Points

Purpose

1. To give TBD's visitors a way to track their progress (knowledge, resource accumulation, etc.) throughout their civil rights journey.

About

1. Value
   1. Current
      • The number listed above is the total number of points that you've accumulated [on TextBookDiscrimination.com] (as of this moment)
   2. Increase
      • your point totals increase by user activity (eg, commenting, liking, etc.) (see Table A)
   3. Decrease
      • as of now, there is no way to lose points on TextBookDiscrimination.com (see Table A)
   4. Real-World Value = 0
      • these points do not have any real-world value (in terms of government currency).
      • thus, these 'Book Points' are akin to points in a video/arcade game
   5. Cost = 0
      • these points cannot be purchased.
2. Data
   1. Browser-Specific
      • These points are tied to your web browser (see lightgray box at the top)
   2. Shortcomings
      • If you visit TBD with different browsers then you will have different point totals
      • If you visit TBD with different devices then you will have different point totals
   3. Control
      • You have control over your points data
        • Example: you can delete your points via your Browser's Cache/History
   4. Durability (very low)
      • Since your browser stores your points, some of your software updates could wipe them out.
   5. Lightweight
      • As you can probably tell, your Points Data has a very small data footprint (ie, it is very lightweight)
3. Technology
   1. Cookies (no)
      • These Book Points are not stored in Browser Cookies (ie, tiny data files stored on client devices)
      • Instead, they are stored in your browser's Session Storage
   2. JavaScript (yes)
      • These Book Points are accessed/increased with the use of JavaScript™
   3. Recommended Usage: Google Chrome
      • you'll probably get the best user-experience if you use Google Chrome

Dates

• Initiation
  • 3/22/2023 marks the first day in which these Book Points were released
  • note: available only on certain pages/directories
• Sitewide Implementation
  • TBD intends to apply Book Points throughout the entire website by June 1, 2023 (ie, within 2 months of initiation)
• Missing Activity
  • Therefore, activity that preceded 3/22/23 will not boost your Book Points
  • Plus, activity that preceded 6/1/23 might not boost your Book Points
  • Feel Free to Contact TBD to recover past points (free, but time-consuming)

Features

• Automatic
  • increases/updates are performed automatically
• Fast
  • Calculations are performed without any noticeable impact to page load speeds
• Free
  • Book Points do not cost any money to acquire
• Leaderboard
  • Analyze how you've progressed throughout time
  • Compare your progress with the progress of other visitors
• Numerical
  • Book Points are strictly numerical; and - therefore - are easy to track
• Refresh Guard
  • refreshing a page (ie, with [F5]) will not increase the point totals (re-visiting a page will, though)
• Uninvasive
  • Does not require user accounts
• Visual Notification
  • a simple animation runs [on the top bar] in order to signal a change in your Book Points

TBD's Commentary

• This is just an easy/simple/uninvasive way to track how much progress (knowledge, resources, etc.) you've made in your civil rights journey
• Initial Rollout: this initial rollout has some limitations; and those limitations exist due to:
  1. restrictions on development time; and
  2. unknown popularity (ie, TBD does not yet know how much users/visitors will like the 'Book Points')
• TBD's Founder uses this website everyday, and he's looking forward to this point system (read more about TBD here)
• In the future, TBD will make these Book Point's more robust