Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Hello Everyone.
Quick question. Over the last week or so, I have been increasingly more active in the community. Mostly engaging with community members via discussion threads and commenting on various blogs, and more recently posting a couple topics myself and starting my own blog. All good there, and happy to be as active as possible.
The question is with my influence rating. It has remained constant. To add to it, a couple days back, when I first signed on, it had increased to 61, then reverted back immediately. Then just this morning, when I logged on, it was at 63, and again, left and returned to my profile screen, only to see it back to 58 again.
Has anyone else experienced this odd behavior. Not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, and certainly not the only reason I'm active, but nonetheless, I would like the number to accurately reflect my status.
This is a very good question. I have had this experience as well. The whole Influence Rating is a mystery to me. I have read the explanation; but it is still not clear. I have seen people less active / less badges / less connections / less NODs with more influence. I have given up on trying to figure that out. I am now too busy just enjoying the webinars, seminars, learning, and the interaction with good people here on ProjectManagement.com. Saving Changes...
Hi Andrew,
I know I am posting very late in this thread. But I would like to share few observations related to influence rating:
1. The algorithm must be calculating the time you are active and providing answers/comments/ratings. So, Sometimes I am active for 2 hours but commenting say only 5 threads.... so this doesn't boost your rating.
2. Whenever I do not login for a week or so(due to vacation), usually rating goes down
Though this rating is a mystery, but this is a good thread to discuss.
Thanks. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Hi Sonali,
Better late than never ....
It is just one of those mysteries in life. I have seen my Influence decrease while I was actively in the community posting. If I miss one day, it will decrease. It also decreases much faster than it increases.
Like exercising, you take day's off, you lose weeks worth of effort. Saving Changes...
I was only worried about the influence to had the opportunity to open a blog...now, sincerely I don't mind if it goes up or down, I don't see (today) any benefit for it...
Did you observe something special linked to the Influence?
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
