# Downloading points
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 3, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005 "2016-10-03T02:52:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005/1 "2016-10-03T02:52:52Z")
In the forum, sometimes we we have to upload files for downloading. I wonder why there is no downloading points system in Discourse. You see in almost every forum, downloading files should have to pay something, like downloading points.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005/2 "2016-10-03T10:27:53Z")
You mean similar to this plugin?
> [@«Restrict Files» plugin. Sell a digital content on your Discourse forum! (version 1.2.1, 2015-07-19)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-files-plugin-sell-a-digital-content-on-your-discourse-forum-version-1-2-1-2015-07-19/29775/1):
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> Live example here: [«Restricted Files» plugin (version 2.1, 2016-12-11) - Discourse Plugins](http://discourse.pro/t/33) The «Restrict Files» plugin allows you to restrict access to downloads (attached files) so only users of permitted groups can download files from your Discourse forum. So you can sell digital content through your Discourse forum. To receive payments from your customers you can use my another Discourse plugin «[PayPal Buy Now](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paypal-buy-now-plugin-monetize-your-discourse-forum/29701/)». Also you can offer your digital content for free, but only to members of perm…
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### Author:  [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005/3 "2016-10-03T15:15:51Z")
No. It’s not some group that can download files without limits, but any group should have the permission to download, with downloading points. Eg, if you have 10 points, so you can download 10 files, not any more. If your files are downloaded, then you earn 1 point, etc.
Any one should have the downloading permission, but no one can download infinitely.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005/4 "2016-10-03T15:19:27Z")
This sounds like it is better for plugin territory, as it sounds like a very specific use-case.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005/5 "2016-10-04T20:40:38Z")
Yeah, with the current cloud hosting offerings that can run Discourse, most of them don’t have you paying for bandwidth, so unlimited downloading of files isn’t really a problem.
Also the fact that images and attachments are stored in the same manner…
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### Author:  [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005/6 "2017-02-07T07:24:29Z")
The Biggest deal that we need a points system is not really for downloading files, but a reward system that can make people feel addicted to the forum.
I believe a forum is easily **dead** , if we can’t find a good way of solving such problem.
I don’t know how it can be done. Maybe downloading points system is a good solvement, but well, **Who Knows?**
And other good advices?
ref
> [@What is the exact Meaning of The Community Spirit?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-exact-meaning-of-the-community-spirit/56882):
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> Hi, I always hear about the Community Spirit, while I searched the community, I didn’t find a good post talking about such “Community Spirit” and its development. Rather, I’ve read something about the chinese discourse forum Here we discussed what is the vitality of a forum when there already being facebook, twitter, zhihu, weibo, wechat, etc. When almost all the reading are based on cell phone, what kind of community do we need to build? Do we still need a forum or a BBS community? I …