thanks vs reps

[ADEE]

Anyone else see a drastic drop in rep points being given out? I know for me its much easier to just "thank" someone on the post, i love that it lists who all has given the thanks but is that hindering the rep points given to anyone?

just wondering

[dsirkle]

I had been pondering the new "Thanks" feature also and had likewise started a thread on it. One thing that I saw while thinking about it was an old post by JLC (if memory serves) concerning rep points. It said that rep points were not intended to be given to someone just because you like the post or agree with the post. More of exceptional criteria were intended for the giving out of rep points. My guess is that the thanks feature was added to be a somewhat lesser form of accolade than are rep points to make rep points a little more special and not given so freely.

[ADEE]

OIC.. that make sense. i have always really enjoyed reading the rep point comments

[JLC]

The "Thanks" are a more public pat-on-the-back....whereas rep points are only ever seen by the recipient. "Thanks" is also more of a "one click" feature that folks are more likely to use. And yes...they are appropriate to be used for any post you would just naturally want to say "Thank you" to the person posting it. Whereas the rep system is ideally more suited to those exceptional posts. But many people use it for a variety of different reasons, and that is fine, too, so long as there is no abuse of the negative comments.

That being said...there are no particular restrictions on giving out positive reps and if you like the rep system, then by all means please continue to use it. If you continue to use it, then others will, too.

[Wh00h0069]

I don't know how to give rep points.

[JLC]

I don't know how to give rep points.

To the left of every post is the box that has the author's name and avatar picture and some statistical info. At the bottom of that box is a row of little icons. One of them looks like this: . When you're looking at a post that you think is worthy of an additional rep point for the author (or that you believe is so bad it is worth taking away a rep point)....click on that button and it will bring up a little pop-up box where you choose to leave a positive or negative rep point (it is positive by default) and you fill in a reason why you're giving the point.

[Wh00h0069]

To the left of every post is the box that has the author's name and avatar picture and some statistical info. At the bottom of that box is a row of little icons. One of them looks like this: . When you're looking at a post that you think is worthy of an additional rep point for the author (or that you believe is so bad it is worth taking away a rep point)....click on that button and it will bring up a little pop-up box where you choose to leave a positive or negative rep point (it is positive by default) and you fill in a reason why you're giving the point.

Great, thanks.

[Microddot]

How does one find out how many points they have?

[snakecharmer3638]

How does one find out how many points they have?

At the top of this and all pages there is a NAV bar with several options. there is one called (User CP). If you click on that then go to the bottom of the page it will show you your rep points.

[ThyTempest]

Quick question about all this to the admin...

Is there a certain number of rep points needed before another "rep bar" is added in your quick profile.

Also, a little off topic, but how does rep correspond to user, veteran, etc.