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I'm glad you liked it. I hope the admins realise this, too. The “reputation” term in real life is open to interpretation: is it good or bad, famous or infamous? Take Paris Hilton, or any “celebrity” for that matter. Perhaps they would have a high “reputation”, but what does it really mean? The problem HERE is that a “Zaadz reputation” would IMPLY a specific attitude from administration. And that's unfair, and however clear the admins' consciousness is, we are not all that awakened here, so the good intentions are difficult to prove. Something as neutral as “garden” (and I spent many a day studying which name would suit linguistically) would not imply a particular treatment from administration, and if the language of imagery is upheld, it becomes extremely simple to intuitively understand how the system works. Larger/greener garden = more seeds. More seeds = greater contribution to everyone's gardens (potentially not just virtual, by the way)!
I just wanted to rephrase this idea for the admins again, because it seems that currently the seeds are “spent” and then somehow return to a “seed bank”. This confused me in several discussioins in blogs and pods. Logically and intuitively, seeds are “planted”, and this “lost”, not to return to any seed bank. A global counter would thus count how many seeds have actually been “planted” and how big our communal “rainforest” has thus grown. New seeds are “generated” by posts/comments(fruits salvaged by the gardener from the garden?) and visitings (naturally trees just produce some seeds by themselves if someone visits to collect them). Thus Zaadz with time will have its own “renewable rainforest”. I hope the admins are strongly considering the use of seeds to “rate/appreciate” the commercial goods/services here, too. Thus, I point this out again, “seeds” are adding some value to Zaadz and are economically useful, and the Zaadz community must be awarded for using seeds.
The “awards”, I suspect, will not become shares or money payments to “gardenest” Zaadsters… :) I suggest everyone on Zaadz decides what the wood/fruit from our communal forest/garden becomes. Donations to particular charities, or some acts to do good as well as attract publicity and further interest in Zaadz. Gifts from sponsors to zaadz-born groups that need such gifts. Anything, by public application and voting (in those cases voting would work). It's a mutually beneficial affair: Zaadz grows, Zaadsters change the world.
Grey, a flower in the circle may be even better than just filling it with green or yellow, good idea! As for “concern”… I can see two buttons next to a post or comment or whatever, one being something like “plant a seed” or “this deserves a seed”, and the other one being “this needs weeding?..” or “this seed looks wild”, or something like that. I have seen a lot of concern with definite negativity of flagging. Some people even said they would love to try to generate bad seeds. This is worth considering, since some may see a “weedy” garden as more “natural” than a “well-groomed” one. In any case, such language simply means “concern”, so mods with their garden tools and weedkillers head straight to posts/users with lots of “wild plants”… Just as the post/comment authors do, if they care for negative feedback (which a lot of us do!). What happens then is up to mods/owners, but the base function of “flagging” is still accomplished: moderator attention drawn.
Hereby a seed is spent but not added to communal “rainforest/garden”, thus discouraging such “weeding” unless necessary. Zaadsters, after all, would be interested in planting as much seeds as possible, especially if this leads to some tangible benefits for all.
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