From e0810f0152be725b9e6ccf1baf083bf9b130c37c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Community Notes <74026070+twitterbirdwatch@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 12:35:18 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated thresholds for writing lock/unlock Guide updates for new thresholds at which writing ability is locked and unlocked. --- documentation/contributing/writing-ability.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/contributing/writing-ability.md b/documentation/contributing/writing-ability.md index 54211925..a2a393c7 100644 --- a/documentation/contributing/writing-ability.md +++ b/documentation/contributing/writing-ability.md @@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ To determine if a contributor is eligible to keep writing notes: - Community Notes considers a contributor's five most recent notes that have reached a status of Helpful or Not Helpful. - Notes with the status of Needs More Ratings aren't considered. -- If 3 or more of these 5 most recent notes have reached the status of Not Helpful, the contributor’s ability to write new notes is temporarily locked. +- A contributor’s ability to write new notes is temporarily locked if either (a) 3 or more of these 5 most recent notes have reached the status of Not Helpful, or (b) the contributor has a 0 or negative Writing Impact score, and a note reaches the status of Not Helpful. -Contributors can unlock their note writing ability by increasing their Rating Impact by 5. +Contributors can unlock their note writing ability by increasing their Rating Impact. The first time writing ability is locked, contributors need to increase their Rating Impact by 5 to unlock writing ability. For example: If a contributor's Rating Impact was 22 when their ability to write became locked, they must increase this score to 27 to unlock their ability to write. +If a contributor’s writing ability is repeatedly locked, the additional Rating Impact needed to unlock it again increases by 5 each time. + [Learn more about Rating Impact](./writing-and-rating-impact.md) and get tips on how to increase it. ### How can I avoid having my ability to write notes locked?