you just have to participate consistently. Don't try to hard to figure out the algorithm

that's the thing. I have been participating consistently (as compared to previosuly). I just hadn;t created many threads myself.

typos, typos, typos!

you have to plurk and reply consistently throughout the day, but it doesn't need to be a lot.

If you're gone too many hours in a row it starts to go down

don't try to think too much into it

aha... therein lies the problem. I'm offline for 10+ hours at a time.

but yes... no need to over analyse it.