Another Rep Question

this is a subject that i've wanted to discuss for a little while. although i understand the admins don't want us to give points to one person all the time, i find it disappointing when i see a post that i soooo want to give points to and it won't allow me to.

wouldn't it be great if the system allowed us to give reputation points whenever we want and IF we abuse the system then our ability is limited?

(smulkin has it been long enough for this to be revisited?)

cause i would much rather get reputation points for good/great posts rather than getting them cause someone wants to give someone else points and needs to 'spread em around' first. i'd like to know my points are realllly meant to tell me i'm being curtious and helpful rather than wondering if it's just the 'spread'.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

cause i would much rather get reputation points for good/great posts rather than getting them cause someone wants to give someone else points and needs to 'spread em around' first. i'd like to know my points are realllly meant to tell me i'm being curtious and helpful rather than wondering if it's just the 'spread'.

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I actually ran into this problem YESTERDAY... with one of YOUR posts! It was so helpful, and I couldn't give you rep points because I had already done so earlier that day or the previous day.

It's not a perfect system... but could you imagine all the PM's and emails Matt would get if he just opened it up with people claiming abuse? Not a perfect system, but certainly A system....

heehee, yup you did on the 15th (and thank you very much :) )

i'm not saying to open it right up... but perhaps loosen the purse strings just a tad? my suggestion would be 3 reps between - so people like me who don't give HUGE amounts of rep points could still give them out when i see a great post!

To begin with, I'd like to just compliment the community here. I've been active (to some extent or another) on a variety of different online forums about a number of different topics and BP.net is, quite honestly, one of the best I've seen. Most communities are poorly managed, while those that start out well often seem to fall apart (particularly as the number of members increases). Congratulations (and thank you!) for providing a wonderful place full of useful information and polite discourse on an interesting subject.

I'm relatively new here and haven't really used the rep system -- in fact, I only found out about it by accident while tweaking my options a bit. Having said that, I think it would be a good idea to decrease the "spread" number. I've been following the forum pretty actively since I joined and I can only think of 8 or sopeople who I've noticed regularly posting really good information -- actually, those are probably the only users whose names I can think of, simply because they're the ones consistently, actively contributing quality material.

Lowering the spread any further is not feasible for a couple of reasons, unfortunately.

First - since it would slant the rate points can be accrued some of the rep-based promotions etc would have to be reworked. Not a problem in itself but someone who has for example just come up on a promotion would be effectively demoted.

Second - there has been some accrual of points which is unwarranted - folks just giving each other points because they can, or are bored or have a group of folks who just pass them back and forth for the sheer purpose of helping each other accrue them - this would tilt that more out of control.

It is an imperfect system to be sure though in rare occasions proves itself immesely valuable.

fair enough :) thanks for explaining it!

Thanks for the explanation. Anyway, the site seems to be working quite well the way it is....so no complaints from me!