Rewards for posting "Interval in Minutes"

Im trying to understand the rewards system for new posts.
The following chart shows that the reward for a new post is +20 (although actually I only seem to have gotten 10).



But it also shows that there is a "cycle interval" of 10 minutes.  There is a description of this above which states:
"However, in a cycle, the number of awards you get is limited."

But Im still not sure how this works, especially for moderated posts for patterns.

Does this mean that if I post 10 patterns within 10 minutes I will only get the points once?
Or some other permutation.
Also, is the post time based on when I actually make the post, or when it is approved by the moderator?

thank you!

BoingBoing

It says youll get the bonus for the first 10 times you make a new thread (in a 24-hour cycle, according to your system time), the others wont be rewarded. It doesnt matter when your post gets moderated, youll get the bonus immediately after you submit the thread. Therell be an orange popup in the middle of your screen with the bonus each time you make a new thread or a new reply. Please note that threads and replies in the Free Talk area are not eligible for any bonuses. Also please note, moderators can only give you ratings, which is an entirely different thing, and it varies from section to section. In the crochet section, free patterns will get a rating of 5GC, others will get 10GC per thread. Threads that dont pass moderation will not receive a rating.

Edit: Let me break it down more, maybe itll be useful for someone in the future. The sheet from the image can be found here ("Points manage" on your credit screen).

Download attachment: you can do it as many times you wish, without a cooldown period. You wont get a system bonus for downloading. Each time, downloading it will cost you 30GC (please note itll cost 199GC in the Cross Stitch Repaint area), regardless of the attachments price. Downloads are not possible in the Post New Thread and Recycled sections.
Add Digest: this is a passive action, you cant do this, its awarded by the moderators for really outstanding content. In theory, your threads can be "digested" (stupid word, sorry) for unlimited times without a cooldown period, and when it happens, youll get a bonus of 50GC per digest.
Reply post: You can reply as many times a day as you wish. There is a cooldown period between replies - 26 seconds, however, youll have to wait a minute if you want to get the reward coins too - so the system might give you an error message if you try to reply too fast. Youll get a 5GC bonus per reply. Its valid for both replies and comments. An exception is the Free Talk area, where you wont get gold, but it counts towards your credits.
Publish post: You can make as many threads as you want a day, however, theres a cooldown period between creating threads (the same as for replies), and youll get rewarded for the first 10 threads. Youll get a 20GC bonus per thread, with the exception in the Free Talk area - you wont get a bonus here, but it counts towards your credits.

If the "Cycle times up to award" says something different than "Unlimited", the number is for a 24-hour period - a cycle. You can set your preferred time zone here (click on your avatar, then select Update Profile). A cycle resets at midnight.

bighair

Thanks @BoingBoing (for all your responses again!  So far you are the light of guidance here!).

Still a point of clarification.  If I understand you correctly - you will only get rewarded the first 10 new threads in a 24 hour period, yes?  If so:

1) Is this globally or per forum section?
2) Is this limit on coin reward AND credit reward?  Or are credits always given?
3) Im still confused as to the verbiage on the chart.  It states "Cycle time up to reward: 10".  Based on what you described I would interpret that to mean is that you can repeat up to 10 times a cycle and youve defined the cycle as 24 hours.  That would make sense in and of itself, but it also states the "Cycle Range: Interval in minutes".    From an ignorant point of view it would appear to me that the cycle range defines the interval measurement (minutes, hours, days, unlimited) and the cycle time is the specific amount of that interval - but I cant correlate that to what you explained.  Can you provide a bit more guidance on what that "Cycle range" means with a better clarification of how the chart description fits yours.  I cant for the life me see any correlation between "interval in minutes" vs "daily" for only being allowed 10 a day based on your current description.

thank you!

BoingBoing

bighair 2021-3-15 00:51
Thanks @BoingBoing (for all your responses again!  So far you are the light of guidance here!).

Sti ...

The answer is easier than youd think: its bad translation. They mirror translated the Chinese text from the original, so it would be "one minute interval" in between actions, and "number of actions eligible for reward"

These are only for coin rewards, youll get credit for each reply and thread, regardless of getting gold or not, and its valid on the entirety of the site where youll normally gain a bonus (soo threads in the Free Talk area do not count towards this 10).

randicat

Very good question and answer! Thank you!