point scale. What's more, the scoring is not on a linear scale. It's easier to move up dramatically in the lower scores, while climbing gets more difficult as you move into the higher ranks. And although it's not strictly a competition it is a fixed 1-100 scale so the actions of others and their influence affect your influence too
Andrew, thanks looks like you've got a big chunk of the code:)
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Dinah YoungProject Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William CountySpringfield, Va, United States
I have noticed a few things. - If you present a webinar you influence score shoots up. - If you submit an article it also strongly affects your score. - If you respond in the discussion area you score will slowly increase. It also seems to increase a little faster the higher you go. - Your number of contacts has very little influence on your score after a certain point - Your badges does not seem to have much of an influence. - If you do not maintain your activity your score will begin to decrease. - The commenting on discussions decreases the most if you stop commenting - The webinars and articles will also decrease if you add nothing new, but this seems to take a long time.
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5 replies by Anish Abraham, Dinah Young, Riyadh Salih, Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD, and Vincent Guerard
May 07, 2018 9:21 AM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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A lot of those make sense.
May 08, 2018 8:33 PM
Riyadh Salih
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Dinah, you are right but why we get penalized when we miss one day aren't PM human being aren't we suppose to work 40 hours a week, on your real working week you two days off why can't we take two days off here.
May 10, 2018 2:14 PM
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Oh. I think when you make it onto a Headliners list it bumps up as well. I just got an extra point and was not doing anything special. But I also just made it to Headliners under Most Discussion Postings
May 10, 2018 4:07 PM
Anish Abraham
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Good points, Dinah
May 10, 2018 10:14 PM
Vincent Guerard
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Dinah,
I Think you cover it very well, for what I have figured myself.
I think there is also something about the general level of activity that impacts the result.
I have noticed a few things. - If you present a webinar you influence score shoots up. - If you submit an article it also strongly affects your score. - If you respond in the discussion area you score will slowly increase. It also seems to increase a little faster the higher you go. - Your number of contacts has very little influence on your score after a certain point - Your badges does not seem to have much of an influence. - If you do not maintain your activity your score will begin to decrease. - The commenting on discussions decreases the most if you stop commenting - The webinars and articles will also decrease if you add nothing new, but this seems to take a long time.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
And many of it has to do with how long you’ve been an active member. The system evaluates at some point the contributions one does and I noticed it is done periodically.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
May 08, 2018 8:34 PM
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Rami, thanks for your input so by saying the system do you refer to a machine doing calculation and monitoring or human being.
I guess it's more than just 'generating traffic' (although the comments and answers posted should be the biggest - for want of a better phrase - influencer).
The number of connections, interactions with these connections, participation in polls, reviews of articles: All of these should impact the Influence score.
My guess is votes on comments also are a factor.
As to losing points - again, guessing - I would think that there is a time period where a person's contributions are measured. For example, let's say the time period is the last 30 days. This window keeps shifting.
So if one has heavy contributions during days 1-10, lighter contributions on days 11-30, and then does not log in on days 31-40 -- one can expect their influence score to drop drastically.
The above principles are what I have observed being used, at least, in the design of all the gamification endeavours I have participated in.
Karan, all your comments make sense. Saving Changes...
Ah Karan but the comments and answers are scored the least. Regarding the other situation of lower contributions and the score dropping, I have tracked people who contribute very little for several months and nothing for weeks and yet their influence has remained the same, in fact at one stage they even jumped 1 point higher.
Sante, you are absolutely right, I guess me and you know how it feel, however looks like no one completely decoded the code:)
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
May 08, 2018 9:29 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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I don't think the creators even cracked the code. It's an algorithm with it's own mind with a couple of toggle switches to tweak certain individuals ;-)
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