The BOINC Credits claimed for the longer HST1 by my i7-4770K have just dropped from around 32 per hour down to 14, with the total always being 222.1 as per _0 in this example. The wingman claimed exactly the same total amount. Not happy

HST1_ 001718_ 000056_ MT0016_ T400_ F00093_ S00002_ 0-- Microsoft Windows 10 Core x64 Edition, (10.00.10586.00) 714 Valid 06/05/16 12:03:07 08/05/16 08:37:56 15.59 222.1 / 222.1
HST1_ 001718_ 000056_ MT0016_ T400_ F00093_ S00002_ 1-- Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.10586.00) 714 Valid 06/05/16 12:03:07 08/05/16 01:50:37 18.99 222.1 / 222.1

I agree with what's important and I'm carrying on crunching HST. However, some people do go where the points are, and points problems at WCG mean we lose, or fail to attract, some crunchers - that directly affects the research. It's therefore worth highlighting when problems like this occur.

I was afraid that some would take the "High Road" and claim that its all about the research, it is of course. But taking that position really nullify's the hundreds of hours the development team invested years ago creating the point system in an effort to attract and motivate volunteers. Obviously they considered their efforts very important.

In fact, the WCG may be the only distributed network that continues to reward milestones with colored badges... Yes, it better than a "Certificate" or a "Thank you'. As a result, everyone is well motivated, there is better retention, and the project gets more work done. That's how the system was designed and it usually works well.

My concern here is really not the buggy point system, invalid work units or 20+ hour tasks, since every project has some sort of issue. Its really about the lack of anyone in management fully grasping these problems, communicating with us that they understand and and are actually doing something to resolve them.

The worst thing you can do to a project is ignore the customer base. So, where are the regular progress reports or a "punch list" that we can review online? Does anyone know the name of the director of this project? Does upper management really have an understanding of what has transpired and that the volunteers are becoming more and more frustrated?.

Lets be constructive here, it's more than just reporting a bug about a ridiculously low credit claim for longer running tasks, the real concern is about poor management and their perceived apathy about this project. There should be open and regular communication with whose who are "in charge" leading the way and setting appropriate expectations. Unfortunately, they haven't with any regularity. And we wish it was different.

The thousands of loyal volunteers from all over the world who routinely donate both their time and money deserve better.

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I totally agree with vjahn1.
Yves

Bearcat, you do understand that is not how things work around here, right? Even if everyone who reads the forum decides to not crunch this project, the exact same amount of HSTB will be crunched (just by other crunchers -- those that select all projects)