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legendary
Activity: 1918
Merit: 1018
So if I make more than 14 posts in two weeks, I get +14 activity?

You are kidding right?

If you are not kidding : if you log in once every 2weeks you get +14 activity but your activity cannot be less than your total post count
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
So if I make more than 14 posts in two weeks, I get +14 activity?
sr. member
Activity: 476
Merit: 250
I see。thanks
hero member
Activity: 924
Merit: 1001
Crazy.

I was wondering how I hit 294 .

Seemed pretty high, but it hasn't gone up for a bit.

I registered sometime like June 2013 and have posted almost every day since.  Maybe missed a few days.

So maybe this is the number you get if you post every day for 10 months.

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legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1199
Oh ok now i understand, thanks

you want to tell me till now you didn't knew how it works ? Smiley


Because according to your activity you should know already Smiley
But Smiley good that you learned something new! It always a day to learn something new Smiley

Smiley

Cheers!
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
Oh ok now i understand, thanks
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
Thanks for posting how this works... it was very confusing to see it stuck at the same number, lol. Now I understand!
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1199
Might as well sticky this...several threads a day asking this question.

Might be a good idea... Unfortunately, I'm not staff (yet?), so I can't Wink

Liam

Probably should be stickied. I don't remember reading it anywhere in the help.

Indeed and people are asking about it once for a two days Smiley
anyway they just do not use search and they do not find what truely was mentioned so many times.
sr. member
Activity: 354
Merit: 250
Might as well sticky this...several threads a day asking this question.

Might be a good idea... Unfortunately, I'm not staff (yet?), so I can't Wink

Liam

Probably should be stickied. I don't remember reading it anywhere in the help.
legendary
Activity: 1918
Merit: 1018
Let me see if I understand this correctly.

In order to maximize your activity count, you need to make one post a day OR 14 posts exactly every two weeks.
No... to be active you have to log in at least once every two weeks. To maximize activity, you must constantly be active (log in at lease once every two weeks) AND have a post count greater than or equal to the number of days you have been active.

It doesn't matter when you get your posts. You could for example log in every two weeks for two years and not post anything, then post 730 times in  a week. This would put your post count and activity at 730.

Oh I thought you needed to post every 2weeks period, you actually only need to log in

I can't find where is the next activity change
sr. member
Activity: 560
Merit: 250
"Trading Platform of The Future!"
Let me see if I understand this correctly.

In order to maximize your activity count, you need to make one post a day OR 14 posts exactly every two weeks.
No... to be active you have to log in at least once every two weeks. To maximize activity, you must constantly be active (log in at lease once every two weeks) AND have a post count greater than or equal to the number of days you have been active.

It doesn't matter when you get your posts. You could for example log in every two weeks for two years and not post anything, then post 730 times in  a week. This would put your post count and activity at 730.
newbie
Activity: 40
Merit: 0
Let me see if I understand this correctly.

In order to maximize your activity count, you need to make one post a day OR 14 posts exactly every two weeks.
hero member
Activity: 882
Merit: 1000
So if I made more than 28 posts in a two week period I'll ever more messages than Activity?

You can get at most 14 activity in 2 weeks, so if you made more than 14 posts in a two week period, your post count will be larger than your activity.


Is this a recent development?  Used to be much simpler iirc.

It hasn't been changed for at least 4 months.
But I have no idea how activity is calculated before I joined bitcointalk lol.
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 500
The definitive explanation of how post counts work!

Too complicated. How about:

If p0 is your oldest post and pn is your newest post, then define:

post_count_at(p0) := 1
post_count_at(pi) := post_count_at(pi-1) + 1 if 0 < i <= n

Then your post count is post_count_at(pn).

How about some Apple (iOS 7.0.5) inspired code:

Code:
int getPostCount(User user) {
   int postCount = 0;
   if(user == null)
      goto fail;
      goto fail;
   postCount = user.getPostCount();
   return postCount;
   fail:
      return -1;
}
newbie
Activity: 40
Merit: 0
Is this a recent development?  Used to be much simpler iirc.
administrator
Activity: 5222
Merit: 13032
The definitive explanation of how post counts work!

Too complicated. How about:

If p0 is your oldest post and pn is your newest post, then define:

post_count_at(p0) := 1
post_count_at(pi) := post_count_at(pi-1) + 1 if 0 < i <= n

Then your post count is post_count_at(pn).
sr. member
Activity: 560
Merit: 250
"Trading Platform of The Future!"
What I see when reading this guide (don't worry I was a n00b once too,   Wink):

If you need an explanation for the post count thing, here you go!

The definitive explanation of how post counts work!

Really simply put, the formula for calculating post counts is:

Code:
/*
The definitive formula of the calculation of post counts
*/
int postCount = 0;
while (postCount < lastPostNumber)
{
    postCount++;
}
int finalPostCount = postCount - numberOfDeletedPosts;

The value of finalPostCount is the number of posts you have, e.g. your post count.

Breaking it down further for you,

Code:
/*
The definitive formula of the calculation of post counts
*/
This does absolutely nothing.

Code:
int postCount = 0;
This makes the post count start at 0.

Code:
while (postCount < lastPostNumber)
{
    postCount++;
}

This counts how many posts you have.

Code:
int finalPostCount = postCount - numberOfDeletedPosts;

Well, the previous count wasn't perfect so... We make it perfect!

Voilà, you have your post count.
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1199
Might as well sticky this...several threads a day asking this question.

and tons of threads already created about this --- but thanks to OP for a tutorial (another).

Smiley

Anyway might be useful for many of users.

Kind Regards

No threads specifically to explain it though, just asking how.

Smiley
I read about it so many times @bitcointalk.
I even explained it to 10 persons around science last year.

Anyway your tutorial is very nice and I am really glad you ve done it!

Cheers!
full member
Activity: 182
Merit: 100
Might as well sticky this...several threads a day asking this question.

and tons of threads already created about this --- but thanks to OP for a tutorial (another).

Smiley

Anyway might be useful for many of users.

Kind Regards

No threads specifically to explain it though, just asking how.
legendary
Activity: 2212
Merit: 1199
Might as well sticky this...several threads a day asking this question.

and tons of threads already created about this --- but thanks to OP for a tutorial (another).

Smiley

Anyway might be useful for many of users.

Kind Regards
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