Changing the Upgrade Mechanic to an Upgrade Point Mechanic
msz21-ING
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Has Niantic thought about changing the current Upgrade Mechanic to an Upgrade Point system? Instead of just being able to apply an upgrade on a nomination, the reviewer can utilize the points in different means and Niantic can add additional reviews and perks for trading those points. Examples of some new perks would be; new cosmetics they can earn for their respective games, trading points for additional nominations that can be added to the original cap of nominations the user has, and many other things.
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Ideally we should stem away from calling it anything remotely associated with an upgrade, maybe call it a Wayfarer Credit or something. But other than that:
Agreed.
Some malicious nominators and reviewers take advantage of the fact that the upgrade does not apply to them and they can only review in their own neighborhood, in an attempt to mass produce low quality wayspots with abusive high ratings.
Under the current system, upgrades are dysfunctional.
In addition to improving this, it would be wise to make the scope of the review process the same for all regions, regardless of whether or not an upgrade is applied (i.e., the same as if an upgrade is applied), so that upgrades can be reviewed more quickly and more often by GREAT-rated reviewers.
It would also be healthy to change the system to allow for quicker reporting of corrections, deletions, and abuses when these points are applied, making it more like an airline frequent flyer service and membership program.
I love this idea, it would also reduce the amount of upgrades being reviewed at a time, so reviewers could review nominations in the backlog.