I think I understand how that works. The amount of acorns is both automatically determined by the word count and given at the time the article is published. If the article misses the 7:00 pm deadline then you (Trish) has to release the article for publishing and award the "admin" acorns manually. If acorns aren't awarded at that time, can you still give them later?
I wondered why most of the articles had the following day's date on them when they were published the night before. I didn't realize that 7 pm is when most articles are released by the system for publishing here on ATP. Now I understand. The system is programmed to add the next article at 7 pm each day unless you override the system?
Do all the articles go into a queue and are released one at a time on their scheduled day?
That is pretty cool that this process is basically automatic! (There must be a very efficient and talented programmer writing all this website's software!!!
) I honestly had no idea! I just thought someone else here on ATP was doing it every day. I knew you were approving articles and possibly editing them for errors, but I didn't know you (& the system) were also the one responsible for publishing & awarding acorns. There are many people here behind the scenes keeping this website and all the inner workings running smoothly. And I know there are different moderators as well watching over each forum. I am always amazed at how effortlessly ATP appears to run.
My genuine thanks to you Trish, Dave, and all the other folks here who do their best to make our experience on ATP an enjoyable one!
