Reputation Usage

[admin]

So far there have been 2373 reputation instances since the forums opened. Of these over 90% were either positive or neutral.

Of the negative reps that have been given the vast majority of them have been for bad info or bad behaviour in the tech sections of the forum. This is great to see as you guys can use it to help weed out the rubbish yourselves.

Looking at the comments is a bit of a cause of concern for me though. There are too many left with no comment. If you want the rep vote to have it's maximum effect the person needs to know why they got it. If you're happy with a persons posts let them know about it and if you think they deserve negative rep then tell them why.

Basically keep up the good work using the rep system as it helps us all to have a way to measure users contribution to the forum.

[Jorrs]

yeh agreed leave comments, makes u feel all good inside when u read them

[Jackel]

hey admin man/women (norbie?)

is there an option inwhich the admin has to view the reputation before it comes into affect or would that take up to much time?

[takai]

Can you imagine how much effort that would be, there have been 2300 rep votes since September, thats like 230 a day. Imagine if someone had to sit down and go through every last one of those....

[Stefan]

Looking at the comments is a bit of a cause of concern for me though. There are too many left with no comment.

Easy to fix - make the comment field mandatory.

[roadsailing]

easy to get around, write X in the comment field.

if there is a character lmit, write "lAWEJNR;Lwker;nwertnas;djfng" in the comment field.

[SeptemberSquall]

easy to get around, write X in the comment field.

if there is a character lmit, write "lAWEJNR;Lwker;nwertnas;djfng" in the comment field.

I reckon it's sheer laziness that makes people leave commentless rep. If you make them write something, I think most would take thee seconds to make it something intelligable.

[oldcorollas]

can a hack be done so you LOSE rep if you don't put a comment?

[Stefan]

I reckon it's sheer laziness that makes people leave commentless rep. If you make them write something, I think most would take thee seconds to make it something intelligable.

EXACTLY my reasoning.

[WiLo]

is it possible to have the number of reps in between giving it to the same person lowered?
i dont give out rep that often, given pos rep to people who deserve it and neg reps to people that post utter crap, there is one person that made a post and was told they should edit it unless they want some neg repping, the person has gone into another thread and replied with null 10 char or something along those lines.

[The Witzl]

Wilo,

this is why it is important to use the rep system regularly. If someone makes a good post - reward them! The "spread the love" rule of 15 votes before giving to the same person again is very valid in my belief, as it stops the rep system being abused and people's rep growing too fast in comparison to others.

[takai]

Aye, and certainly those of us who do have rapidly growing reps tend to get the rep from a wide range of people. The 15 votes is a pretty good system.

[davedave]

can a hack be done so you LOSE rep if you don't put a comment?

I'm positive I could whip something up in a matter of minutes. But my last toymods hack took well over 6 months between coding and integration =)

[RONA]

can a hack be done so you LOSE rep if you don't put a comment?

I reckon that is one of the best suggestions to date. Seriously especially with neg rep it helps to leave a comment so the user can actually know what they have done wrong.

Even for positive rep it would be nice to know why.

[sw20r]

umm sorry if this is off topic. but how do you find how you got the rep points? mine keeps going up 1 a week :s

[roadsailing]

click on "user CP" - user control panel

then you should be able to see which threads you have been rewarded for.

[sw20r]

Oh didn't notice that! thank you very much

[myne]

Bah how frustrating is it that I keep seeing a good post, clicking rep, and being denied by "you must spread more to other people"
I dont care who the poster is, I'm not trying to inflate their rep artificially. If I like a post, learned something, I want to encourage it.
But it's annoying the hell out of me that I keep getting that message. I dont feel like repping non-insightful posts, but it looks like I may have to. Or simply not give rep at all.

As a side note, the rep system is interesting to say the least. I earned 5 points from a post that took 2 seconds and contained only a useful link, but for other posts that required thought, I've often earned none. Not that it matters to me personally anymore. I've now reached "enough points to not care" status. Just pointing it out because it shouldnt be like that.

[oldcorollas]

As a side note, the rep system is interesting to say the least. I earned 5 points from a post that took 2 seconds and contained only a useful link, but for other posts that required thought, I've often earned none. Not that it matters to me personally anymore. I've now reached "enough points to not care" status. Just pointing it out because it shouldnt be like that.

just like life eh? you don't always get cred for the stuff that takes time and effort

[river]

Hi,

In regards to a good post that you can't rep 'cos "you gotta spread the love", then go back to that post occasionally and hopefully by then you'll be able to rep it - assuming you've been repping in between to make up the required number of reps.

seeyuzz
river