User blog:AlexTheJustDancer/My Theory On The Wiki’s “Popularity” System

This is a weird topic.... but this is a theory about the wiki’s “popularity” system.

Let’s start.

So, in my theory, the people with more edits are more “popular”. I’ve noticed these people are a lot of times a lot active and comment so many places. This, along with their edits, gains them so called “popularity points”.

Of course, if you had these “popularity points”, you wouldn’t have any special admin responsibilities, because THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS!!!!!!! You don’t get admin powers because you’re “popular”.

Next thing!

I’m kinda just focusing now on what gains them their popularity. If they successfully revive an entirely dead thread, they get popularity points. If they get a bunch of Kudos on their thread reply, the get some. If they do something that’d make them popular, they get these “popularity points”.

So.... the question that’s probably on all you people’s minds is “WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THESE POINTS?”, which I shall answer. With these points, the more you have, the further up you get on the wiki’s “popularity leaderboards”. You can also buy a bunch of stuff in a shop with them.

Also, you have two separate sets of popularity points that are the same. One is for leaderboard purposes and can’t be spent in the shop. But the other can be used in the shop.

In the shop, people could make+sell things for others to buy. They’d then get the “popularity points” (for spending) that the user spent on the item. You could sell things like fanmades (they’ll have a special caption/notice stating who made them), templates, and userpage coding.

Of course, you couldn’t buy admin privileges, that wouldn’t make sense.

Alright! That’s my theory of...

“What if the wiki had a popularity system”

Thanks for reading! Make sure to tell me what you think, and also make sure to have a great day! 😃