My Commenter Level Went Down?

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   hotwebideasposted 12 years ago

   This is strange. I was a level 3 commenter and have been commenting a lot in the last week, hopefully considered quality comments, but I went down to a level 2 commenter today. Does anyone know if Hubpages changed their commenting rules? I find this frustrating.

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      Ms Deeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Just so you know, I have been wondering the same thing, as I have experienced in recent days what you describe. I think therefore a change in the commenting rules is a likely conclusion.

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      Dale Hydeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Mine has not went lower...yet. I am still at level 5. But Dee could be right on the money, they may have changed the rules governing the comment levels.

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   sofsposted 12 years ago

   I guess you should not worry about these numbers... it is there just to keep you active on this site and serves no other purpose..Keep doing what you do... mine went down a few months ago and reverted back after about a month. It hasn't gone up since...

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      Will Apseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      The comments you make give you internal links, strengthening your sub domain and the site as a whole. I should probably make more.

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         Ms Deeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Your comment, Will, is a good overriding point to keep in mind.

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         mistyhorizon2003posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I read that Google had devalued internal links therefore they held little value apart from within HP, they won't give you or the site any advantage outside of HP any more.

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      hotwebideasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am active on the site and it seemed that the more active I was, my numbers when down. Weird.

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   WD Curry 111posted 12 years ago

   Watch the shells. Which one is the pea under? Play again?

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      hotwebideasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Bring it on WD Curry!

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   Jason Menayanposted 12 years ago

   No, no change. The Commenter level is calculated using a moving 9-month window, so it might be that you haven't left as many comments in the past month as you did 10 months ago, for instance.
   
   Also, very short comments (like 1-2 word comments) do not help your score; not sure if that applies to the comments you've left.

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      hotwebideasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Jason. My comments are a lot more than 2 words. LOL

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   Pearldiverposted 12 years ago

   Yeah Right!!  Tell the Whole Story Jason!
   
   It does annoy me that in real life my Level of Sarcasm has always been a 10..
   
   and here on HP.. with absolutely no appreciation of: my accent, quick wit, ability to deflate over zealous egos, total lack of tact and blatant honesty.. the best I can get here is a 5!!

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      summerberrieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I love your accent!

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         Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Wow.. thanks for that.. yes.. it is always so much clearer with a mouth full of strawberries...

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            summerberrieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Mine is very southern (with or without the strawberries) I am sure you'd like it!

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               Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Yum... thanks.. I'm sure... I loved the range of Southern accents, on the occasions that I've been to the states..  
               In many northern states I found a lot of people thought my accent was Australian, yet in the south everyone picked my accent as Kiwi!
               But to be fair, I wonder if my tee-shirt saying: "I Love New Zealand!" was a clue?

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                  lobobrandonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I guess it should have been

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                     summerberrieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     Hi lobobrandon, have you had a Pacos cantaloupe yet! Just to stay on topic so I want be accused of high jacking a threat....how is your comment level? Haven't noticed any of your wonderful encouraging comments on my hubs lately (smile)!

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                  summerberrieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  OMG, we both have Elvish accents! (get it?)

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   JKennyposted 12 years ago

   Funny thing about accents. I remember being in Rome and my accent was mistaken firstly for Irish and then Australian by a couple of American tourists. But I committed a blooper of my own when I mistook a Canadian accent for an American one, oops

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      summerberrieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It's true. In parts of Georgia (SC)- I don't sound southern at all- they mistake me as having a Canadian accent,too!

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   SidKempposted 12 years ago

   I just found the official HubPages explanation of what governs commenter level awards, and I wanted to share it. This, plus the note above that it's in a 9-month window, makes everything pretty clear.
   
   http://blog.hubpages.com/2011/05/commenter-accolade/

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      Healthy Pursuitsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for that link, Sid. I don't pay much attention to the comment level, but it's nice to know what goes into various rankings in HP.

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