This is reeeeaaally belated because I kept forgetting to respond, but the one thing I wanted to say is, it'd be nice if there were more options to gain influence points! For example, cap the monthly max at 15 (except when there's a special event bonus in addition, of course!) but have multiple ways to reach that 15. So if there's a slow TDM one month, or someone tagged two new CR but the threads were just too slow to reach 10+ comments, or so on, it'd be possible to submit additional threads to catch other/more bonuses. This would still keep the total capped so that players don't gain too much too quickly, while requiring players to be active to earn it. It just would avoid the whole penalizing people if the other person doesn't tag fast enough or so on!