How the Economy Works
topfight runs on two currencies. Everything on the site — the rankings, the rewards, the backing — comes from these two.
Two currencies
ㅽ — the daily cheer. Every day you get a fresh allotment of ㅽ. It does not accumulate — use it or lose it. Tapping ㅽ on a person, a post, or a comment is how you say "this is it." It costs you nothing but the tap.
ik² — the earned backing. ik² is what you earn by participating, and what you spend to back a star. When you spend ik² on a star, it is permanently recorded on their profile. It never decays.
How you earn ik²
1. When others cheer your words. When people tap ㅽ on your posts and comments, those cheers are collected and converted into ik² at the daily settlement. Ten cheers make one ik².
2. When you participate. Tapping ㅽ and spending ik² both count as activity. The more you curate and back, the larger your activity yield at settlement.
3. When you do anything. Every action on topfight earns. Writing, commenting, viewing, sharing, searching, attending, inviting — each one adds to your activity.
Daily settlement
Once every 24 hours, the settlement engine runs. It converts received ㅽ into ik² for authors, refills everyone's daily ㅽ, and pays out activity yields. Currency only grows in proportion to real activity — nothing is minted out of thin air.
Two rankings
Buzz Ranking moves fast. It reflects what is hot right now — views, mentions, reactions over the last days. A star can rise overnight.
ik² Total Ranking never decays. It is the permanent record of how much ik² the community has spent backing a star. It shows who has the most committed fans over time.
Neither ranking is ever adjusted by hand. The numbers are what they are, because the community made them that way.
Questions
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