signet said:Can anyone tell me about these acorns and thumbs up thingys . I dont understand why they are being given to me ( mostly thumbs up) or what their purpose is if there is one . What do I do with them (if anything) and am I supposed to reciprocate? that is if someone gives me one am I supposed to give one back ?
Also Is there a forum for general questions cuz seems I am asking questions whereever i think I might get an answer and maybe these questions are better placed in a "general " forum .
Thumbs up is similar to a 'like' on Facebook...it is just a way of saying 'I like what you said', 'I agree with what you said', or sometimes even just a way of acknowledging someone else's post and saying 'I saw that post, I hear ya'....it just sort of depends on the circumstances. (If someone gives you a thumbs up for a post where you say "man, what a terrible day it was!"...it's probably someone just acknowledging your situation who can relate or who is expressing sympathy in their own way without using words or emoticons.)
Acorns are less common because collecting acorns is harder to do, (it requires a bit of work, usually). As for receiving acorns for posts...most people give acorns for particularly great ideas or otherwise exceptional posts. The purpose?....Acorns can be collected to win raffle tickets in the ATP Not a Raffle Raffles (which typically run each month Spring-Fall, roughly).
Acorns, as mentioned, are a little harder to earn, but you can do so in a variety of ways:
1) submit photos to the database (limited to one per type of photo per plant)
2) submit informative articles that get posted
3) submit information to plants of the day
4) update database information
5) receive them from other members for particularly helpful posts
