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Community rewards

cat2019 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:41:15 GMT

Good morning,

I just found out that I got $1 community reward for my first month 🙂 My question: is this a one-time reward based on my participation only for that month or will this be built up for the following months if I continue to contribute (like the Auto pay)?

Re: Community rewards

LovesToPM — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:26:45 GMT

Hi,

You have to contribute each month to earn the community reward.

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/bc/get-help/articles/the-community-reward

For regular customers, we can earn from $1 up to $15 every 30 days.

The $20 reward is reserved for Oracles only.

Re: Community rewards

cat2019 — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:29:49 GMT

So it is a one-time reward. Does that mean those Bravos or badges/rankings I earned only count for my last reward and as the new month starts everything will be re-calculated from zero?

Re: Community rewards

Dunkman — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:30:50 GMT

@cat2019 wrote:
So it is a one-time reward. Does that mean those Bravos or badges/rankings I earned only count for my last reward and as the new month starts everything will be re-calculated from zero?

Correct....

Re: Community rewards

cat2019 — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:37:56 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply:-)

For participation, does each of these count --- post a question/reply, post an answer, or just give others a bravo?

Re: Community rewards

LovesToPM — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:41:26 GMT

Everything seems to count. Mostly it's bravos, solutions, and writing posts.

Even reading posts and time spent online count to a certain degree.

Re: Community rewards

Dunkman — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:42:44 GMT

@cat2019 wrote:
Thanks for the prompt reply:-)
For participation, does each of these count --- post a question/reply, post an answer, or just give others a bravo?

The exact formular for rewards is a "secret". Combination of various factors. Number of bravos receive, correct solutions receive, are probably more significant factors.

Just spend whatever time you have trying to help others and participating in the forum and don't worry too much about the rewards.

Re: Community rewards

cat2019 — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 16:56:50 GMT

That's for sure. Thanks for the suggestion. But as a brand new PM user, being recognized and encouraged for our "exploration " with some rewards is still exciting... I'd been a Fido prepaid user for 15 years but my loyalty to them didn't mean anything. That's the part that makes my switching to PM so sweet and full of surprises.

Re: Community rewards

AE_Collector — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:05:57 GMT

Presumably "Bravos Given" would count very little (but not zero) and "Bravos Received" would count more. There have to be some checks built in to dissuade people from simply "Brovoing" everything. Writing replies should have higher value and possibly initiating topics a bit higher still though that could be good or bad as well. We don't need endless useless topics...

We will probably never know the formula!

AE_Collector

Re: Community rewards

cat2019 — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 18:12:26 GMT

Exactly. People want to find useful solutions for their problems not similar comments for the threads. Thanks for mentioning that

Re: Community rewards

PAULRANG18 — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 18:25:50 GMT

Having been with PM for 2 months now, I believe everything done in the community counts towards getting a reward. It may take quite a lot but you'll learn a lot along the way by participating. If a reward comes, great. If not, don't worry and keep contributing.

Re: Community rewards

computergeek541 — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 01:29:03 GMT

@LovesToPM wrote:
Everything seems to count. Mostly it's bravos, solutions, and writing posts.

Even reading posts and time spent online count to a certain degree.

I don't beleive that time spent online plays any role. Commonly, members, including myself, do talk about bravos, solutions, and post count, but the truth is, we don't really know for sure. Public Mobile won't tell use exactly how they're calculating Community rewards.

Re: Community rewards

LovesToPM — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:43:28 GMT

When I check My Profile, I see the following (and more):
- Total Page Views
- Total Messages Read
- Total Bravos Given
- Total Signins
- Total Minutes Online

Of course how all this info is used, we do not know.

Re: Community rewards

cat2019 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:05:09 GMT

Good to know! Thanks for the information:-)

Re: Community rewards

dolphinM0M — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:58:25 GMT

Can someone explain the oracles to me? Thanks!

Re: Community rewards

computergeek541 — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 01:33:22 GMT

@dolphinM0M wrote:
Can someone explain the oracles to me? Thanks!

Oracles are customers who Public Mobile has chosen to recognize for contributions over an extended period of time.

Re: Community rewards

dolphinM0M — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:26:30 GMT

Ok, so they (or you as well I see) are actually just customers...so potentially anyone could become one??

Re: Community rewards

Kim1971kim — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 06:19:50 GMT

I got that too! I’m not too sure ether

Re: Community rewards

computergeek541 — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 07:01:59 GMT

@Kim1971kim wrote:
I got that too! I’m not too sure ether

You got what? Quoting is very important. Otherwise, no one will have a clue of what you're referring to.

Re: Community rewards

AE_Collector — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:32:32 GMT

@Kim1971kim wrote:
I got that too! I’m not too sure ether

I think what Kim got too was that "anyone can be one an Oracle". And yes, any customer volunteer here could go as far as to become an Oracle. The pay still isn't great, $20/30 days but the $125,000 / year pension after retirement is what makes them do it!

Terry