The point of this post isn’t to complain about servers abusing the upvote system…
The point is however to exhibit ideas or concepts we have, as a community, where the upvote system could be changed for better promotion, use, or features used.
Perhaps there are stats you want considered in a server’s upvote potential, such as verified player activity attendance, or time established on the platform, or something else…
Here are some examples of some concepts I’ve quickly thought of (and I invite you to add yours here as well):
Time on platform
- For every year an account ages on the platform, they earn one free upvote
- Additionally, servers with time established on the platform can receive an upvote modifier
- Time stems not from the key, but the keymaster account with a valid subscription date (retroactive to Patreon subscriptions)
Upvote diversity:
- Accounts can disburse their upvotes across multiple projects, so if a player plays in OasisRP, NoPixel, or Prodigy, and if they have an adequate number of upvotes, they can split their cumulative upvote total between the three servers as they please.
Upvotes are pulled form Zap Hosting entirely
- Upvotes will now be tied to keymaster accounts and subsciptions to upvote amounts can be paid for through keymaster.
- This aligns with the new business model potentially on the horizon with the “ROBLOX” type structure R* may aim to deploy with GTA VI
- This could also guarantee a degree of tighter control over accounts that may be abusing the upvote system and provide a degree of account validation and upvote validation, additionally
Verified Project Status
- Projects would be able to attain a “Verified” status from a set of qualifications, such as:
- Time on platform
- Keymaster age (might be same thing as Time on Platform)
- Community auditing
- PLA Compliance
- Project involvement with the general Cfx community
- Etc
- This would provide an additional modifier to the upvote weight, thus increasing servers with a good reputation and a long-standing history
Upvotes Follow a subscription model (similar to Twitch?)
- Servers can earn shared revenue from Upvotes
- R*/CFX would get a cut, and the server’s keymaster account would receive a cut
- This follows the same concept as Twitch where the Project is a content creator and the Upvotes constitute a subscription to support the project
- Projects could still monetize according to the terms set forth in the PLA for additional revenue
- R*/CFX would get a cut, and the server’s keymaster account would receive a cut
These are just some of my ideas I came up with while writing the post. I understand with the latest dissertation published, few may feel inclined to withhold opinions, but we have the responsibility to have a voice and do the best we can to portray our wants, needs, and desires.
