[GeoStL] Re: Favorite points!
- From: Michael Rogers <mrogers07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:26:09 -0800 (PST)
I gotta ask, Jim...no offense and all, but if caching today bothers you so much
because it's not like it was in the good ol' days (at least in your eyes), why
keep doing it?
-Michael
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From: Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 12:19:33 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Favorite points!
I don’t like it-I think it pushes quantity over quality. I like Garmin’s
system
better (if they get it to work right). I think favorites would be a good thing
if they did something like award one point per month you find a cache in. That
would do much more to focus on quality caches. With groundspeaks system those
who could care less about quality (number hounds) get the most votes. With
this system someone who shuttles caches (i.e., cannot be bothered to take the
time to sign the log at the cache so they move the log books) could get more
points in one day than a cacher who cares about quality would get in a year.
It
seems like this system generally gives those who could provide the best
feedback
on quality caches the least amount of votes.
Lets say you do a “throw away” series and get 100 finds in one day. That would
give you 10 points. So what do you do? Give a point to your 10 favorite views
of corn fields (how can you remember which it was)? Or perhaps you could keep
track of the 10 best attached caches?
I’ve been caching for almost 10 years. Most of the caches I have found have
been shut down. I’ve got 718 points. How can I reasonably or fairly figure
out
how to split up all these points?
With all they have done it is really upsetting that they still do not have a
way
to filter out the lame caches (i.e., caches that do not show you an interesting
location or challenge you).
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
From:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
Behalf Of john leenerts
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 7:40 PM
To: Geocaching
Subject: [GeoStL] Favorite points!
I have 457 favorite points. I'll accept bribes to allocate these points to
your
geocaches!
But seriously...What does everyone think of this new feature on Geocaching.com
for premium members? Good idea or bad?
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