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When it comes to "changes in rules" I'm not aware of any regarding featured posts. You're likely to find more than a few members with 50+ gold stars who are no longer active here.
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Hella M. Rothwell, Bro...
Carmel by the Sea, CA
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Noah Seidenberg
Evanston, IL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Liz and Bill Spear
Mason, OH
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Peter Mohylsky, Beach ...
Miramar Beach, FL
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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I have no idea... maybe there were fewer members at one time and the odds of getting featured were higher. I've never been concerned about getting featuresd. If it happens, great, if not that's fine too. Most of the posts that get featured are those of value to members in AR. And I post primarily for the public.
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John Slocum
Vancouver, WA
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richard Bazinet /MBA, ...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Beth Atalay
Clermont, FL
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Susan Laxson CRS
La Quinta, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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The early feature days? When covered wagons delivered the news? Pioneers made up the rules as they went...
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
1,574,666
"The early days" makes me think of my son asking about what it was like before remote controls, cable TV, and malls.....
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Richard Bazinet /MBA, ...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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I think so, I've seen folks who's post to feature ratio is 14% of their posts were featured. My ratio is 4% featured to date. I have had 18 featured and the majority got featured years ago, I've had fewer in the last 3 years, yet my writing is better ...or so I thought...and there are fewer posting now than back then.
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John Slocum
Vancouver, WA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
2,178,603
Some of the most prominent and influential members from my early days don't post much or at all these days. Priorities change.
BTW: I don't think there have ever been any "rules" regarding features. It has always been and probably will always be subjective based on who is authorized to make those decisions.
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Good question Peter Mohylsky
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Peter Mohylsky I don't believe the rules about featured posts are any different than earlier days. It's still a mystery how they are selected. However, good content does help in the selection process.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Peter Mohylsky, Beach ...
Miramar Beach, FL
2,182,552
Teacher's Pets ?
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
3,416,038
I think it is mostly that there were less bloggers back then. There are many who are not active any longer who i used to love to read. The thing they miss is, when you stop blogging, you stop getting leds from blogging. I love getting a feature every now and then, it is a huge push. I also love getting all the leads from my blog every day.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
1,844,301
I don't think this is odd at all. Many people are excellent writers & have chosen another media than AR. The rules were not any different than they are now.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
3,071,489
Michael Jacobs nailed this one!
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,502,998
Back in the day you had to walk uphill in the snow and fight dinosaurs to get a featured post... or what Michael Jacobs said.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
809,258
I never knew the rhyme or reason for featured posts. In the past it seemed luke the same people got featured over and over again. They also used to allow us to "call shots" basically voting for a post to be featured, or anticipating that it would so peiple aith a lot of interaction in the community got more. It appears that isn't an option anymore.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,693,577
I have been in the Rain for a long time and have only had one post featured. I have no idea what it takes to get featured, I just figure that I am not popular enough, my posts aren't good enough or whatever, haha.
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Hella M. Rothwell, Bro...
Carmel by the Sea, CA
3,345,091
I do not believe the rules have changed. People do move on to different grounds.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,772,575
4,936,705
Was there a feature button once?
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,583,278
no... quality content rules... catchy titles "make the cut"... now and before....
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
577,750
I'm not aware of any changes in the rules... AR has grown a lot and it could be because there weren't as many members and your chances of getting featured were greater...
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
4,800,082
I don't think anything has changed.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
823,579
Less members or maybe they had more time to spend writing posts that interested everyone and not just their client base.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
1,712,676
Blogging was the new thing ten years ago so some stay with it some don't.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
2,462,840
No idea. Reblog them so the rest of us can enjoy their quality content. ;-)
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
2,436,110
Maybe they were just a really great writer with interesting ideas who moved on?
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
213,263
They, like many others, probably moved on.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
4,882,455
Maybe fewer people were posting.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
536,943
Time has a way of getting in the way of posting. It may be just that they are too busy elsewhere.
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
1,045,440
Afraid I can't answer that as I don't go back to the early days here so I'll read and learn :-)
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I am not sure I understand the selection process of featured posts and I don't are if my posts are featured . What really matters is if people read my posts so I look at the # of URL's as indicator.
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IIRC yes they were much easier - probably because there were less agents here submitting
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For a while there was a function where you kind of nominated good posts-"called shots" I think it was. Not sure why that went away.
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One thing that I've noticed when you first are about to sign in, is lots of them are OLD, guess they need to get a certain amount of "likes" or something before you get on that front page. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT 28 DAYS OLD!!! As to being featured, it's been so long since one of mine was chosen....have no clue.
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Peter Mohylsky - I remember we used to have about 15-20 posts featured almost every day.
Having said that, blogging here is a personal choice. I always find it beneficial to be in 'Rain.
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I do not care about featured posts Peter. I let flow and if others like it then let it be. I would rather have a Buyer (or seller) phone call than a featured post.
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Peter Mohylsky - there were many who posted often here 'in the early days' and the feature board rolled a lot more than it has the past few years. Many of those who were regularly featured ventured out and focus on their own websites...
Also, if you're an individual agent without an assistant(s), it's tough to blog daily, work your website AND work with clients in this crazy, busy market!
Something has to give and too often, it's blogging.
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We used to have the "Called Shots" button, which notified AR Staff that a blog was feature-worthy. There was even a called shots badge when you called a certain number correctly.
When one of the revamps of the site was done, called shots disappeared.
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I would think the rules are the same but the competition may have been different years ago.
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Don't think there are any rules about featured posts. Some have come and gone for varies reasons..I never judge
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I've blogged mostly for SEO / Public, and not as much for Featured within AR. I do think the Monetization of AR by the founders, with eventually ownership by T and then Z, motivated many to just work on their own independent blogsite.
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Not sure any "rules" have changed, just the people. There was a time, years ago, when there were members who were allowed to select the featured posts
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I doubt that the rules have changed, when those people stop in with a new post it will likely get featured.
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I don't think there are any rules on features - that I have heard of anyway. There are many folks with hundreds of features because they write good content is my guess.
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ActiveRain has never published their criteria for featured posts. However, those people who featured the posts would have had guidance and/or criteria in order to determine which ones to feature. The guidance and/or criteria likely changed over time.
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I have no clue Peter Mohylsky but if I were to venture a guess I'd say maybe there are more bloggers today which makes it harder and I do think overall more posts were featured in the past.
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