When the board code "sees" a new user that has no points, it first assumes they are an existing user, and attempts to calculate a points basis based
on posting history. So, occasionally, for new users, there must be a glitch in their favor.
I thought that I might have been seeing point bumps a few weeks ago too, but perhaps you have the answer...
In which case, and not saying this specifically about Martinez at all, but how would it affect the survey results to have some people responding who
are brand new to the site, and have never posted before?
I noticed it a while ago. I joined not that long ago with zero points. Then some new member would post their hello thread and thet already had more
points than me. I thought I was doing something wrong.