Hi Dan,

Glad you found your answer.

One of the issues with any forum, especially a large one, is how to prioritize the questions. Most forums, like this one, are "flat" in a sense that all questions are treated equally, so to speak.

Because of this, I am considering to create a new forum called something like "The Bits High Priority Forum" or something like that. In that forum,
posters who have urgent questions can spend their Bits to get higher priority from any volunteer, like me, who might look in that forum first.

For example, if we charged 20,000 Bits for a high priority question, this means that new members who simply register and login for the first time, will not have enough Bits to post in the high priority forum. On the other hand, member who make contributions will have plenty of Bits, like all the active members who have been around for a long time.

In addition, of course, new member could get more Bits by winning them in the casino, a lottery, or having other members give Bits to them for great replies etc. In addition, of course, a new member, in theory, could contact another member and make a real cash offer for their Bits.

As an example, you could ask, via a PM, "Hey Man, could you sell me 1,000,000 Bits for $5 dollars. I will PayPal the money to you, OK?"

I don't think I would sell 1,000,000 of my Bits for $5, but someone else might! Or, you could offer more.... this creates a market, of course, based on the buyer and the seller.

The point being that active members who contribute are rewarded by the Bits activity system. In addition, there would be a way to get higher priority for important questions.

These are my thoughts, and hopefully, something like what I have described would solve the problem of certain people who have been around for some time, not getting the priority they desire.

Cheers.