Avastring: How It Works
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- There are 11 dimensions in total, represented by the buildings
- You need to earn Exp. pts to unlock higher dimensions
- There are several ways to earn Exp. pts through interaction
- Exp. pts are awarded daily
- Your searches only include members inside the building you are in
- Higher ranking members can enter lower dimensions
- Avarank = member’s current rank 0 – 10
- Avarating = member’s current rating 1 – 5
- String = comment or reply
- Stringers = followers = friends
- Restring = share
Favored actions
(Reasonable daily limits in place)
- Completed Home tab
- The more Stringers the better
- Interaction within Private & group chats
- Avaratings – receive 4 stars or better
- Private chats – the longer the better
- Selecting the action & emotion buttons during private chats
- String – creating new posts
- Starting at level 2, each time you level up your Exp. points will be multiplied by your current level
Penalized actions
- 2 stars or lower peer rating (You’re able to delete comments)
- The picture box on the Home tab is for viewing purposes only
- The Zip Code field is optional, and is currently optimized for the US
- Fill out the descriptive items below and receive +100 experience points (one time):
- First and last name
- Gender & age
- Select a status
- Pick 4 – 12 personality traits in the Pick some section
- You are able to delete any comment
- Deleted comments will add to your # of deletions
- Your average Avarating and # of deletions are public
- Deleted comments will not affect your Avarating or Exp. pts
- You are allowed to edit feedback you provide to your friends
- All ratings will be public
- You will only receive Exp. points once for original content creation
- Only your friends can provide feedback
- You must click view profile>comments in order to leave feedback
- Create a new group for your friends by selecting the Add Group button
- Selecting more than one check box will activate the group chat request button
- Start a private chat by selecting the chat caption
- Use the add to list filter button to reorganize your friends
- Remove a friend by selecting the red circle icon
- If public, your default image will be seen by others when searched for
- During 1 on 1 chats, your avatar’s default picture will be your default image
- You can select any emotion picture box as your profile image (except the lazy image)
- The lazy picture box will be displayed to the public if you do not have a profile picture
- The Emotion gallery is for head shot pictures
- The Emotion boxes are linked to the 1 on 1 chat emotion buttons
- The Top pictures are public and are not linked to your 1 on 1 chat application
- Manage and create new topics with the create new string link
- As the author of the original string, you can delete entire threads, comments, and replies
- A year’s worth of content will be stored
- Do not forget to take advantage of the privacy settings when creating strings
- Click the Avastring link at the top left corner of the page
- This page will display the latest updates from Friends and Avastring announcements
- Disclaimer: when all participants within a group or chat session exit,
all chat content will be purged.
- The chat application will stay ‘as is’ when navigating throughout site
- The first set of buttons control the background (either member can change)
- The second set of buttons are linked to your emotions gallery (this will change the avatar’s head box)
- The emotion word will be displayed in the avatar’s head box if you do not have an emotion image
- Selecting the pyramid will bring you to the welcome page unless you level up
- Your current Avarank dictates which buildings you have access to
- Higher ranking members can enter lower dimensions
- The green/red icon next to the profile name is the online/offline status icon
- The head and shoulders icon is the friend request button
- The icon that looks like two photos is the view profile button
- The chat icon will send an interested alert to become friends
- The blue number indicates the member’s Avarank
- If a member does not have a default gallery image, you will see the question mark
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The Search name bar will return all search results relating to the content entered
- Use the Pick a gender filter to isolate Females or Males
- Use the Select a status to isolate availability
- The Age Range will return members in your selected age band(s)
- Higher ranking members can enter lower dimensions, use the Avarank section to filter accordingly
- The Avarating section will filter members by their average Avarating (we do round up)
- The US Zip Code section searches 50 miles from the point of origin
- This section depends on which personality traits members selected in their home tab