Comments on: New waze points system has been activated

By: Tyron Chatley

Tyron Chatley — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:27:27 +0000

This is really good and has certainly made me rethink

By: sketch

sketch — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:56:24 +0000

Guys, everyone lost some points, numerically speaking. We’ve all spent a lot of time helping the community out, and unlike the old system, this one is weighted more heavily toward those who really help build the service by editing the maps online and by reporting hazards, police traps, et cetera. I went from 225,000 to 63,000 points, but my rank, like that of many others, went up. I’ve munched a lot of roads, but I’ve done even more editing and reporting, which is the really important stuff!

Herve, here’s the breakdown: http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2340

And it’s really nothing to fret about. I mean, it’s not like the points actually net you anything…

By: WatchSteveDrum

WatchSteveDrum — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:03:15 +0000

Holy crap! I jumped 1413 points to #55!

…In the world!?! Guess I will keep Waze on more often after all…

By: Herve

Herve — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:12:19 +0000

Obviously, the intent was good, but the result is far below expectations. Many people like me, who spent hours driving and editing the map get a minimum of points. Maybe should you more explicit on somebody’s dashboard, explaining the different weight and measures the new system obbey.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:12:17 +0000

Not happy about the impact this change has had. I spent a lot of time driving out of the way to grab bonuses and building new roads. I was up in the top 250 and now I’m down to almost 1000.
Way to go Waze.

By: Dror

Dror — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:48:12 +0000

Points are still not combined… i.e. if you are in the US or Canada, you should check your points on http://www.waze.com/dashboard
If you are anywhere else in the world, check world.waze.com/dashboard

@qhorse
We still have a problem where points from the forum posts are only directed to the US count (even if you are in the ‘world’)… I think you were accidentally redirected to the US dashboard. I just checked any you have over 5000 points….

By: umigliore

umigliore — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:54:04 +0000

I lost 1000 positions and 4 stars..

of course I image that other peoples did more map updates than me .. and I did a lot of them!

By: Paolo

Paolo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:29:59 +0000

Very sad of the new system.
I was the top wazer and now I’ve gone down 35 places…
Many hours every day to edit map… very sad.

By: lepton

lepton — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:25:31 +0000

My points went from 13K to 2400, and rank from 3000 to 4000.

By: Robin Majumdar

Robin Majumdar — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:04:02 +0000

Well, all that road wazing from scratch in the Montreal , Quebec , Canada area combined with doing my best at ma edits in Cartouche seems to have propelled me to #3. Appreciated.

The real reward is crowdsourced navigation, integration with FourSquare, all those promises of LBS (location based services) becoming a reality….

Much work to be done in Canada…

Lâche pas mes ami(e)s!

Robin