Comments on: Reward a Favorite Point and say Thank You

By: Stephen John Hansen

Stephen John Hansen — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:59:00 +0000

In my home area if I awarded for creative containers there is one cacher who would have most of my points. I do award some of his best caches but, I can’t award all the good containers. I do award all the FTF’s that I get. I put that in my log that the reason they get a favorite point is that it is FTF. Basically I hope it gets others out to find the caches close to them because they see someone was gun ho to go get it and gave it a favorite point. I think favorites are important and help me to seek out caches when I am traveling that are special or extra good. While I know what caches I should bring visiting cachers to I have no idea what quality caches are out there without the favorite points. As a premium member I often do pocket quieres(sp) for my travels and it helps to pair down which I want to try for while I am there.

By: Kittykatch

Kittykatch — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:43:00 +0000

There are so many clever geocachers out there and some of the caches are amazing. They put a lot of work into creating, hiding and maintaining caches and their only reward – informative logs and favourite points. I put effort into my logs and to awarding favourite points regularly as one of my ways of giving back to the game.

By: Chiliconsushi

Chiliconsushi — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:38:00 +0000

Great camo!

By: Leslie Mitchell Jensen

Leslie Mitchell Jensen — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:36:00 +0000

Uniqueness! A beautiful place, pleasant hike, or unusual container. I especially like a good write-up that teaches me natural history, history, or something about the personality of the cache owner. Good maintenence and an appropriate name are important, but the final factor is, when I put all these things together, it makes me grin. I tend to revisit my favourites, to drop trackables there or take other cache hunters and watch them for that inevitable big smile.

By: Rvgoddess

Rvgoddess — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:22:00 +0000

I give a favourite point to those caches that make me smile and say “oh yeah” I get it, especially if the cache name and the cache container make perfect sense after the find. I also enjoy the caches that the owner has gone to the trouble to make the container creative and well cared for.

By: OhMelli

OhMelli — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:22:00 +0000

A gorgeous location or a reallllly CREATIVE hide will get a favorite from me every time!

By: tallgaloot

tallgaloot — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:20:00 +0000

Favorite points should be available for all users to leave (not just premium members), and I will tell you why. Leaving a favorite point is not really benefit for premium members, it’s a benefit for the cache you have just visited. Limiting it to premium members is limiting the number of favorite points some great caches out there can get. Secondly, voting works best when there is a larger sample size. When you look at movie, restaurant, or any other review, would you rather see it got 95/100 with 2 people voting or 93/100 with 900 people voting. The larger the sample size legitimizes the favorite point system. Caches that are really great will get many, many favorite points and attract the warranted attention. Caches that are just ho-hum will get very few (or none at all) favorite points and get the attention they deserve. In my area right now, there are a few caches with 1 or 2 favorite points, a few with 3 or 4. Many with none at all. In its current state, except for a few exceptions, the great caches just aren’t getting the favorite points they deserve and it makes the voting system meaningless when a great cache and a not so great cache have the same amount of favorite points. TLDR? Let basic members vote for favorite points to improve the sample size and legitimize the system.

By: Eric Schudiske

Eric Schudiske — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:07:00 +0000

Ian – Good technique for awarding Favorite Points… and you’re welcome to use as many “u”s as necessary.

By: Ian Paul

Ian Paul — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:26:00 +0000

If I smile and wish I’d placed a particular cache it gets a favourite point from me. (Sorry, needs a ‘U’ this side of the Atlantic)

By: Pickle Mom

Pickle Mom — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:15:00 +0000

I enjoy giving favorite points as well as receiving them. I reward them by location or cache creativity. Sometimes the location is more impressive than the cache itself, and I thank them for showing me something I would have normaly missed by giving a favorite point!