Topic: What is the limit of Activity points every two weeks? (Read 212 times)

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I registered an account today and made just one post. That means I am eligible for 14 activity addition every 14days. But due to I didn't make sufficient post, my activity will remain 1 (+13 unclaimed). Then, I wait again for another 14days and drop a post, I will have two activity (+13 and 13 unclaimed). So, after 1 month, if I begin to post frequently, I am entitled to 13+13 activity?

★ You can technically get more than 14 activity in two weeks if you sign up between periods.
★ You only need to make at least one post in each activity period to be able to collect the activity at a later date.

I registered an account today and made just one post. That means I am eligible for 14 activity addition every 14days. But due to I didn't make sufficient post, my activity will remain 1 (+13 unclaimed). Then, I wait again for another 14days and drop a post, I will have two activity (+13 and 13 unclaimed). So, after 1 month, if I begin to post frequently, I am entitled to 13+13 activity?

It depends on how many activity period you were active.
Imagine you were active in two different activity period and posted once in each activity period. You are eligible to get 28 activities. Now, if you have posted in a lot of different activity periods for one/two or as many time as, you are eligible for YOUR ACTIVITY PERIOD*14 activities. I hope it is clear now.

If I am not wrong a long way back there was an site which shows the potential activity number of an bitcointalk account but today its not existing even I don't remember the name of the site. But its simple you get 14 activities even if you post a single post in the 14 day time period but the activity on you account only increase according to your post count if the potential activity is higher than your post count.

But its simple you get 14 activities even if you post a single post in the 14 day time period but the activity on you account only increase according to your post count if the potential activity is higher than your post count.

I thought 14 was the limit.  But I earned over 30 in the last week and to my surprise the count only keeps increasing.  I read the pinned thread three times but still couldn't wrap my head around it.  Theymos says here the maximum you can earn is 1 per day, which still means 14 every two weeks.   Am I missing something?

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The way activity is calculated is complicated to understand, but simply put you can only get 14 activity points every two week period. This is basically all you need to know but I will explain the intricacies and technicalities of the system below to avoid any confusion:

★ You can only get 14 activity points every fortnightly period.
★ The fortnightly periods are fixed and do not start when you sign up.
★ A list of all the dates of the activity periods can be found on this spreadsheet (credit goes to jambola2 for compiling it).
★ You can technically get more than 14 activity in two weeks if you sign up between periods.
★ You only need to make at least one post in each activity period to be able to collect the activity at a later date. For instance, you could make one post in three different periods and you would then have 3 posts and 3 activity, but a potential activity of 42. Once you made the 42 posts you would then have 42 activity but no more. If you made one post in 35 different periods you would then have 35 posts and 35 activity but a potential activity of 480. That means you would be a Junior Member but if you made the full 480 posts you would instantly become a Hero Member.
★ If your post count eclipses your activity by 14 or more then you will only need to make one post in the new period to get the full 14 activity. For instance, your post count is 200 but your activity is only 28. To get another 14 activity you will only need to make one post in the new period and you will then have a total of 42 activity.

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Posting more than once per day on average is useless for increasing activity. The maximum number of activity points you can get is 1 per day, but your activity score only updates every two weeks. Therefore, it will take about 100 days to get 100 activity if you post once per day on average.