Rewards? What is this, a grocery store?
You may be noticing a little flag near the lower left of your screen that reads “Rewards”. It’s red and vaguely resembles the flag on French’s mustard.
I’ve been experimenting with a few different reward and gamification solutions, looking for ways to increase reader engagement and give you something back for such frequent attendance. You get points just for showing up, as well as points for “liking” the thing under your Facebook account.
The rewards are simple, and include a free .pdf download of Jones comics, a free custom avatar (toonerized by yours truly toonly), a signed postcard sent in the mail, and a signed print. I’m not really sure, but I think your points get reset when you spend them, so use them wisely!
I’ll also be creating some other membership rewards and a way to give you more discounts by being a member here. Still working on it all, but I have a few folks who’ve offered discounts to members here at Cartoon Thunder, and I expect to gain more as it picks up steam.
I should mention that it works with your Facebook login, which to me is the only drawback of the system. I’ve looked high and low for a setup I can use that doesn’t run on Facebook identity and the ones I’ve found are pretty buggy. So if you’re anti-Facebook (uh, big brother), do not change. If I see you here all the time and you feel a reward is due, I’ll make it happen.
Great cartoons and a good looking shovel
Bill
Thanks Bill!
Hey Rob,
This reward thing sounds fun. I’d love a cartoonerized avatar and most the other stuff. This is my ASCII avatar I’m pretty happy with (:-{)} but it’s time to take the little bastard to the next level!
How do I become a member?
Peace,
Mild Bill
If you are a Facebook user you have to be logged in to facebook to start adding up points. There is some discussion at Punchtab (the rewards software) of adding function for Twitter users as well, but it doesn’t appear to be in place yet.
If you are not a Facebook user, stick around. I want to add some member stuff here, including accounts, that can be used to add up to some purchasing power. Not exactly sure how to work that, but there are some things I’m looking into. But don’t join Facebook just for this. It’ll ruin your life!
OH! It’s you! Hehe. Cool.
it’ll be hard to spend the points knowing i’ll probably never get above second in the leader board again if i do
PunchTab is supposed to be developing something that let me opt out of the points. If I forget to logout of Facebook before I show up here it gives e more points.
I suspect you’ll climb right up there again.