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Rick Henry 
United States
Local time: 22:30
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This probably isn\'t on the top of anyone\'s list, but...
The last couple of days I\'ve noticed an individual obviously trying to pile up brownieZ. Since s/he is not a paying member, I\'m assuming it\'s to eventually bid on jobs.
While I appreciate people agreeing on my answers (if indeed it\'s a helpful answer), I think it\'s wrong to just blindly go down the list of all answerers agreeing. It would be nice to have some way to limit the number of \"agrees\" by one person p... See more This probably isn\'t on the top of anyone\'s list, but...
The last couple of days I\'ve noticed an individual obviously trying to pile up brownieZ. Since s/he is not a paying member, I\'m assuming it\'s to eventually bid on jobs.
While I appreciate people agreeing on my answers (if indeed it\'s a helpful answer), I think it\'s wrong to just blindly go down the list of all answerers agreeing. It would be nice to have some way to limit the number of \"agrees\" by one person per answer. I don\'t necessarily think it should be one \"agree\" per person - there have been instances where I (or someone else) agreed on an answer, only to see a more suitable answer later on.
Any suggestions on how this could be better controlled?
R.
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| | | | Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:30
Spanish to English
| I click on the agree | Jan 15, 2002 |
To second your thoughts. It would be very complicated, but as paying members don\'t need browniZ to bid, perhaps there could be a limit of one agree per question for non-paying members, but unlimited for paying ones, since, as you say, we can all change our minds about an answer after we see a better one. However, at least you\'d know with paying members that it\'s genuine. However, that wouldn\'t stop people from agreeing willly-nilly with anything to get the points. Which logically leads me on... See more To second your thoughts. It would be very complicated, but as paying members don\'t need browniZ to bid, perhaps there could be a limit of one agree per question for non-paying members, but unlimited for paying ones, since, as you say, we can all change our minds about an answer after we see a better one. However, at least you\'d know with paying members that it\'s genuine. However, that wouldn\'t stop people from agreeing willly-nilly with anything to get the points. Which logically leads me onto suggesting that bids change to being for paying members only or at 1 dollar per bid (no browniz points could be used to \"pay\") in order to prevent this kind of abuse in the kudoz system.
So far, all the postings I\'ve read this evening are concerned with site abuse (and I\'m going through them in strict order from top to bottom). Such a pity that a few can ruin things for everybody. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Same thing is happening to DE-EN Kudoz today | Jan 17, 2002 |
Someone is just going down the list and agreeing to all of the answers - even the ones that are obviously wrong. Piling up the browniz.....
Just checked their profile - they don\'t even offer German or English in their language pair!! 
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Just checked under find a pro - no Kudoz, but more than one thousand browniz  ... See more
| | | | | agree = Browniez? | Jan 17, 2002 |
I wasn\'t even aware that you can earn Browniez just by agreeing to someone\'s answer. Cheap trick of agreeing to everyone\'s answer. Make up your mind, Billy Bob!
Which one is it, Alison? I\'ll simply squash the entire question if there\'s anything of this sort and kindly ask the asker to repost or choose an aswer.
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tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 05:30
Spanish to English
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| the same thing is happening elsewhere.... | Jan 17, 2002 |
... in the Spanish/English community, peer grades across the board for every answer proposed to a question, posted by a person who doesn\'t even list English as a working language.
I noticed this on several questions (and I only looked at a sampling).
Unless this type of abuse can be controlled, I\'m with Nikki: get rid of the \"BrowniZ for Bids\" option.
| | | | Jon Zuber (X)
Spanish to English
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| Let's not punish the innocent. | Jan 17, 2002 |
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On 2002-01-15 22:32, Amara wrote:
To second your thoughts. It would be very complicated, but as paying members don\'t need browniZ to bid, perhaps there could be a limit of one agree per question for non-paying members, but unlimited for paying ones, since, as you say, we can all change our minds about an answer after we see a better one. However, at least you\'d know with paying members that it\'s genuine. However, that wou
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On 2002-01-15 22:32, Amara wrote:
To second your thoughts. It would be very complicated, but as paying members don\'t need browniZ to bid, perhaps there could be a limit of one agree per question for non-paying members, but unlimited for paying ones, since, as you say, we can all change our minds about an answer after we see a better one. However, at least you\'d know with paying members that it\'s genuine. However, that wouldn\'t stop people from agreeing willly-nilly with anything to get the points. Which logically leads me onto suggesting that bids change to being for paying members only or at 1 dollar per bid (no browniz points could be used to \"pay\") in order to prevent this kind of abuse in the kudoz system.
Nikki, I agree that something has to be done, but I can\'t see taking away some of the value of Browniz from people who have come by theirs honestly. I\'d support ceasing to award them for peer grading before ceasing to accept them as bid payment. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rick Henry
United States
Local time: 22:30
Italian to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Non paying members and their ability to place bids. | Jan 17, 2002 |
One of things that always bugged me about Aquarius was that you had to be a paying member to bid. I don\'t think that proZ should repeat that model. We need to have some sort of way for non-payers to be able to place a bid on a job. Maybe Nikki\'s suggestion of limiting brownieZ is worth looking into.
R.
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... See more One of things that always bugged me about Aquarius was that you had to be a paying member to bid. I don\'t think that proZ should repeat that model. We need to have some sort of way for non-payers to be able to place a bid on a job. Maybe Nikki\'s suggestion of limiting brownieZ is worth looking into.
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Unless this type of abuse can be controlled, I\'m with Nikki: get rid of the \"BrowniZ for Bids\" option.
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| | | | Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:30
Spanish to English
| Good idea Jon | Jan 18, 2002 |
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Nikki, I agree that something has to be done, but I can\'t see taking away some of the value of Browniz from people who have come by theirs honestly. I\'d support ceasing to award them for peer grading before ceasing to accept them as bid payment.
