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Don't worry, it is about rep points.
With millions of CP members spread all over the globe, one would expect the site to be very busy all the time; nevertheless I notice some wee hours, probably due to a phase correlation between work and water (*). I can't but suggest CP introduces "Happy Time", let's say from 5 to 7 GMT; in that period all rep points should be doubled automatically: "post one, get one free".
If you're not convinced there are global wee hours, or find the proposal unfair to some, then alternatively CP could organize Happy Time based on each member's location, stimulating every individual to contribute more outside his regular hours. The goal is to get activities spread more evenly over all the hours of the day, so the Lounge, the rep forum, and other rooms never run slowly.
What say you?
(*) the way working hours are organized typically in a day, and the oceans are spread over the globe.
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That would amount to Chronological Unfairness!
5.00 am here is early evening in Aus, and that would give CG a massive advantage!
It would be mid moning in India, giving Nish a huge chance to catch CG!
It would be 10pm the previous night in Central US, giving JSOP all the ammo he needs to pull away from POH.
And poor bloody European members would be fast akip in their scratchers.
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Hence the individual alternative.
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Dalek Dave wrote: It would be mid moning in India, giving Nish a huge chance to catch CG!
Nish is in the US and has been for the last few years. It might help Abhijit Jana, Sandeep Mewara, and Shivprasad koirala; but at 100k each they're not a threat to CG in the short term.
Sandeep and Shivprasad do however have steeper slopes on their rep graphs than you, and 20k is a much smaller gap to overtake. 
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Dalek Dave wrote: It would be mid moning in India, giving Nish
Nish is in US. Eastern time to be precise.
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So I have been told.
Typing without research is a dangerous thing.
(Apologies Nish!)
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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either that or Luc is trying to suggest ways to keep you quiet in the lounge?
As barmey as a sack of badgers
Dude, if I knew what I was doing in life, I'd be rich, retired, dating a supermodel and laughing at the rest of you from the sidelines.
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Having observed the consequences of Happy Hours in my locality, I can categorically state that I have no wish to do the vomit-dodging dance whilst attempting to navigate these fora, and we already have enough fights without the need for additional stimulus.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
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I appreciate you (think you) don't need extra stimulus Henry, others may need some. Of course we don't want you to dance more.
It is all marketing; Happy Time, more posts, more traffic, more ad views, more revenue, more servers, more staff, better service, the loop closes.
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I can only see a few problems:
1) When you have someone who moves around a lot (E.g. CG) when do you give him a Happy hour? Should it be at the same GMT? Or does that give him an "advantage" when he is abroad? If it moves with his IP, does that give him an "advantage" when he can't sleep because he is still on Australian time
2) What do you do when someone declares themselves to be based in the US when they are in India, say? What about IP proxies? It would not take much for me to write a forwarding program so that all my connections come through either the hosting service I use in the US, or the other hosting service I use in Australasia. What do you do then?
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
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1. disable Happy Time for 24 hours when the current IP's location is in a different time zone than the previous one
2. yep, it can be fooled. So can the current situation. I think I could easily write a bot that catches up with CG before year end, just voting and bookmarking all around.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: What say you?
There are people posting all the time.
I cannot imagine there is a downtime.
Even the Indian forum never sleeps - if local Indians are sleeping, Indians in the US and other parts of the world are posting!
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
My latest tip/trick
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Given the fact that most edits that occur on posts and articles are fairly minor in nature, shouldn't the default state for the "Minor edit" checkbox be checked?
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I worry this would lead to members making major edits and not having them be counted as major due to them missing the checkbox.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Microsoft C++ MVP
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And that's a problem how?
Isn't the main function / idea of the edit to clarify the question and not to gain reputation points?
I swear everyone is to caught up in this whole reputation thing, we are here to help and receive help anything beyond that shouldn't be that important. At least that's my opinion for whatever it may count
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It's a valid point. The reason I bought this up is because somebody was complaining about the editing done to their blog post, which lead to a whole debate on what constitutes a major or minor edit. If, by default, everything is a minor edit, then it should make it easier for the OP to get a feel for changes.
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The minor / major thing determines whether a new version is created. If someone changes a typo or fixes a handing tag then do we always want it marked as a new version?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I know what it does.
My point was that it might be better to have the checkbox off by standard (like you'r suggestion now), the majority of the edits are probably minor anyway so ...
Anyway I was trying to say that the reputation points gained for an edit shouldn't have any effect on your decision in this matter since it's main function is to make the question better and not to gain reputation.
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But, does this lead to people getting points for simply adding a comma?
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: But, does this lead to people getting points for simply adding a comma?
Yes, IMO.
There are people who "live" in Q/A only. They edit very, very small things and rack up the points at a quick pace. You look at the Q/A sometimes and there is only one or two names listed for revisions and almost every question has been revised.
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The is what I was trying to say when we discussed this in the Lounge.
..Go Green..
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Speaking of editing articles, shouldn't we still get editing points, even if we don't change 10% of the article? There have been many times where I've edited an article to remove bogus tags, or just add PRE tags, but I didn't tip the % changed threshhold, even after spending (sometimes) 15 minutes (or more) editing an article that was hopelessly unreadable. Just sayin...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Minor points for minor edits, major points for major edits.
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Dalek Dave wrote: Minor points for minor edits, major points for major edits.
Agree.
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Slow typing should not be rewarded IMO. If you want more points per hour, I suggest you take a "fast typing" correspondence course.
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