Previously users were able to gain up to 90 credibility score for writing reviews and vouches that were upvoted on Ethos

We've removed the upside from this scoring mechanism- the maximum earned in this category will be 0.

It's still possible to lose credibility score from vote impact- users who write reviews or vouches that are downvoted will earn negative impact to their credibility score

Previously users were earning upwards of 200+ initial credibility score simply by being invited by a user with a high credibility score.

We've received feedback about this number being too static and "one-time" and doesn't actually represent credibility, especially with how invites have been passed out

We're reducing this impact by about 75%

This has also created unwanted score creep across everyone's scores

The invitation bond has also been modified to balance out early negative impacts to inviting someone

Previously when you invited a new user, since we use the average of all of the scores of who you invite, you're likely to lose credibility the second you invite someone.

Now we use weighted normalization to balance this, so the full impact isn't applied until the 90 days are up. You will notice now that when inviting someone your credibility score will no longer take an immediate hit.

We do not feel that account age is a significant driver of a user's credibility

Users can still lose credibility score for having very new accounts

We do not feel that account age is a significant driver of a user's credibility