Blizzard Tests New Reward Program for Player Twitter Support
by Magistrate - 8 years ago show comments
A new, Twitter-based support system is in testing, letting players help other players and get rewarded in the process.
Assisting other players with their questions and issues awards points that allow you to climb a leaderboard.
The program is handled via a separate social website from Battle.net called Coversocial. To set up your account, connect your Twitter handle, select your interests and language preferences, enter your email, and get started.
Helping Other Players on Twitter
Passionate about Blizzard games? Share your knowledge with others over Twitter!
Blizzard is testing a new optional system for players who help each other out on Twitter. The more players you help with your authorized Twitter account, the more points you’ll earn. Climb the leaderboard and be part of the greatest gaming community in the world!
Setting Up
To participate, you need to authorize and login with your personal Twitter account. If you would like to receive email notifications you can also add and verify an email address. Once you’ve chosen your preferences (you can change these any time in the Settings Menu), click the Unanswered feed button at the top and Tweet away!
How To Use
Reply, Like, and Re-Tweet incoming questions as normal. If a Tweet appears to be irrelevant, click thetrashcan icon to remove it from your feed. Pinning a Tweet will keep it in your personal Pinned feed. You can also review and add to ongoing conversations in the Answered feed.
You will receive notifications whenever somebody likes or responds to your Tweets, and you can see how many other players you have helped in the Stats section. From the Stats section, you can also connect with and discover more about other Blizzard experts who are helping on Twitter.
This is a limited time test! Player feedback and participation will determine whether this program will continue beyond the next month or two. If you have feedback on the system or need help, Tweet@BlizzardCS.
But what do we, as unpaid Blizzard Support, get out it besides “You’re the top of the list”?
I suspect that they’re being quiet about rewards because they want the initial test period to be centered on “providing support for the sake of supporting others” and not “providing support in order to get stuff for myself.”