On the eve of Thanksgiving we wanted to give you a status report on this year’s RCR Points Drive. As of 6:00 pm yesterday, we have received a total of 133,879 points from 53 donors! We’re not quite there yet, but we have a shot at matching or exceeding last year’s totals.
Please don’t worry if you have donated your points but they still show up on your account on/after November 30. We have been assured by the Nats RCR team that they will collect the points for our effort early next week, after the holiday break. The team has access to our running, up to date list of all donations.
A few folks who did not have any points left asked about donating cash. We directed them to the Nats4Good website, which is set up to receive donations. If you’re so inclined, put “TalkNats RCR Points Drive” in the comment box so they’ll know we sent you.
Here’s our original post that contains instructions for donating points if you haven’t already done so. Feel free to ask questions in the comments, or contact us at [email protected] if necessary.
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We recently upgraded our comment system to improve reliability, performance, and long-term control, and we’re currently running both systems during the transition. This shift moves us away from an external service to a system we run and control directly—meaning we own the content and can continue improving it over time. We’ve also reduced the comment refresh delay from about 30 seconds to 10 seconds, making it much closer to real-time.
We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.