Hi,
So I currently offer a loaning service and see a lot of accounts sold as "potential" something. I get the idea that it has the potential to be a higher rank, but how is it worked out? I've seen newbie accounts that are potential Sr. Member accounts, but how, if the next rank is Jr. Member? I would like to know so I can offer slightly better loans to those with potential accounts.
Thanks
So I currently offer a loaning service and see a lot of accounts sold as "potential" something. I get the idea that it has the potential to be a higher rank, but how is it worked out? I've seen newbie accounts that are potential Sr. Member accounts, but how, if the next rank is Jr. Member? I would like to know so I can offer slightly better loans to those with potential accounts.
Thanks
Your rank depends on your activity[1]. Your activity depends on and is limited by time and your number of posts[2]. There are activity periods of 14 day length. Posting at least once in one of them rewards you with 14 time points. If you post in 17 different activity periods once you have 17*14 time, 17 posts and 17 activity. Your potential activity would be 238, your actual activity is 17 because it can never be higher than your number of posts. So if you only posted rarely in the past (less than 14 times per activity period) you bank potential activity (via the internally used 'time') that can be unlocked by posting.
[1] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/forum-rankspositionsbadges-what-do-those-shiny-coins-under-my-name-mean-178608
[2] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/activity-new-membergroup-limits-237597
So if I had 200 potential activity but only 100 posts, I could post 100 times whenever and be guaranteed 1 activity?
Yes.
Whereas if I had 0 potential activity, I would only be able to earn 14 activity every 14 days?
You can only have 0 potential activity if you never posted. With your first post ever made you instantly have 14 potential activity because you posted in an activity period. The question is always how many posts you make in a given period. If you have more posts than (potential) activity because you e.g. post a lot. You will notice that the first post in a new period will instantly (well it takes 1-2 hours to update) increase your activity by 14. This is because the number of posts are not your limit, the time is. With potential activity accounts its the opposite. The number of posts that have been made with the account hold the activity back.
Thanks for the reply you've given already, it explains a lot!
Thanks for the explaining, I appreciate it!
Since unlocking the activity impatient buyers risk to get banned if they spam to unlock it. On the other hand a smart buyer would take their time and they have the chance to mold the account in their own fashion (e.g. establish a history of high quality posts).
