Question

I think that to make owl bucks easier to afford there should be a trade system, where you can buy owl bucks by also paying with Smart Cents, so like 1 owl buck is 20 Smart Cents, and if you have a title there's a possibility of loosing it if you go under the requirement of Smart Cents. Smart Cents are easier to afford, because a lot of people don't want to pay with real money to get ONE question answered and sure it's not a lot, but it'll pile up fast.

Answer 1

http://prntscr.com/9i2rml people will start medal spamming

also owlbucks are major earning source for os i don't think they should do this

if they do so then everybody will get owlbucks and qualified helpers would have to work like 24x7.

Answer 2

I will own 110 owlbucks then

Answer 3

Well then at least have them lower the price for the big amounts of owl bucks like if it was $50 for 500, then try lowering it to $35, that way it'll be more affordable to more people.

Answer 4

owlbucks are used to get qualified help or else you buy os goodies with them
well Qualified helpers are only available for math section as far as I know and almost all questions in the math section get answered with any QH help
so owlbucks are not actually needed unless you want to find some goodie or get a very detailed QH help

Answer 5

*without

Answer 6

They are in Chemistry too

Answer 7

Yes, I see your point, but it's just an idea. I hope they have a qualified helpers section in English soon, hopefully in 2016

Answer 8

yea its okay :) maybe they reduce the price so that more people purchase owlbucks

Answer 9

How many owlsbucks would I be able to buy with remaining more than 7K smartcents?

Answer 10

Yikes, ur like OS billionare c:

Answer 11

I have been getting medals in math section lately (by lately I mean for like pretty much the entire time)... I can't buy other titles, unless there is a "The god of all math there is" title or something like that XX

Answer 12

Anyway, I do agree with the first proposed argument by imqwerty that this will result in a lot of medal spamming which we already have here on OS>

Answer 13

The prices will come down gradually once we have qh for every subject. The QH thing is in trial mode right now.

Answer 14

I also think that staying at 99 may get boring for people, so how about turn it into like a level, and it can go on until 500 or whenever someone gives up and wishes to stay at the same level. Just a thought.

Answer 15

I'm here to answer questions that are interesting for me to reply to, isides from helping... (I like the 99 ss, although others might have been bored with it).
.... don't get this whole thing about qualified helpers (?)
why is that a title that people might so want to obtain?

Answer 16

There is kinda level in 99ss too. You will see not every 99 user is on same level like solomon is above me.

Answer 17

How come 100ss is hard to reach?

Answer 18

impossible

Answer 19

no one has it

Answer 20

Only the "guru" and precisely "Satelitte73" has it

Answer 21

Only one person can have it at one time.

Answer 22

this person has it- http://openstudy.com/users/satellite73

Answer 23

so is it possible to kick them out of the throne

Answer 24

look at the number of medals (B
imagine what if he converts into owlbucks B)

Answer 25

Well, if you get a bigger "score" overall, like answer more questions and etc

Answer 26

Yes...you will need to live and sleep on OS fror that

Answer 27

So the most high ranking is only one person, that's never on?

Answer 28

he comes :)

Answer 29

Once in a thousand blue moons, from a far away kingdom

Answer 30

he is on quite frequently; or at least (almost) every day that I am on, he also comes online. (or she)

Answer 31

4 days ago he helped this person- http://openstudy.com/users/satellite73#/updates/5675add0e4b0f8b8229ef5fa

Answer 32

(or it)

Answer 33

He has already made so much fortune (smart cents) on os that it doesn't matters if he is offline for few days

Answer 34

He has answered something close to 20K questions...we are much behind him.

Answer 35

there are few users who are near him :)

Answer 36

I am (for example) only have 10K answered

Answer 37

instead of buying owlbucks you can also earn them :)
become a qualified helper or take part in some contest or some lucky draw :D

Answer 38

10k answered? 27k is like. OS is life.

Answer 39

I can't become a qualified helper until there's a section i'm good at has it and when i get a title, also I've never seen any contests or lucky draws. A lot of people aren't good at math

Answer 40

But you get caught hacking :P

Answer 41

Well, I recently had an OS-year, so that would take another OS-year and 8 months

Answer 42

Not to mention there are billions of other signs of someone hacking or they hacked medals.

