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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Does Synergy require use of other Zoints products?

A. No. Synergy is a completely separate application.


Q. My forum is about business. Why should I have categories about other topics?

A. First off, you can disable of few categories by default if you so desire. However, your members ARE interested in other topics and Synergy lets them read about them via your forum. Every link opens in a new window; your members never really leave your forum. Let's say there is a video game forum owner out there. That forum owner will have members who are interested in business who click through to read your content. And you will have members interested in video games who click through to read the gaming site's content. It works both ways and everyone benefits.


Q. I'm worried about linking to all those other forums, isn't that bad for SEO?

A. Links are redirects AND rel no followed. If a thread makes it to the front page, after 5 days with no more votes, it becomes a direct link as a reward to that forum.


Q. People are going to try and manipulate this system to get to the front page!

A. Probably. Our algorithm is built to learn and detect manipulation. Any forums found to be manipulating the system will be banned. It's in everyone's best interest to use this system in an ethical manner.


Q. Can you tell us about the algorithm? How are threads ordered?

A. Sorry, we cannot and will not comment on the algorithm. All we will say it that it will naturally become more sophisticated over time as the system evolves.


Q. What if a questionable thread is submitted?

A. If need be, you can remove threads from your forum via the "info" dropdown box. Or, each thread has a report button, please use it. Each report will be investigated, problem threads removed, and communities that violate the submission guidelines will be banned from the system.


Q. Why are threads redirected? Why aren't they direct links?

A. There are quite a few reasons. A few are:

1. The redirects help us guard against manipulation of the system.
2. As Synergy grows we can add a means to throttle traffic if a site starts to get sent too many visitors.
3. Reduced bandwidth requirements

Changelog

2006/11/29: 0.9.6

- Fixed pesky submission bux

2006/01/29: 0.9.5

- Added ability to turn off automatic template edits via the admincp

2006/01/28: 0.9.4

- Added ability to remove threads from Synergy
- Added means for normal members to submit threads to moderation queue
- Added means to hide up to three categories
- Added Z icon to postbit
- Fixed bug where you were able to submit to your local category


Troubleshooting

Coming soon