A couple of weeks ago, while AR was going through their Proxy test I reached out asking a staff member what happened to the hyper local challenge? I am a relatively new member to the community and was excited by the opportunity to promote my neighborhood and receive extra points on this platform. What could be better, I thought? I stayed on the sidelines for the most part regarding the month long trial AR was pushing through with their tech challenges. I didn’t respond when members---some top members—openly said they would be leaving the community.
Technology can be maddening and I saw this issue of AR’s as a huge challenge for them and knew it would test the system to it’s core. I was willing to wait it out and sink or swim with the community just a little bit longer, but I still wondered about the challenge.
Well my note did not go unanswered. I was awarded some points a couple of weeks ago because I had asked about it. I was happy; the work I had put in had paid off, another check mark on my "to do" list.
I was moving on to new tasks.
Then yesterday I logged on to post my blog and saw that I had been awarded the points again. Uh, oh! It seems that now the proxy mess is over the staff is getting back to the counting of the hyper local challenge. They may have forgotten where they left off. WooHoo an extra 3000 points I thought for a split second, then, wait. Didn’t I already get these points last week I thought to myself on the way home that night? Today I just want to pose the question.
Well, of course I got the points and now I have another set of points for the same work. Now what? I know I am being doubly compensated for my work. Doesn’t AR owe me that for making me wade through their proxy mess? Well, actually no they don’t. They made a promise and came through, all for free. Now I am up 3000 points. While I haven’t moved up in my city, county or state I still know I was handed too much.
Part of me pays no attention to the points, only my rank in my area, and yet the points determine that rank. Hmmm? So here is my question, do I tell AR about the extra points? There just have to be other people out there just like me who are thrilled that AR has made these awards, again. I don’t want to blow it for others just because of my own need to be fully honest. What do you think I should do? Should I tell the fine folks?
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