Answer 43

(8-OS-months)

Answer 44

what's an os year

Answer 45

We organised one such contest a few months ago
Check here
http://openstudytutorials.weebly.com

Answer 46

Zeron, I doubt that a hacker would try to hack medals on OS

Answer 47

you can ask preetha or some admin to make you QH in some particular section :) but for that you have to prove yourself by getting medals and titles :)

Answer 48

By OS year I mean 365 days on openstudy (not just a year that passes by in a blow of a horn)

Answer 49

But the horns go quickly. Tomorrow I could be 18.

Answer 50

ok

Answer 51

These were the winners
http://openstudytutorials.weebly.com/whats-new/meet-the-owlfreds-top-ten-besties

Answer 52

I won! Yay!!!!!!! =D

Answer 53

How old do you have to be to be a qualified helper?

Answer 54

(I didn't realize what owl bucks were before today XD)

Answer 55

12+

Answer 56

Well, to be honest. I think you have to prove yourself to be a QH.

Answer 57

i thought it said 18 on the sign up sheet to become one, but i wasn't positive

Answer 58

nah you cna be 13+ just prove yourself.

Answer 59

oh thanks @Abhisar

Answer 60

no that 18+ age limit is for mod
but if you are good enough then no age limit :)

Answer 61

You have to be 18+ to be a mod? But there is a chance you can be mod before 18? So cofnused. @imqwerty

Answer 62

you have to be above 12 to be in os is that right?

Answer 63

Thought OS was 13+

Answer 64

Yes, that's right bunny. For being a mod you must be 18 or older.

Answer 65

yeah you can become a mod before 18
there is a mod whos less than 18 :) but cuz she was very nice preetha made her a mod

Answer 66

owo.

Answer 67

That plot twist :P

Answer 68

No that's not the reason. She became mod when this rule was not implemented.

Answer 69

no m talking about jamie :)

Answer 70

so when you become a mod there's no going back?

Answer 71

I believe you can ask to be demoted or demoted.

Answer 72

get demoted*

Answer 73

oh

Answer 74

Yes, you can resign if you want or you may get demoted for wrong conduct.

Answer 75

lol okay i heard something wrong then :)

Answer 76

No mod is currently below 18

Answer 77

Physically, none of them are under eighteen.

Answer 78

This explains allot XD. But how old was Jaime when she got mod?

Answer 79

LOL

Answer 80

Mentally....that's a different question for a different day...huh? :P

Answer 81

i think it is a good idea

Answer 82

But people would hack, and/or spam medals. It's really not a good idea. @khinh2.0

Answer 83

-cries a little- No way we can go back to that old rule? :P

Answer 84

LOL

Answer 85

Poor pooja

Answer 86

I wouldn't amnt to be a moderator, although I had several offers some time ago.

Answer 87

Anyways....back to the post. Owl Bucks are a way for OpenStudy to make money. If we use smartcents as a way of getting owl bucks:
1) Medal spamming will happen more frequently
2) OS will not make any profit
However there are many giveaways that happen see if you can find them :-)

Answer 88

Medals are earned and you can use it for badges you can show your skill level of that subject or topic. You can't buy intelligence. So why would you buy a badge showing something above your skill level?

Answer 89

@Zeronknight,@pooja195 you can still earn your meadals

Answer 90

:) i think the titles are just to make os a lil more fancy

Answer 91

well you can trust some one who has a title cuz its a kinda proof that they did well in the subject :)

Answer 92

Like me :3

Answer 93

I don't have a title, but i'm trying to get one in English

Answer 94

So you think that I am a good helper in math just because I have tha tbig professor title???!

Answer 95

I might be good at answering some questions, but title doesn't indicate I'm absolute...

Answer 96

I don't know anything beyond geometry :P People answer questions that they know they give good responses everyone wants a bit of purple ;) so they work for that title: P

Answer 97

@SolomonZelman I never stated that. people would assume that.