To encourage thoughtful topic creation, I think users should be rewarded with glimmer if their threads get more than 50 replies. Here's how it would work:
1. User posts thread.
2. After 50 replies, user earns 50 glimmer points, plus 1 glimmer point per consecutive reply. These glimmer points can be redeemed by clicking on the reply counter next to the thread title. (I circled it in the screenshot just in case you guys weren't aware of the reply counter's existence.)
3. At certain benchmarks, the amount of glimmer points you earn multiplies. At 100 replies, you get 2 glimmer points per reply. At 300, you get 3 X glimmer points.
Obviously some rules would need to be set into place to prevent cheating. Replies from the same IP as the OP would not count, to prevent alt posting. And troll threads that get banned would take away all the glimmer points earned from that thread as well as any items purchased with those points. Thoughts?
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