Yes, that\'s a good idea. I know it\'s not fair to ask everyone to pay. But how would people get the Browniz?
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Jon Zuber (X)
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| How Browniz are baked. | Jan 18, 2002 |
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On 2002-01-18 06:52, Amara wrote:
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On 2002-01-17 22:39, Jon Zuber wrote:
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Nikki, I agree that something has to be done, but I can\'t see taking away some of the value of Browniz from people who have come by theirs honestly. I\'d support ceasing to award them for peer grading before ceasing to accept them as bid payment.
Yes, that\'s a good idea. I know it\'s not fair to ask everyone to pay. But how would people get the Browniz?
Well, first of all I don\'t really like that idea either; I\'m just saying I dislike it less than not taking them for bids. Another reason not to make that change is that it\'s awfully soon. It makes a bad impression to keep changing the rules. As for how people get Browniz, click on your own Browniz total and you\'ll go to a page that lays out what actions earn Browniz and how many for each.
| | | | Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:30
Spanish to English
| Thanks Jon - learn something new every day | Jan 18, 2002 |
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As for how people get Browniz, click on your own Browniz total and you\'ll go to a page that lays out what actions earn Browniz and how many for each.
I was wrong thinking that you got 10 browniz for agreeing/diasgreeing, you only get 3. Despite that fact, it\'s still over half my total. Very interesting info. Thanks.
| | | | Jon Zuber (X)
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| Eep —let's think about what else earns Browniz ... | Jan 18, 2002 |
Glossary entries, for one. I bet if people aren\'t filling \"glossaries\" with gibberish now, they soon will be. In fact, anything that gives out Browniz automatically is going to be abused.
| | | | | It may be dangerous going down this road... | Jan 19, 2002 |
Dear colleagues, if we try to limit people\'s ability to place a bid on a job unless they fork over a rather considerable amount of money first, what is the difference between us and Aquarius? I don\'t know about other languages, but in my pairs the agree/disagree option (and one does not have to agree, mind you, there is always the possibility of giving out one \"agree\" and a number of \"neutrals\") frequently sparks a vivid and interesting discussion. It\'s like saying, the terrorists blew up... See more Dear colleagues, if we try to limit people\'s ability to place a bid on a job unless they fork over a rather considerable amount of money first, what is the difference between us and Aquarius? I don\'t know about other languages, but in my pairs the agree/disagree option (and one does not have to agree, mind you, there is always the possibility of giving out one \"agree\" and a number of \"neutrals\") frequently sparks a vivid and interesting discussion. It\'s like saying, the terrorists blew up two planes, let\'s arrest everybody now regardless of whether they are guilty or not! ▲ Collapse
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| Beware non-paying! | Jan 20, 2002 |
Hi there!
I fully agree about the fact that some people is getting BrowniZ in the strangest ways ever. Nonetheless, I still sort of feel some kind of weird paternalism from some paying members to non-paying ones.
Yes, some of us are non-paying (how shameful!). This does not always mean we are non-professionals looking manicly for BrowniZ in order to get bids and bids and bids... let\'s just not generalize.
Now it\'ll seem that people... See more Hi there!
I fully agree about the fact that some people is getting BrowniZ in the strangest ways ever. Nonetheless, I still sort of feel some kind of weird paternalism from some paying members to non-paying ones.
Yes, some of us are non-paying (how shameful!). This does not always mean we are non-professionals looking manicly for BrowniZ in order to get bids and bids and bids... let\'s just not generalize.
Now it\'ll seem that people with lots of BrowniZ are just cheaters! What could I say? I have got 17956 (I had 18500, but some spent to bid, unsuccessfully) after translating 60% of proz.com into Catalan.
Yes, there are other ways to get BrowniZ.
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| | | | | Browniz for glossary | Jan 24, 2002 |
On 2002-01-18 21:28, Jon Zuber wrote:
Glossary entries, for one. I bet if people aren\'t filling \"glossaries\" with gibberish now, they soon will be. In fact, anything that gives out Browniz automatically is going to be abused.
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Unfortunately, I have noticed \"gibberish\" in the FR>EN and EN>FR glossaries. It could be that the answers chosen were really unfortunate choices, but it is even moreunfortunate that the entries went through. Now we... See more
On 2002-01-18 21:28, Jon Zuber wrote:
Glossary entries, for one. I bet if people aren\'t filling \"glossaries\" with gibberish now, they soon will be. In fact, anything that gives out Browniz automatically is going to be abused.
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Unfortunately, I have noticed \"gibberish\" in the FR>EN and EN>FR glossaries. It could be that the answers chosen were really unfortunate choices, but it is even moreunfortunate that the entries went through. Now we have some very unreliable definitions. An example is \"toe-kick space\". The answer is a good description but it is not the best definition
Do we need to check the glossaries before accepting to award the corresponding points? What a huge job! ▲ Collapse
| | | | msebold
Canada
Local time: 23:30
German to English
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On 2002-01-18 21:28, Jon Zuber wrote:
Glossary entries, for one. I bet if people aren\'t filling \"glossaries\" with gibberish now, they soon will be. In fact, anything that gives out Browniz automatically is going to be abused.
As a further point, if your answer gets picked, it seems that sometimes the asker gets to enter the term into the glossary, and, I assume, collect the ten point... See more Quote:
On 2002-01-18 21:28, Jon Zuber wrote:
Glossary entries, for one. I bet if people aren\'t filling \"glossaries\" with gibberish now, they soon will be. In fact, anything that gives out Browniz automatically is going to be abused.
As a further point, if your answer gets picked, it seems that sometimes the asker gets to enter the term into the glossary, and, I assume, collect the ten points. Something strikes just slightly unfair about that. ▲ Collapse
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