Change these short bonus periods.
I would like to comment on this new two week Bonus program that you have instituted. I believe it severely penalizes those experts that at other times answer questions in the veterinary category making it impossible to meet the required level for the bonus. Equally important this makes it impossible to even meet the base level of question answering during these bonus periods. Unless Just Answer is controlling the questions that we even see, during this time I go from having questions to answer at all times to having no questions to answer for hours if not days during these Bonus periods. This strikes me as a penalty to those who are present and answering when there is no potential for bonus.
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Anon commented
It's not just one category either. I answered 400+ questions per their whatever count in the last x days; I think it's 2 weeks average. So a high volume expert I would guess; it's a high volume category though too. Something like 30+ questions per day was my average.
I have to do 150+ more now somehow to meet our top level bonus which is basically an impossible level. Another 11 per day on top of that already high level. Not when most of the questions are now taken with people coming out of the woodwork for the bonus.
Someone who did 50-100 over that same 2-week prior period can now meet that easily and do 150 more. 200-250 over 2 weeks is simple (in my category specifically). That is still a low level to met over 2 weeks; only 15-18 questions per day.
It is totally unfair to the people who do the most for the site 365 days a year making them money. The high volume experts get screwed by this type of bonus.
The site doesn't care though. They do these to get rid of a large volume of questions before customers complain. not for our benefit.