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# Bonus karma shares

A bonus share is the portion of a bonus pool that each user receives at the end of a bonus period (day, week, month, or quarter). It's calculated proportionally — the more karma a user earned during the period, the larger their share of the bonus coins.

### How it works

The total bonus pool is divided among users based on their share of the karma earned that period. If someone earned 70% of all karma given out, they receive 70% of the bonus coins.

### Example

**Setup:**
* Monthly bonus pool: 500 coins
* Four team members all received karma this month

**Karma earned during the month:**
* Alice: 40 karma
* Bob: 30 karma
* Carol: 20 karma
* Dan: 10 karma
* Total: 100 karma

**Bonus distribution:**
* Alice: 40% of 500 = **200 coins**
* Bob: 30% of 500 = **150 coins**
* Carol: 20% of 500 = **100 coins**
* Dan: 10% of 500 = **50 coins**

**The formula**
`Individual bonus = (karma earned by user ÷ total karma earned by all users) × bonus pool`

**Things worth knowing**
Users who received zero karma during the period receive no bonus coins. The bonus pool resets at the start of each new period — karma does not carry over from one period to the next for bonus calculation purposes.

You can configure the bonus pool size and period length in Settings → Rewards → Bonus program
.