Current Reputation Settings as of July 26, 2008

[iacas]

I made some minor tweaks and ran the script which re-processes reputation based on a starting value of 10.



a) Post Count Factor: 500 -> 1000
b) Reputation Point Factor: 25 -> 50
c) Daily Reputation Clicks Limit: 5 -> 3
d) Reputation User Spread: 3 -> 9

a) Some users had too much rep power simply because they post frequently. I'd much rather favor quality over quantity in posts.

b) Discourages people repping each other back and forth to give themselves more power.

c) Reputation is supposed to be for exceptional posts (good or bad), and it's unlikely there are more than 3 exceptional posts per day. Use your reputation more judiciously.

d) In addition to using it more judiciously, spread it out more too. Also helps to avoid B.

[iacas]

Oh, and you'll notice that my reputation went from 279 to 189 or something, and my rep power went from 34 or something to 16.

So it wasn't done to my benefit, but because I think it's a fairer setup. My main goal was to make reputation a far "less important" part of using the site while at the same time maintaining some sort of purpose for it. Currently, if you're a 10-rep guy or higher, it doesn't matter if you're a 32 or a 42. Anything 10+ gets you the exact same set of privileges.

[wilnham]

im not sure i understand what the rep stuff actually is

[GaijinGolfer]

im not sure i understand what the rep stuff actually is

Its just a way of rating how good of a poster we all are.

Other forum users can give you positive or negative feedback for you posts. Positive feedback for exceptionally good posts and negative feedback for exceptionally bad posts.

[wilnham]

Its just a way of rating how good of a poster we all are.

ahh i see, thanks for the help

[Smallville]

The problem is, what's considered a bad post? Because someone posts an opinion that differs from someone else and that person gives bad rep? Or is it some profanity-laced post? Or is it a post that is off topic? Or is it someone just posting for no apparant reason other than to increase their post count? What exactly is a "BAD" post that would warrant bad rep being given? And can that rep be reversed by the administrators if it's not obvious why bad rep was given?

I ask this because in a thread that has pretty much died out for now I was one of few who was posting against the majority of the rest (about 13% to 87%) and I was wondering if I was going to get bad rep because of that (I was hoping not but on forums, you never know!). I am glad to say that in my case anyway, my disagreements did not acquire me any bad rep. In fact, several people who I disagreed with got good rep from me because they made valid points and didn't back down from their stance. On the other hand, I gave good rep to some of those who had similar ideas to mine who did not back down and go the other way either and stayed true to their belief even though they were in the minority.

I don't know if I have ever seen rep points before on a forum I belong to but I feel there should be a posted standard as to what constitutes good and bad rep because no one wants to be known as a trouble-maker.

[Smallville]

I found the thread that discusses this in-depth; if I have any more questions I'll post them later, i suppose, in that thread. In the meantime, disregard some of the previous post!

[GaijinGolfer]

[SIZE="2"]The problem is, what's considered a bad post? Because someone posts an opinion that differs from someone else and that person gives bad rep? Or is it some profanity-laced post? Or is it a post that is off topic? Or is it someone just posting for no apparant reason other than to increase their post count? What exactly is a "BAD" post that would warrant bad rep being given? And can that rep be reversed by the administrators if it's not obvious why bad rep was given?

You shouldnt give someone a bad rep for disagreeing with you, but if you are rude, you should reciever bad rep.

If you feel that someone gave you bad rep and you didnt deserve it, PM Iacas and he will look into it. If you he agrees you didnt deserve bad rep, he will remove it. At the same time, you shouldnt give someone positive rep for agreeing with you or as thanks for giving you positive rep. You should give them positive rep for making great posts, be it for intellectual content or for being really helpful and nice to another member.