REP threshold — open questions

[david-gauquelin]

• [x] #231
• [x] While creating a Persona, can I set a higher REP threshold than my current total REP?
• [x] Interesting case: I created a Persona in a previous cycle and saved it as a draft. Now (in a next cycle), I lost some REP and I'm under the REP threshold I set for this Persona. Can I add seed posts? Can I publish it?
• [x] When I want to submit a post to a Persona, do we count my total REP (including staked REP) or my available REP (excluding staked REP)?
• [x] If I don't have 5 REP I shouldn't be able to start creating a Persona? Otherwise we might have an issue with the threshold dropdown if I can't select anything

[david-gauquelin]

Here are my thoughts:

For the first point, see in the design #231

I wouldn't allow to create a Persona with higher REP threshold than my current total because I can publish it with my seed posts

For the interesting case in the 3rd point, here's what I would suggest:

• I wouldn't let you write a seed post to a Persona if you don't have the minimum needed REP. In most cases, this won't be an issue because if you write your first seed post in the same cycle then you will have enough REP (see point 2). In the case you're writing a seed post in a subsequent cycle and your REP total fell under the threshold then I wouldn't let you write a seed post — but you can edit the Persona details and lower the threshold.
• If you already wrote 5 seed posts, you should be able to publish the Persona because you had enough REP when you wrote the seed posts

Lastly, I would use the total REP (including staked REP) — it feels fairs to count staked REP and not assume that it's lost

[david-gauquelin]

After talking to @vojtechsimetka and @sugarpusher a simpler idea could be to not check REP for writing seed posts but rather at the moment of publishing

[david-gauquelin]

I would display an alert/error if I click on create Persona and I don't have 5 REP

[david-gauquelin]

So I think we've answered all the questions here.

While creating a Persona, can I set a higher REP threshold than my current total REP?

NO. We shouldn't allow me to select a higher REP than my current total REP (including staked REP).

Interesting case: I created a Persona in a previous cycle and saved it as a draft. Now (in a next cycle), I lost some REP and I'm under the REP threshold I set for this Persona. Can I add seed posts? Can I publish it?

We can add seed posts regardless of the amount REP we currently have. But we check the REP total when I click on Publish Persona and if I have less than the Persona threshold I can't publish, we display an error. The Persona stays in draft until I can publish it (I can also modify the REP threshold).

When I want to submit a post to a Persona, do we count my total REP (including staked REP) or my available REP (excluding staked REP)?

We count the total REP (including staked REP). The reasoning is that we still consider that I owned staked REP in this cycle.

If I don't have 5 REP I shouldn't be able to start creating a Persona? Otherwise we might have an issue with the threshold dropdown if I can't select anything

NO. We should have at least 5 REP to start creating a persona. We check this when someone clicks on "create persona". If not we display an error.

[vojtechsimetka]

All build, closing the issue