Kris Neese I've been seeing strings of questions (often 10 or more). It seems that many are doing this to just gain points, and they aren't real questions.  And, it's flooding out the real questions.  I have to scroll several pages to find them.

All - What do you think the limits should be?  I'm thinking that at the most, points for 5 q's a day...or maybe max of 10 per week. 

David Saks There are MANY people posting many meaningless questions here.  It's a mess.  What I'm suggesting is that there are daily limits.

Also, BTW, my first comment here was both to add to the question (because there is a limit to characters) and to notify Kris that the board has become a mess over the weekend.  Yes, I did get an extra 25 pts for that.

Personally, I think there needs to be limits on questions (maybe 2 per day/10 per week) as well as points for answers (maybe 10 per day). There also should be limits on points for liking q's/comments and there should not be points for liking your own q's or answers.  I'm not sure if you get that or not (although you would know).

Actually, David, you are a perfect example of someone who is cluttering up the board w/ lots of questions just to get points.  Your questions could easily be combined and many are geared to customers who don't even have access to the forum. 

It doesn't seem like you are getting much engagement from your questions.

Also, not sure what you are insinuating in comment #3.  No, I did not like my own question.  But, now my question, along w/ many other people's questions are getting pushed down the board as you clutter it up.  You did the same thing yesterday as well.

Oh and yes, you and other are welcome to overtake my score.  I don't max out my daily or weekly scores, so it's not hard to do if points are your primary goal.

Test...this is weird, I think they may have already made some changes.  I just got 10 pts...it said for "answering someone's queston."  But, I don't remember doing that just now, so maybe they meant for responding to an answer on your own question.  Let's see.

Edit:  yes, that what's it's for. That's better vs. getting 25 pts on your own question.  I have no idea if this is retroactive or not.  I'm guessing not.

Yes, RVA HomePRO Michael Hottman they really need to add some limits, esp on asking questions, but also probably on answering.  And, yes, I agree it's way easier to ask a q on here vs. write a blog post.  And, if it's a good q, you continue to get more points as others answer.  Hopefully, they'll address this soon.

Patricia Kennedy LOL.  You're both winners in my book.  Let's just hope they add some limits and fast.

LOL Susan Haughton yes, when I initially wrote this, it got buried in a few minutes (ironic, right?).  And, yes, some of the comments were not so nice.

Roy Kelley yes, I do think that removing points for asking q's could help. And, I do agree on pts for answers.  (Your comment above mentioned removing the pt system all together) and do not think that would be a good idea as it would demotivate many.

Roy Kelley I'm not so sure.  I think participation would decrease as the points motivate many to participate/participate more.  I think limits are needed for balance.

Jon Kolsky oh good.  Glad to hear that.  I must have missed that.  I think they said on the next update they would add some limits.  I just think they needed to find a very quick fix to limit the chaos that was happening over the weekend.

Tammy - Yes, they need to add some classifications and better ways to find q' s (e.g. sort) and yes, there should be some limits.  I also think they need to set our own defaults on sorting.  It doesn't seem to save our preferences.

Rob Thomas Yes, I'm so glad they made some changes.  I don't think they've put the limits in yet, but they changed the amt of pts for q's from 100 down to 10.  And, answering q's is now 10 pts rather than 25.

Donna Foerster yes, it's almost a no win situation.  Many still don't know about this section, and many got turned off by those gaming the section.

Maybe I should do a post about this...and highlight some of the legit questions.

Debbie Laity no, they still haven't done limits, but they greatly reduced the points.  It was 100 for asking a question, and now it's only 10; it was 25 for answering and now only 10.  It's more under control now.

Joan Cox I do think they need limits - maybe 1-2 q's per day/max 10/week.  I think giving a small amt of points is good to get some activity, but not the way it was.

Cindy - Exactly, many of the q's were pointless...and just done to gain points.  It was several thousand for some. I think they corrected some of this, but I didn't keep track of everyone's scores, so I don't really know for sure.

Tammy - OMG, you're probably right.  I did write some reviews, but only for those I knew/used.  I was thinking that I wish I could do more, but couldn't since I wasn't an agent, but I bet that didn't stop others.

Captain Wayne Rowlett / Florida Real Estate School Oh how I wish I had more control/influence.  I think this is really from many speaking up.  I so agree w/ you on some of the defaults.  I (and several others) have mentioned ways to improve this...go to Kris Neese's question and provide some feedback there as they are more likely to see the input on that post.

Jon Kolsky I respect your opinion, but I respectively disagree.  If you saw what was going on this weekend, it was out of control w/ tons of clutter - many asking 20 or more q's a day, and a few over 40.  It was very challenging to find/answer the questions for those asking more better q's and being more choiceful in their thoughts.

My point here is that there should be some caps on the points to help moderate those that may overuse.  I think it's good to have some points, but the amounts they had (and wo/ limits) was leading to overuse, esp on the question side.  Since they've made the change on points, it has already helped.

Christine - Yes, they just started this.  For the 1st couple of days, I was answering some q's and there were no points, but then they were awarded retroactively.  Now, (thankfully), they've reduced the number of points, esp for q's so it is more reasonable.

Mary Weiss Thx so much. I'm so glad to hear that.  It looks like you've already made some steps in the right direction.  Things look much better today.

Roy Kelley theoretically, this is a place where the members can ask the staff questions and they can answer.  However, currently, the tagging feature on this section is not working.  I believ Kris Neese knows this and I think they are planning to fix this (hopefully on next update).

I actually think the Q&A section is perfect for newcomers here. and, I think it's a way that they can gain some points.  For newcomers, the goal really should be to get free membership (not to get to 2 million points).