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im curious about how earning tbt on here works

ive been more active lately, and noticed ive been gaining them a lot more

so how does it work ? simple question ☺️
 
im curious about how earning tbt on here works

ive been more active lately, and noticed ive been gaining them a lot more

so how does it work ? simple question ☺
Hi there! This is answered in our FAQ thread! I've quoted the relevant section below for you:

Frequently Asked Questions About The Bell Tree said:
13. How Do I Earn TBT?
You can earn TBT by:
  • Posting: Longer posts mean more forum bells! Remember, don’t make pointless posts just to earn more. We will delete them or take away your bells if we see this being abused (some boards such as the Introduction Board and The Basement do not provide bells)
  • Contests & Giveaways: TBT Staff and members occasionally hold contests as well as giveaways with bell prizes
  • Services: Open up a shop of your own in the TBT Marketplace board or one of the Animal Crossing trading boards. Members may be willing to pay TBT bells for whatever services you can offer. Alternatively, respond to requests posted by others on the board.
Editing your post will deduct TBT bells for text removed.

If your post is merged by a Moderator, you will also lose some of the TBT bells earned from creating the thread.
 
im curious about how earning tbt on here works

ive been more active lately, and noticed ive been gaining them a lot more

so how does it work ? simple question ☺
you're likely earning tbt by posting around the forum. you get tbt for making posts (depending on the post length) in every board except The Basement.

you can also get tbt if another user transfers it to you, usually for a transaction such as buying/selling collectibles, in-game items, and artwork.
 
you're likely earning tbt by posting around the forum. you get tbt for making posts (depending on the post length) in every board except The Basement.

you can also get tbt if another user transfers it to you, usually for a transaction such as buying/selling collectibles, in-game items, and artwork.
yep, i thought it was something like, tbt for every person who replies to you, but its post length ! thank you for replying <3
 
Has TBT considered before adding a sorting option of thread posts? I feel like for camp, being able to sort posts by likes would be super practical
 
Has TBT considered before adding a sorting option of thread posts? I feel like for camp, being able to sort posts by likes would be super practical
We don't want to encourage tactical voting in events with community-decided winners, so this isn't something we would implement. This is also why we hide the results in our contest polls and don't allow vote switches.
 
I cannot figure it out...what is that broken statue of in the site header, please? :unsure:
 
It's part of the camping event currently going on. We are finding pieces of the statue as we complete challenges.

 
Just a curiosity thing, but why is the “post quality” a thing on boards that don’t add to your TBT count — like the introduction board for example?

I thought the rule was in place to prevent from raising post count or to prevent spamming for TBT, but that’s not a thing on boards like the introduction board or the basement? Or is this rule simply in place to prevent posts that don’t encourage discussion, because that’s understandable if that’s the case?

My apologies if this sounds like nagging, I’m just curious. 😖😬
 
Just a curiosity thing, but why is the “post quality” a thing on boards that don’t add to your TBT count — like the introduction board for example?

I thought the rule was in place to prevent from raising post count or to prevent spamming for TBT, but that’s not a thing on boards like the introduction board or the basement? Or is this rule simply in place to prevent posts that don’t encourage discussion, because that’s understandable if that’s the case?

My apologies if this sounds like nagging, I’m just curious. 😖😬
Hi there! We actually relaxed our post quality rules somewhat in our Bell Tree Direct 06.20.21 so this is no longer the case except for posts that have no text whatsoever.* Smiley-only, image-only, video-only, and completely empty posts are still against the rules in all boards except The Basement.

*To everyone reading: please note that we are not retroactively reversing old post quality warnings.
 
I have a question about changing an username. I wanted to check if the name is still available before I actually spend my tbt in the shop on it so I looked in both the top right "search" bar and the "members" tab for the name "Donut" and nothing came up. However, I did find a user on here named Donut who hasn't been active since 2013 but the profile exists. So, would this name be considered "taken" then, I assume?
I just found it weird that it does not pop up when I type it in search member.
 
I have a question about changing an username. I wanted to check if the name is still available before I actually spend my tbt in the shop on it so I looked in both the top right "search" bar and the "members" tab for the name "Donut" and nothing came up. However, I did find a user on here named Donut who hasn't been active since 2013 but the profile exists. So, would this name be considered "taken" then, I assume?
I just found it weird that it does not pop up when I type it in search member.

Unfortunately, if the profile exists then yes, it is taken. There's a good number of users that are inactive here that signed up and were only online for a day, and then never came back. I wanted to change back to Riley many times, but unfortunately it's taken by an inactive user. The staff have no plans to make these usernames available again, either.
 
I have a question about changing an username. I wanted to check if the name is still available before I actually spend my tbt in the shop on it so I looked in both the top right "search" bar and the "members" tab for the name "Donut" and nothing came up. However, I did find a user on here named Donut who hasn't been active since 2013 but the profile exists. So, would this name be considered "taken" then, I assume?
I just found it weird that it does not pop up when I type it in search member.

I feel your pain, lol. I wanted just Lumi but there’s a member who hasn’t been active since 2013 (the day they made their account is also the last day they were active...) so I had to settle for -Lumi- since the other one is technically used.

Although I wish I had used the little ~ ones since they look more fun I just figured they wouldn’t be allowed for some reason!
 
Unfortunately, if the profile exists then yes, it is taken. There's a good number of users that are inactive here that signed up and were only online for a day, and then never came back. I wanted to change back to Riley many times, but unfortunately it's taken by an inactive user. The staff have no plans to make these usernames available again, either.
I feel your pain, lol. I wanted just Lumi but there’s a member who hasn’t been active since 2013 (the day they made their account is also the last day they were active...) so I had to settle for -Lumi- since the other one is technically used.

Although I wish I had used the little ~ ones since they look more fun I just figured they wouldn’t be allowed for some reason!

Awhh, I guess I'll stick with the underscores then, hehe 😁 Thanks for the info!
 
Sorry if this has been asked before, but would Staff ever consider making 4x4 / 3x3 (or even 2x2 / 1x1) collectible line-ups possible? I think it could be neat if there was an option to purchase the ability to do that in the shop at the very least!
 
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