I've discovered that it increases, but I still feel it hampers activity. At level 6 I still don't have enough subscriptions to subscribe to all of the default tribes that interest me and all of the tiny emerging tribes I'd like to help grow. With the biggest (and extremely solvable) problem of the site being a tiny userbase, I dislike the idea of making participation more difficult.
Another good point someone brought up is that the limit encourages meaningless activity in order to increase the level. Requiring a certain number of comments, snaps, etc. can be good because it rewards experience, but it also rewards spam. Lurkers that rarely participate are also punished with the current system.
I've discovered that it increases, but I still feel it hampers activity. At level 6 I still don't have enough subscriptions to subscribe to all of the default tribes that interest me and all of the tiny emerging tribes I'd like to help grow. With the biggest (and extremely solvable) problem of the site being a tiny userbase, I dislike the idea of making participation more difficult.
Another good point someone brought up is that the limit encourages meaningless activity in order to increase the level. Requiring a certain number of comments, snaps, etc. can be good because it rewards experience, but it also rewards spam. Lurkers that rarely participate are also punished with the current system.