Cred: an introduction

Cred is an idea we're experimenting with.

It's a feedback loop. A way of showing appreciation. A way of earning goodwill.

We call it a reputation currency.

Finding and Using Your Cred

Logged in to your AdHack account? (No account? Please join!)

Then you'll be able to see your Cred at the top of each page.

Interact with AdHack and you'll start to accumulate Cred. For example:

• Rate an ad out of 5 stars.
• Make a comment on an ad.
• Create a blog post.
• Post an ad to your portfolio.
• Buy or commissions an ad.

The more you contribute to AdHack, the more Cred you get.

You can always see your Cred balance — where your Cred has come from and where it's gone. Gone?

Sharing Your Cred

Once you've got some Cred, you can share it.

How?

On some pages on AdHack, notably ads, you can Give Cred.

Hit the Give Cred link and you can show your appreciation for an ad by giving it some of your Cred.

Decide how much Cred to give and that amount is moved from your Cred account to the ad creator's Cred account.

A new social bond is created and the ad creator gets love for their work.

Cred Caution

Cred is an experiment we're running. It may work. It may not.

The way we've designed it may be broken. In fact, it's almost sure that in some aspects our designs are flawed.

We're going to be changing Cred as we go, as we learn about what works.

We may have to zero your Cred. We will almost certainly have to rejig the weighting of actions. We may even remove it entirely.

Like we said, it's an experiment.

Our goal in rolling it out is to learn from it to make AdHack work better.

So What Do You Think of Cred?

We want to know. Like it? Hate it? Love it? Confused by it?

Tell us or leave a comment below. We want to improve it for you.