6.2 post principles

In a BBS webpage, people post and comment. Good posts always get many commands. So posts are listed by "Title + commands number". So when you check the post list, you can easily find a good post by checking the command number instead, and you command if you think it is great too. So this is like a cycle, and good posts get out last. Posts are posted under different categories, like sports, music, and so on. Besides the original posting list, there is another list, ranking list. It is ranked by comment number, and it is a dynamic list showing the top 10 posts. Users get scores when post, comment, and if the posted involved into the first 10, they get scores too. When gets certain scores, people reach different "levels". The higher the level, the more utilities you have in this webpage. These are some basic norms.

There are sometimes when people post they comment themselves many times using another user name to get a high comment number to rank good and to get scores. But if every body do so, then people will not intend to share good posts, but only post some general posts and comment themselves all the time. So the norm is breached. So reaproches come. A new method comes out that no matter how many comments one may write under one post, they only account for one. If they want more comments, they have to register new user names. But to register a new user name, one must have a new email address haven't used in this BBS. So under so many constraints, nearly no one would choose to get many many user names to get commets. And this new method works well for the norm.

There are sometimes when people want to get more scores to get a higher level that they comment every post, no matter good or bad, and not actully share or write good posts. If everyone do so, there will be only many meaningless commets, with only one or two words, like"good"or"not bad", but not many good posts. So the norm is breached again. So reaproches come. Another new scoring method is generated. For example, a post getsyou 50 points, a comment 1 point, and when your post has invovled in to the top 10, you get extra, like 300 points, and the longer it stays in the top list, the more points you gets. So normal people who want to get points would mostly choose to find, share and wite good posts instead of comment some useless words after what others post. And this new method works well for the norm too.

People in the BBS webpage are anonymous, using only user name as identity, which is always virtual. Besides they have the same interest post under certain categories. They post articles, pictures and discuss about music issues under certain music category. And they conform certain norms that the BBS runs well. When most people work under certain norms, they have positive evaluation of others work and the whole web system. As people are all anonymous here, they work with more concern with their post and comments than other things. So this BBS web system runs pretty well these days.