The Total Points that You've Earned on FroogleMe.com!

Purpose

1. To give Froogle's visitors a way to track their progress (knowledge, resource accumulation, etc.) throughout their insurance/financial life.
   • Secondary Purpose: to incentivize visitors to make contributions that will benefit other visitors
     • (eg, commenting, quizzing, buying & selling, etc.)

About

1. Value
   1. Current
      • The number listed above is the total number of points that you've accumulated [on FroogleMe.com] (as of this moment)
   2. Increase
      • your point totals increase by accessing/reading webpages (eg, actuarial pages, legal pages, news pages, etc.)
        1. see Table B
      • your point totals also increase by user activity (eg, commenting, liking, etc.) (see Table A)
   3. Decrease
      • your point totals do not decrease
        • see Table B
   4. Real-World Value = 0
      • these points do not [currently] have any real-world value (in terms of government currency).
      • thus, these 'Froogle Points' are akin to points in a video/arcade game
   5. Cost = 0
      • these points cannot be purchased.
2. Data
   1. Browser-Specific
      • These points are linked to your web browser (see lightgreen box at the top)
   2. Control
      • You have total control over your points data
        • Example: you can delete them via your Browser's Cache/History
   3. Durability (very low)
      • Since your browser stores your points, some of your software updates could wipe them out.
   4. Lightweight
      • As you can probably tell, your Points Data has a very small digital footprint (ie, it is very lightweight)
   5. Shortcomings
      • If you visit Froogle with different browsers then you will have different point totals
      • If you visit Froogle with different devices then you will have different point totals
3. Technology
   1. Cookies (no)
      • These Froogle Points are not stored in Browser Cookies (ie, tiny data files stored on client devices)
      • Instead, they are stored in your browser's Session Storage
   2. JavaScript (yes)
      • These Froogle Points are accessed/increased with the use of JavaScript™
   3. Recommended Usage: Google Chrome
      • you'll probably get the best user-experience if you use Google Chrome

Dates

• Initiation
  • February 25, 2025 was the first date in which Froogle created these Froogle Points (thereby implementing the system siteweide)
• Missing Activity
  • Therefore, activity that preceded 2/25/25 will not boost your Froogle Points
  • Feel Free to Contact Froogle to recover past points (free, but very time-consuming)

Features

• Automatic
  • increases/updates are performed automatically
• Fast
  • Calculations are performed without any noticeable impact to page load speeds
• Free
  • Froogle Points do not cost any money to acquire
• Leaderboard
  • Analyze how you've progressed throughout time
  • Compare your progress with the progress of other visitors (including Froogle's Founder!)
• Meaningful
  • These Froogle Points are tied together
    1. Some pages/activities yield more points than others
    2. Every week, Froogle performs a calculation to establish the point values (see Table B)
       1. Factors include total views, user activity, time expended, and more
    3. Equilibrium: the values are designed to generate equal point disbursements (in aggregate) (ie, aggregate points earned – in 2026W01 – from the actuarial directory ⥂ should equal ⥃ aggregate points earned – in 2026W01 – from the news directory )
       1. Primary Reason: Froogle aims to reward all website visitors equally (regardless of where their interests lie).
  • In other words, these Froogle Points are not arbitrary
• Numerical
  • Froogle Points are strictly numerical; and - therefore - are easy to track
• Refresh Guard
  • refreshing a page (ie, with [F5]) will not increase the point totals (re-visiting a page will, though)
• Uninvasive
  • Does not require user accounts
• Visual Notification
  • a simple animation runs [on the top bar] in order to signal a change in your Froogle Points

Froogle's Commentary

• This is just an easy/simple/uninvasive way to track how much progress (knowledge, resources, etc.) you've made in your financial/insurance life
• Froogle's Founder uses this website everyday, and he's looking forward to the benefits of this point system (read more about Froogle here)
• In the future, Froogle will make these Froogle Points more robust