Credits for "Thankyou" posts

Hi me again. I have an idea for a way to earn credits that I believe is more or less "chip whore" proof.
Basically if a person was to post in the forum that person could receive a small number of credits when someone "thank you's" a post or topic or a few credits if a certain number of people thank the post.
This could work well for people who go out of their way to find new casino no deposit codes/casinos etc, or post a really useful comment which is also helpful, as most of the time I find the best comments often have "thank you's".
I think this would be a good way of earning credits for quality posts. And as I read in a post from @Zuga earlier, there is an increasing number of chip hunters. I think this would also be a good idea for people who want to earn chips, but it requires a quality post in order to earn a few more. And I think it is a good incentive for people to post better quality and more useful/helpful stuff.
I also do not think that people would go out of there way to create multiple accounts just to thank one of their own posts, perhaps the chips could be awarded for every 5 "thank you's". To be honest I am not sure how difficult it is to catch people with multiple accounts, but at the moment i literally cannot see the point in people having more than one account.
this could also work quite well in conjunction with my other post about a like or thumbs up button and the ideas I suggested with that post.
Thank you for reading
- Dom

The easiest way to stop the "whoring"/abuse is to reduce the amount you get for rating a casino/bingo room etc down to 1c! 

I suppose so, or just receiving credits for written reviews and not ratings and they could make star ratings compulsory in order to actually post the written review.

Thanx for the post Dominic,

unfortunately this is something we will not implement.

Some of the reasons include:

1. There is already many ways to earn the chips , and we are already being VERY generous. It might seem that one small thing like giving few cents for "thanked posts" won't make much of a difference. However given the sheer volume of our membership, daily posts and thank you's given this would cost us a lot.
And given that shop is designed to actually award members for their contributions and that giving/taking thank you's is not an actual contribution to LCB , it is suffice to say why we do not want to award chips for this.

2. Easy to abuse:  Multiple accounts ( which we can easily spot ) and also teaming up with other forum members in order to "exchange" thank you's .
This will also bring upon us one additional thing to monitor against the abuse, and truth to be told it is not worth it.
Yes I do understand that majority would not abuse it, however we just do not see the actual benefits of having this. 

3. Additional programming would need to be done, which would cost us additionally,  and currently we are using our resources for more pressing matters.

Regarding the current abuse,  thankfully it is only the minority of members, and not all of them is doing the abuse on purpose.

At least half of the cases is due to members not bothering to actually read our T&Cs. And in such cases we are being lenient.
As for the classic abusers we have no mercy

However my post was directed at all members more of a reminder and advice to abide by the rules in order to avoid any potential problems and also to make things easier on LCB team.


cheers
Zuga

Ah right was only an idea anyway, cheers for the detailed response though. Also when you typed no mercy it created a link to the slot of that name

Looking at what you said about people who could potentially exchange "thank-you" posts, I imagine this  could indeed be hard to catch out, and could result in people being wrongly banned.

Hi Zuga I won't start another topic for this suggestion :L

Under your free games section you could have a "Favorite" button on the individual games/slots, clicking the button could then make the Favorited games appear on your profile, so when people click on your profile they can see what your favorites are. This could also be used for casinos in the exact same way.

I think this would be good to help fill peoples profiles in more as they seem a bit bare at the moment, and more obviously you could see what others on here prefer to play and where they prefer to play it.

Apologies if there is already something similar to this that I have completely missed

- Dom

I think that is a GREAT idea for here Dom

I agree with blue . I have not been very active lately because a blind man can see that some people joined not to enjoy LCB and the great forum but to gain a un deserved profit. I have also noticed some long standing contributing members are not posting much. 8'|

I joined LCB before I realised there was a shop I jsut wanted to gamble without spending any of my own money to be honest.
I made the first suggestion as an idea for people who genuinely contribute useful stuff to be rewarded, but Zuga did not like the idea, which is fine, it was only a suggestion.
Why do chip hunters affect why you don't come on here any more? . Why don't you just ignore them and let the mods deal with it?

Simple- because i care about LCB. I did not say i don't come on here anymore  Also i do let the mods handle it i hardly ever comment on it. I have not only been a member years but a contributing member. Like you said let the mods handle the bonus abusers and i will also say the mods can PM me and ask me why i made the above post. To stay on topic i agree with blue that maybe the casino comments should be worth less. Good luck.

Sorry I totally misread that part. my apologies , I had only just woke up . The reason I put suggestions on here is because Zuga has said all suggestions are welcome and I want to be a useful & contributing member of the site as well . Also my last suggestion is pretty good. the one about favoring slots

NO MORE  SUGGESTIONS  about anything to do with earning coins please ppl.   

