faq > quotas

I deleted a caption. Why has my quota not increased?

Quotas don't increase when captions are deleted. If they did, captioneers could delete and re-list captions in order to push them to the top of the Captions page

How do quotas work? Do they increase or decrease with time or votes at all?

Quotas for new captioneers start at 7 and increase the following week based on scoring. They are also boosted by all-time scoring and the number of votes placed.

quota = 7 + weekly bonus + all-time bonus + voting bonus

weekly bonus = ( votes last week / number of captions last week ) x 7
all-time bonus = ( votes since joining / number of captions submitted since joining ) x 14
voting bonus = 11 - position in top ten voters last week (i.e. +10 for the #1 voter, +9 for the #2 voter and so on)

So, if someone added 10 captions and scored 5, their quota the following week would be 11:

7 + ( 5 / 10 ) * 7 = 11

(Numbers are rounded up)
If, since they joined, they had added 100 captions and scored 50 votes, their quota would be 18

7 + ( 5 / 10 ) * 7 + ( 50 / 100 ) * 14 = 18

If they had also made #3 in the top voters list last week, their quota would be 26

7 + ( 5 / 10 ) * 7 + ( 50 / 100 ) * 14 + ( 11 - 3 ) = 26

Some weeks I do really well and the next week have a large quota. I don't always use the quota, can it be carried over?

As of Sunday 23rd, quota calculation will factor in all-time performance, meaning quotas will not fluctuate wildly week-to-week.

What are quotas?

Your quota is the number of captions you can add this week. It varies each week depending on the quality of your captions and contribution to voting