Activity scores

2014-06-22T08:12:57Z

Egor-kak-tebe: /* Earning activity points */

Users are rewarded activity points for rating websites and writing comments. All users have an activity score, which is visible on the add-on's rating window and profile pages.

'''Note''':<br />
The activity score has nothing to do with an individual's [[Rating reliability|rating reliability]].

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[http://www.example.com link title]]]== Earning activity points ==
You receive activity points every time you rate a website you haven't rated before. If you are a registered user, you will also receive further points from the following activities:
* Leaving comments on website scorecards
* Posting on the WOT website (forum, blog, poll etc.)

Please notice that the activity score won't update immediately after the activity, it's updated only '''once a day'''.

== User levels ==

=== Rank and activity score ===

Registered users are grouped in different ranks based on their activity score. These ranks are visible on the profile and as a border with a distinct color around their avatar elsewhere on the website. The current user levels and the activity point range for each are:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 50px;"
|-
! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" | Activity score
! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" | User level
! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" | Color
! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" | Extra features
|-
| colspan="4" style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray" |
|-
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | 10,000
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Platinum
| style="text-align: center; color: #CDD6DE" | ▉
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[Mass rating tool]]
|-
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | 6000-9999
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Gold
| style="text-align: center; color: #D0BD85" | ▉
|
|-
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | 3000-5999
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Silver
| style="text-align: center; color: #BFBFBF" | ▉
|
|-
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | 1500-2999
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Bronze
| style="text-align: center; color: #E7B695" | ▉
|
|-
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | 0-1499
| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Rookie
| style="text-align: center; color: #6DCFF6" | ▉
|
|}

The scoring system uses a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_scale logarithmic scale], which means the more points you have, the more difficult it will be to increase your score.

=== Activity score-related changes ===

Effective 04 January, 2013, the [http://www.mywot.com/forum/22354-mass-rating-tool?comment=179432#comment-179432 activity score has been capped at 10,000 points]. There is no higher score achievable.

Also, the [http://www.mywot.com/community Community page] had displayed an ''active users list'' denoting top 100 users based on points achieved; this list has been removed.

Both actions have been taken to help curb plausible abuse of the [[Mass rating tool]].

== Extra features ==
Users may be granted access to the [[mass rating tool]] after reaching the Platinum level, assuming that their activity is not suspicious. This allows you to rate up to 100 sites at the same time, leaving each site the same rating and comment, and is useful when rating a large number of sites with the same owner, for example. You should always act ''responsibly'' when using the mass rating tool. Using it is a privilege, which will be taken away from users suspected of spamming.

Note: All Gold Level Members before the [http://www.mywot.com/blog/216-mass-rating-tool-changes-to-platinum-users mass rating tool update] '''will continue to have access''' to the tool.

Rating reliability

2014-06-22T05:38:51Z

Egor-kak-tebe: Undo revision 12821 by Jesant13 (talk)

--[[User:Egor-kak-tebe|Egor-kak-tebe]] ([[User talk:Egor-kak-tebe|talk]]) 05:38, 22 June 2014 (UTC)Many times people associate a user level, as represented by their [[Activity scores|activity score]], with a user's reputation, also known as their ''rating reliability''.

The rating reliability is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_hypothesis_testing computed estimate] based upon demonstrated talent and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ability ability], aka: [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merit merit].

Basically, the system analyzes each user's rating behavior from several aspects in order to determine their reliability. When you start using WOT, your ratings have little [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_function weight], but if you keep rating sites consistently, your ratings will be considered more reliable over time, re: [[FAQ#Ratings aren't equally reliable|ratings aren't equally reliable]].

For a simple explanation, read the blog post: [http://www.mywot.com/en/blog/differing-opinions Differing opinions] paying attention to ''Personal reputation''.

* I can see my activity score but where is my rating reliability score?
<blockquote>The reliability estimates aren't public to make gaming the system more difficult and to encourage everyone to rate honestly. Also, even though the estimates are automated and perfectly objective, I'm sure some users would take them personally and publishing them would create all kinds of unwanted friction in the community. I don't think anyone wants that.
<br />
- Sami ''18 January, 2010'' [http://www.mywot.com/forum/5322-an-individuals-rating-rookie-bronze-silver-gold-platnium?comment=26320#comment-26320 forum entry]</blockquote>

Some curious facts about rating reliability: [http://www.mywot.com/forum/21548-wot-is-a-dictatorship?comment=133164#comment-133164 cite]
* Most users whose ratings are considered highly reliable are not very active. You won't meet them at the forum and they don't rate unusually many sites.
* Since reliability estimates are not revealed to anyone, trying to game the system becomes more difficult. Most trusted users have no idea their ratings are more trusted than someone else's. If you don't know you have power, you also have no incentive to abuse it.
* Reliability estimates are not binary values that are either on or off. They are composed of several components, which are all combined in to a single value from 0-100 separately for each rating component. This means that your child safety rating may have a different weight than the ratings in other components, for example.

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