Blogiversity Rewards
Here at Blogiversity, we strive to provide not only a good environment to communicate in, but also to reward our members for their contributions to our site. We will be periodically giving away free prizes to our most active contributors. As our site grows, we hope to increase the number and value of our prizes.
So What's the Catch?
Unlike most things in life, there is no catch here. By posting and generating content, you improve the quality of our site. We want to reward our most active members for their activity and encourage them to post. The more you post, and the better the content, the better your chances of winning prizes. As our members increase the value of our site, we will increase the value of the prizes and make more of them available.
How to Earn Prizes:
Each time you post, you will earn points. You will find your points displayed in your profile and below your avatar on the forums. At the bottom of each forum post, it will show you how many points you earned for that particular post. Each time you post, you will earn 2 points. You will also earn extra points based on the quality of your post and how many replies that post generates. Because of this, you need not only quantity, but also quality. One high quality post can get you more points than several lower quality posts. Only posts of 30 words or more will be counted towards your score. At the end of the month, the person with the highest number of points will be awarded the prize.
What are my chances of winning?
Your chances of winning are very good. If you post diligently, with good content, your points will steadily increase. Each month, the winners will cash in all their points for the prizes they claim and restart the next month at zero. This way the winners drop back to the bottom of the rankings and those who didn’t win have a much better chance to win next month. We also hope to addin more prizes as our site grows, so there will be more winners each month. Remember, those with the highest points will not necessarily win prizes. If any form of cheating, duplicate content, or inactivity is found in a user's posts, they will forfeit some or all of their points. If their score drops below that of another member, he will win the prize instead.
Claiming Your Prize:
On the last day of the month, all scores will be calculated. The member with the highest number of points will be evaluated as the potential winner. Our staff will go through every single post from each of these members and evaluate them. If any form of cheating is discovered or your posts do not meet the content requirements, your points will be deducted accordingly. If your points drop below the points of someone else, they will be able to claim your hard earned prize instead. In the same way, if your points aren’t quite in first place, you could still win a prize if your competition loses some points. Once your points have been verified, our administrators will contact you and mail you a check. Your points will be then reset to zero for the next month's competition. In this way, those who didn't quite make the cut for one month will start the next month in the lead. As time goes on, everyone has a very good chance of winning a prize if they keep posting. If you want to hold out for better prizes, you can opt to pass your prize on to the next runner up and start the next month with all your points intact. This will put you far in the lead for the next available prize, but it won't necessarily guarantee a prize in the next month.
The Rules:
When you claim a prize, every one of your posts will be evaluated by our administrators to make sure you have not cheated in any way. Our staff is well aware of any methods of cheating or exploiting the system that can be taken. We reserve the rights to take away some or all of your points at any time at our discretion. Any attempts to cheat will be caught, and cause you to lose your hard earned points.
Short or Meaningless Posts: If you claim a prize, your posts will be evaluated for length and content. Any posts less than 30 words in length may have their points deducted from your score. Content that is written in another language or does not have anything to do with the forum it is posted in will also lose its points.
Duplicate Content: No duplicate content will be accepted or tolerated. If you copy/paste content from anywhere on the web, you will be subject to losing all your points. Duplicate content hurts the credibility of our site and we will very strictly enforce this rule. You may post information you learn from another source, but it must be written in your own words. This rule also applies to content within our site. You may not copy information from another user, or duplicate your own posts.
Spamming: Spamming will not be tolerated in any way. Any attempt to advertise or spam our site will result in the loss of all points, and in most cases you will be banned from our site.
Inactivity: Any user claiming a prize must have been actively posting in that month. Users that have not posted for over a month will not be eligible to win prizes until they have resumed posting for a month. If you go inactive, you can always jump back in, but you will have to wait before you can win anything.
Reporting Cheaters: If you find anyone cheating, please report them to our staff immediately. We don't want to see your chances of winning prizes jeopardized by cheaters, and we know you don't either. Feel free to use the "Contact Us" section on our homepage to report any cheating and take them out of the competition. We appreciate your help in moderating our forums.
Blogiversity reserves the right to change or cancel its contests at any time. All points and prizes awarded are subject entirely to the discretion of Blogiversity staff and not limited to strict adherence to the above guidelines. Blogiversity is not legally or otherwise bound to these guidelines.