I noticed that  zuga and other LCB staff  members have been posting & reposting the shop rules  & T&Cs quite a lot lately  ; 8'|

It's sounding like a broken record oredy yet I'm still seeing alot of coin whoring posts being made >:(

I believe the only way to combat and stop this coin whoring behaviour  is for  LBN to penalise members  5-10 coins  each time they coin whore post. 

LCB will have no choice but to close the shop or go broke staying open If this problem persists...
And I definitely don't want any of that to happen so please implement this or sumthin similar LCB

If u do good u get rewarded......
if u do bad u get punished.....
Simple as that!!

I don't even think punished with coins being deducted is enough I think a suspension for a month would show them not to abuse the kind nature of LCB and all the team! I actually pmd Zuga about getting coins for my post about video games in general discussion as I thought it was an error. This is the way everyone should be though I was honest about that and Zuga appreciated it. The hardwork put in regularly by everyone at LCB we should have a ceremony in appreciation of their work it's really that good! I loved the site before a shop was added and everyone else should have this attitude instead of being really greedy and exploiting something LCB does not need to feature!!

tweeksta are you a moderator?

no im not

why do u ask?

you don't have to be a mod to have an opinion .

He probably asked because you told him not to do something like an authority figure. I realized it was just simply asking not to and you weren't ordering.

No tweeksta is not a moderator however, I do believe she is passionate about the shop not being abused to the point that it is lost. 

Ok, ok. I won't have any more opinions or ideas about the shop then.

No please don't stop with the ideas and opinions.  After all this is a forum and ideas and opinions are part of what make it so great.

Hi Rena!!! I hope you are feeling better!!! Love ya!!!

Awwwww love you toooo dear rose  :'X

Yeah I wouldn't take it quite so personally Dominic - theres no way Zuga or Blueday would take the time to respond to your ideas in detail if they didn't appreciate the thought and goodwill you had put into them (okay, that is actually my opinion rather than fact, but I'm confident enough in it to write it..), and even Tweeksta, I doubt is trying to get at you personally, I can appreciate the view of not wanting people to abuse the shop, but I don't think it is his/her place to make you feel bad for coming up with ideas regarding it as if that automatically makes you an abuser - I'm confident that the mods are taking appropriate steps to ensure that it is used as they intended and any of us that are not contributing content of a high enough standard will be informed and warned in due course.

I also joined up a little while before the shop began running - like you, and many others I suspect, I was working my way through the no deposit bonuses in between paydays. My only regret now is that I used so many of them up before I truly understood online gambling, as I'm sure I could have put a lot of those bonuses to better use.

The only thing i see from the posts is someone taking a comment and applying it to themselves . I do not see anyone trying to make someone feel bad. Being asked what gives someone a right to have an opinion and if someone is a mod for having an opinion can be viewed as making someone feel bad by not being able to have an opinion unless they are Zuga or the mods. I will not comment further in this thread. Back on subject i agree again with blue about maybe making certain things garner less shop funds is maybe a good idea . Sorry in advance if i should not have an opinion in this because i am not a mod and it will make people feel bad .

It is very clear that we are all passionate about the shop or it would not bring forth such a hot debate.  We all want it to work, we all want it not to be abused and none of us want to lose it because of people that do abuse it.

I can assure you all that abusers are dealt with accordingly.  As Zuga said "As for the classic abusers we have no mercy".

Every member is entitled to post their opinions.  Lets all now get back on topic.

credits for thank you is a great idea but it has to be from your own LCB credit

I would still prefer something to be done with spamming posts in ND section. It's pretty clear said by  lipstick_xoxos that ""I got it" "it didn't work" Will be deleted after one member from both sides have stated it.". Once I'm mad when I'm too short of time to read everything and just see some stupid posts like "i got it thanks" and report them to mods - none of them was ever deleted.  and it's pretty much always the same people spamming. Even when I was posting ND promotions and said in bold text type that if it works for you then just press "thank you" instead of spamming my topic then I still had to read "got it". I guess I will share ND promotions with private messages only soon, it's just getting too annoying for me.

Sommi - This is not the thread to post about your complaint. You have completely derailed the topic and since you have such concern about what should or should not be posted please post your further complaining in the proper section.

That sums up my feeling after reading through this thread.

The OP did state he/she only wanted freebies to gamble, not spend their own money.

I, for me anyway, think the shop is an 'extra'. I don't post only to try to gain points.  I rarely notice points at all.  I have been a member for some time and post when I have something to say or something to share....not just for something free.

That all being said,  oh boy, do I appreciate Zuga and the mods.  You have the patience of saints.  And, no... that comment was not directed at anyone specifically here.  Just so many questions (me included) and ideas they have to sort through.  Thanks to them for having the shop.

When I said I wanted to gamble without spending my own money I meant the no deposit bonuses on this website!!

Chill man we all got that don't stress out it's no worth it man.