The requirements have to be divided across multiple characters. Using myself as an example, I couldn't spam the comm with three open Zetta posts and call it good. And I couldn't do twenty-eight Rainbow Dash tags to open threads, one Abby, and one Zetta, and call it good. One separate character needs to make the requirements for each 'level' of AC.
If some characters have required-post options, position-requirement posts count for AC, but not vice versa. I have required-post obligations with Zetta and Aibghalien, so at a 2:1 ratio I would need to make one open post with each of them, plus one open post or thread to another. But if I made open posts with Zetta, Rainbow Dash, and Maridian, I'd still need to make one for Abby, because he's got a position requirement.
I don't know if we could enforce this, but I think there's a really important distinction to be made between "open" and "semi-open" posts. There are some "semi-open" posts that are clearly written for a specific thread to occur -- witness my latest Zetta post, which was overtly geared to his usual CR but allowed for other people to tag in. It's a fine line, and like I said, I don't know if there's any way to determine and enforce it, but I don't think posts like that should count for AC. They're written in such a way that other people tagging in is an afterthought, and generally they aren't really as open to participation or encouraging other people to post to.
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To flesh out the idea a little more:
The requirements have to be divided across multiple characters. Using myself as an example, I couldn't spam the comm with three open Zetta posts and call it good. And I couldn't do twenty-eight Rainbow Dash tags to open threads, one Abby, and one Zetta, and call it good. One separate character needs to make the requirements for each 'level' of AC.
If some characters have required-post options, position-requirement posts count for AC, but not vice versa. I have required-post obligations with Zetta and Aibghalien, so at a 2:1 ratio I would need to make one open post with each of them, plus one open post or thread to another. But if I made open posts with Zetta, Rainbow Dash, and Maridian, I'd still need to make one for Abby, because he's got a position requirement.
I don't know if we could enforce this, but I think there's a really important distinction to be made between "open" and "semi-open" posts. There are some "semi-open" posts that are clearly written for a specific thread to occur -- witness my latest Zetta post, which was overtly geared to his usual CR but allowed for other people to tag in. It's a fine line, and like I said, I don't know if there's any way to determine and enforce it, but I don't think posts like that should count for AC. They're written in such a way that other people tagging in is an afterthought, and generally they aren't really as open to participation or encouraging other people to post to.