Thumbs are just for bragging rights. Hitting a certain amouont of thumbs on different contributions might get you free microbadges as well (for example, you need at least 3 thumbs and X amount of photos before you are awarded a photo uploader microbadge.)
GeekGold is a bit more practical as it allows you to "purchase" items on the site like your avatar and badges. It also allows you to participate in auctions that may be for real items. Some people auction off actual money from PayPal for GeekGold which has allowed it GG to have an actual monetary value. Not sure what the current rate is but I think someone just said $1 is worth 12 GG on another thread. I recently particpated in an auction where I received an open but never used Modern Art game. While converting the price into money, I ulitmately paid a cost to get this game, it was, to me, completely free. The seller even paid for shipping. On Dec 30, 12:00 pm, Unixrevolution <[email protected]> wrote: > Thumbs are a way for other users to reccomend a thread. A Thumb from > someone generally indicates that they enjoyed your contribution and > think others should read it. > > Geeklists with higher thumb counts remain "visible" on the front page > for longer periods, at least if people browse geeklists by 'Hot" > rather than "active" or "recent". > > The amount of thumbs you collect from all your contributions is also > tallied on your profile. Although it's not actually good for > anything, it does give a general idea of how popular or prolific your > contributions are. > > On Dec 30, 12:37 pm, miinin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Okay, a follow up question: > > what's the deal with the thumbs? Do I gain something from getting > > thumbs up, or is it just someting that looks nice? And isn't it > > possible to give yourself thumbs up? I understand the GeekGold gained > > from new threads, images and such, but can I use the thumb ups for > > something? > > > Thanks for your answers!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
