# Let's improve our Cred scores

**URL:** https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/lets-improve-our-cred-scores/914
**Category:** Governance
**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/lets-improve-our-cred-scores/914 "2020-11-17T22:20:27Z")
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### Author: ![decentralion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/decentralion/32/7_2.png) [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/lets-improve-our-cred-scores/914/2 "2020-11-18T01:22:55Z")

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For changes to the Cred configuration, I propose that we use the following process:

1. Make a Discourse thread suggesting a specific, concrete change to Cred configuration
2. Include rationale on why we should make this change
3. Show analysis of how the Cred scores change, i.e. a before/after view
4. Discuss the change and see if there’s consensus in favor

We can view the following two topics as examples of this strategy

> [@Changing the CredSperiment weights](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/changing-the-credsperiment-weights/540/):
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> Currently, SourceCred puts a very high weight on Discourse activity relative to GitHub activity; for example, the weight on a Discourse topic is 8x higher than the weight for a pull request. Node Type Weight Discourse Topic 8x Discourse Post 2x GitHub Pull Request 1x GitHub Issue 1x GitHub Comment 1/16x GitHub Review 1x At [the time I chose these weights](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/preliminary-credsperiment-cred/219), we had much less Discourse activity than GitHub activity, and I deliberately pumped the Discourse weights so that Discour…

> [@Minting Discourse Cred on Likes, not Posts](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/minting-discourse-cred-on-likes-not-posts/603/):
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> Currently, we mint Discourse cred for activity; every topic and post creates new cred. I recently threw together a [prototype](https://github.com/sourcecred/sourcecred/pull/1587) which allows us to mint cred based on heart likes instead of posts. This post explores how this changes our cred. In keeping with the practices we came up with during the [CredSperiment weight changes thread](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/changing-the-credsperiment-weights/540), I’m not going to mention any individuals by name. However, the analysis happens at the level of individuals, so you can argue this is just a fig leaf. Let me know i…

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