Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Its a shame when you see a Probationary member with a three year anniversary badge on his profile. Here is a random example http://videosift.com/member/philippeoc
A solution to that specific problem could be to gift everyone ten points for each year they are here. The poor guy has been here for three years, submitting videos and not getting into trouble and yet he still has that damn red P. There are LOTS of members in that situation.
I wonder how many have given up even trying because its like purgatory you never escape from

It took me a long time to find the tiny FAQ link at the bottom of the page, which led me to this page http://videosift.com/starpower

The system is unbalanced. Members who have a the Related invocation (silver star and above? its not listed when this ability is granted) are able to very quickly accelerate the number of points they are getting.

Reaching a star is difficult, having uber powerful members stealing all the thunder makes it even harder.

I would ask one of you high level members to consider creating a second account and try to reach gold star. With your well honed internet kung fu it should be easy right?

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

"Sorry, meatbag. Only Silver star and Charter members are able to participate in Sift Lounge."

I have to sift 50 videos before I can chat with you all? Wtf are you people talking about? It better be something good. Oh well, I will face the end times alone and hopefully catch a ride on Nibiru as it passes by.

@dag.... just went for a little walk, and had an epiphany....

1 PP to promote Silver Star and below

2PP to promote gold and above, and to self promote.

That should solve the promote trade "problem." And has the added benefit of helping new people and give them a warm fuzzy feeling for being involved in this very cool place.

Silver star to match your silver tongue! Congrats!

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Also, don't forget that silver star and above can currently submit from any source providing they have a non-iframe embed. Starting from VideoSift 5, we'll allow iframe embeds too.

Congratulations on reaching new heights on VideoSift. You have earned yourself 50 stars, earning you status of Silver Star member. You have been awarded 1 Power Point for achieving this level. Thanks for all your contributions.

In my Ruby-tinted fantasies, I create *Americuh or somesuch for all of the videos that highlight what's absurd, broken, or downright terrible about my great nation, but I'd have little interest in moderating it, since I can scarcely watch most of those types of videos. So, of course I deem it cool to "fire and forget".
I can see the argument that's essentially just creating a tag rather than a channel to be curated for the benefit of the Sift.
I do think that the "no gray area, yes or no" poll is pushing it, especially the way the question is worded. "Do you think it is a good idea to willfully..." is a very different question from, say, "Are there circumstances under which it would be acceptable to..."

I do like the idea of being able to appoint moderators for your channel, but anyone who is Silver Star or above can modify channel assignments anyway.

That's why I allow newly sifted videos as well
As long as you're a user on the sift, you can join the contest.

And thanks >> ^ReverendTed:

There are so many Sifts that fit into the "win" classification, but only Silver Stars and above can invoke channels on someone else's video. (grumble mumble)
(This is a really awesome way to populate your new channel, BTW. Great idea!)