I have a lot of time, but I’m not really up to date to do that job, regarding the knowledge. And I mentioned here before: I am a star.
If I would get that job I would become a Superstar. And this is really too much for a fellow in my age!
Be a Star! | Looking for Star Contributors
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Thought i was too late for this, but what the heck, i’ll toss my hat in the ring. Being in electronics I can say it consumes much of my life. With that, I am beyond hard on my stuff and am always looking for new things to replace my older gear. The problem is always taking a risk on something new. A star contributor would give me the chance to try new stuff, while also being able to review it and also offer insight into the realm I love working in. Its a win win. Good luck to any all who enter and grats to the winners.
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As an instructional technologist with video making skills, I think I’d make an excellent star contributor! Thanks for the compliment @nigelhealy !
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I find your input to be a high quality to quantity ratio. Anker made their 3 member decision last week.
I am not happy personally with what Anker has chosen to do with the Star Contributor idea. I think it creates an artificial barrier which fights the idea of a community. The 3 chosen are excellent members but I can see many others who, such as you, make also good contribution. So Anker can go either direction, add more star contributors which then will always have someone not in, or cancel the whole idea. 3 is a small number given a broad community.
I enjoy the diversity, and so an artificial elevation fights that diversity.
However, this is in total not that important so chillin’ and wait to see how it works out.
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I see no reason as to why they couldn’t increase the number of contributors in the future - thus creating more content for the forum. The question would then become with the set rules / guidelines, would it lead to over saturation of posts?
Could also have it change yearly to entice new members to partake and create fresh content. While giving past members “honorary” status so that they continue to receive the perks.
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Right now, the idea is in its test phase. The chosen contributors are still coming with grips with the task, and while the number of contributors could change, what I guess will happen is a rotation, when a contributor decides to leave the position or by a set amount of time.
3 is a small number, and there are indeed many active members who would make great contributors. I guess everyone who wants in will have the chance, either by replacing current contributors in the future of by joining the ranks as more spots become available.
As for the saturation of posts, I believe the main goal here is to increase the number of relevant posts - we all have seen the old tactic of creating a new unimportant post just to earn some PowerBucks, right? The end game here is to increase the quality of the community, and we are all learning on the go. 
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I was in the middle of switching jobs, travelling, and generally getting stuff done when they posted it, so I didn’t officially enter anyway. I’m not worried about not being a star contributor on the first round. I think it’s a decent idea (I would certainly make more content if I were part of a program), but I was a bit reticent to enter until I got my feet under me in my new situation.
I do appreciate the compliments, though. I try to only post when I have decent contributions to make rather than maxing out my threads every day (not that I have a problem with people doing that). I guess we all have our own ideas about making the community the best it can be.
I also have a backlog of video reviews to make at the moment anyway. I’m getting a little video studio set up in my house. Definitely stealing @TechnicallyWell 's bias lighting setup for future videos. 
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There are many active members but besides there is not a lot activity in the forum.
I really appreciate that so many community members are interested in the project.
Because this is a completely new plan, we need time to make this mechanism more mature. so we control the number of the contributors.
But I believe that there will have more people join the team in the future.
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And don’t forget: Just because you might not technically be a star contributor doesn’t mean you can’t contribute like one!
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I am still thinking this is a bad idea.
Before you came up with this idea then all members were equal and they would contribute on a function of interest and time. That interest is what lead to valuable content and honesty.
After this idea you have made 3 members artificially selected. Those 3 members I value their input. They have been exceptionally good valued community members creating high quality inputs. No issues with the 3 you choose. I have issue with the idea of a number, e.g. 3.
I do not think you should add new star contributors because at times many individuals offer smaller quantity high quality valuable content so you would always have someone left out. If you were to add 2 or 3 to make total 5 or 6, I’d always be able to think of a few more who I valued their input. Plenty of those mentioned in the nomination thread.
So the whole idea of a limited set of preferentially accessed community members always makes an artificial barrier.
I think better you drop the Star Contributors idea. I know you disagree.
If you try to make a few special you end up making everyone else not care and then
The role of a moderator is special, however, they have to invest a special focus which is an effort, and you should reward them appropriately, not for content but for effort. Gifts to their efforts I would applaud, because a moderator is a special community role deserving of special reward, but I would recommend that done quietly to the side not visible within the community.
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I understand your concerns, but we recruit star contributors does not mean that we do not attach importance to other people’s contributions. We can still find many people like you who are helping us in managing the community. We hope that all people’s efforts will receive different forms of returns in here.
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Of course there are many others who have the skill and the power to do that “job”. But these should not be angry and envious because they have been not chosen. 
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I think a program like star contributor is worthwhile. It doesn’t make those contributors more important than us “regular” users, but it incentivizes continued activity in this community both for those who want to be star contributors and in a steady stream of high quality content like reviews, and first impressions, etc.
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Good points. I think Anker should announce contributors and don’t set a limit for them. So active members can get the contributors status
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I personally think it may make the contributors a little more lenient and forgiving on the reviews as they would not reveal the full truth in order to avoid potentially being dropped from the Star Contributors club. Anyone out there think the same?
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I would never compromise myself, by not giving a true review. If something was shit, I’d certainly say so.
I think Anker knows this! lol
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Me too!
Old, honest buddies as we are.
I wrote some reviews comparing ANKER with other products.
Really honest with PRO and CONTRA.
When reading reviews at AMAZON you find out very quick which are really nonsense. These are written only because they are bought.
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If we were neighbors we would get along I am the only bluntly honest person in my family besides an uncle I have never met but my family always compares me to and says that we are the same. 
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