I  agree with Patty, the points really do not matter, it is all about being freinds and being able to ask the hard questions to someone with the experience and honesty you would not get somewhere esle, lets talk about something with a little more meat in its diet. But thats just my opion.

Peyton

I don't mind the point system   ............it seems all the boards have them...........I don't like bickering though

sap says ...

Points don't matter to me even though I want my 4th star! LOL

Haha!!  Me too

 Exactly, we should focus on nursing, the points are fun, just FUN, did I say FUN, oh by the way it is all just for FUN!

 I very much respect you Ginny and would NOT ever ignore your feelings I think I said that, my point is it is silly to be SO upset and have it be your focus, we need to move on, what diff does it REALLY make in the skeem ( I know THAT is spelled wrong) of the world? That is all I am saying.  

 You are right, there seem to be many glitches in this system , BUT it IS a free site and they get paid only through advertisements they post here so we are NOT paying for the service, we do not really have the right to complain, if someone is not happy with ALL the problems there are other sites, but they ALL have there own problems just different ones.

busyrn. I willask you again, if you do not care about the points, then why are you posting. And, Why are you collecting friends? They are worht five points. someone else has already said it. In kinder words: get a life.

Here is an idea: do not let the friends tab be available to anyone but the person that it belongs to. watch the point scores ssssssllllllooooowwww down then.

Points or no points....the link is fun.  A great place to learn and get to know each other.  Let's remember that!

all i can say is that the points are fine.. i actually love and enjoy them.. i jst wish there are more gift choices so i can enjoy my points more.. this site is great compare to friendster and other network sites.. the points problem, i think should not be a deal at all.. points or no points like mamadawn says.. nursing link is fun =)

I agree points or no points. I am just on here to meat new friends that are in the nursing field. I am just starting out my career and some of you have been in the field for along time and now what it is all about.

AbusyRN2go says ...

 Exactly, we should focus on nursing, the points are fun, just FUN, did I say FUN, oh by the way it is all just for FUN!

I guess that is why you are posting news items by the dozens and not waiting for anyone to respond? It's not for the points? And that is why you are busting your butt to collect so many friends in a short time.

Hundreds of emails every night? right.

Ok, my personal opinion here is this: If you care about the points then by all means do whatever it is you think you have to do to collect them. If you DON'T care about the points (like me) then just enjoy your friends and the site for what it is and say "oh, that's nice" if and when you get another star or something. Above all STOP the madness with all of the arguing over points this points that! I can honestly say I never look at my points. When I go to gove someone a gift I'm always shocked to see the points I have, mostly because I forgot about them. Oh, and while I'm at it...what's the deal with all of the complaining about topics? If you don't like or don't want to read a particular topic then skip it! Why waste time and energy complaining about it (unless it's something that could hurt others, that's a whole different story)?

I love this site also points or no points, stars or no stars.  I think this is a great stress reliever.

So those are the points you all are talking about.  I've always thought it confusing why I couldn't explain nor  comment on a game trivia Q&A  why I  thought  the best answer was not a yes or no, but somewhere in between.  Why not EMPOWER the nurses and give the option of showing the comments/questions and answers.   Some nurses may not think we need empowerment, but I believe that, that is exactly what we lack in Nursing.  Nursing has become so political that we need cohesiveness and strength as a whole; and what better way to achieve this than to become empowered.  In this time and age,  nurses still eat their young!! I saw this when I started nursing over 20 years ago and I still see it now.  Attempting not to go on a segue here, but I think it's even worse now because the new grads have learned to be more assertive if not aggressive.  Thus big time conflict ensues between the more experienced nurses and the less experienced nurses. As far as being fed up with the point system---I'm too new to fully evaluate it and I've offered some suggestions above.  

I joined this site to get new insights in nursing, look into different avenues, network with other nurses and continue to learn , i.e. use this site as a  learning tool. Think of all the nurses with all the different areas of expertise and years of experience. If somebody could make a GRID COMPILATION OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO #'S OF NURSES AND YEARS OF EXPERTISE.... you've got yourself a book of  "how to pass the  CCRN exam". 

Who knows, I may just start a group forum in regards to a study group for CCRN takers as far as nurses lending each other support in their own specialized field by volunteering in groups. Hhhmmm, I wonder if that is allowed???