Reputation -- Alive and Well!!

[snakecharmer3638]

The downside to this, is that people could easily reach a high reputation level only by posting “nice snake” or “ nice picture” which ultimately would make the reputation system meaningless.

I don't know if it would make the rep system totally meaningless. I think part of having a good rep is taking the time to read threads, make nice comments about peoples animals, and taking the time to welcome new people to the site.

[Kaorte]

I just have to say I found out about the rep system when I was just a wee newbie and I have always tried to use it as much as possible. I love the rep system and I check my rep and everyone elses rep all the time. Maybe I have no life....

Anyway, thank you for reviving it! It is a great system and it really encourages me and other to learn more and do good

Oh yeah, keep the thanks, and keep it separate from the rep points. I think they have very separate purposes and meanings.

Yay rep system!!

[wilomn]

I don't know if it would make the rep system totally meaningless. I think part of having a good rep is taking the time to read threads, make nice comments about peoples animals, and taking the time to welcome new people to the site.

No, that's part of being a nice person, NOT necessarily having any knowledge.

There is a substantial difference.

I don't want to go to the head of the welcoming committee if I have a problem with a snake. I want someone who knows how to help me, not tell me what a pretty picture I took or how nice my snake is.

There's nothing wrong with that, being nice, I guess, but there is not any way to know anything about that persons actual knowledge if all we go by is the number of thanks tallied up.

One is very nice, the other is useful for more than knowing who to invite to social gatherings.

[JLC]

I don't know if it would make the rep system totally meaningless. I think part of having a good rep is taking the time to read threads, make nice comments about peoples animals, and taking the time to welcome new people to the site.

That may or may not be true...however, the mechanics of the system don't allow for a ratio of thanks:rep.

[Lolo76]

Go in user CP and you should be able to see the last 15 threads for which you earned a rep point.

It will show the name of the thread, the date, the name of the user who left the rep point and comment if any.

Hmmmmmm... I went into my user CP, and can't find anything! I think I have rep points, so how exactly do I get to them?

[JLC]

Hmmmmmm... I went into my user CP, and can't find anything! I think I have rep points, so how exactly do I get to them?

Everyone starts off with 10 rep points and one green box. If nothing new has been added to that starting point, then they won't show on your user CP yet. I just repped your last post, so you can go back and see what it looks like. Let me know if you still have trouble finding it.

(BTW, Your current rep-score total can be found in the top-right corner of the box that shows your rep comments)

[Lolo76]

Ah cha.... I see it now! Thanks for my first rep point!

[MarkS]

I like both systems and think they both serve useful yet different purposes. My only complaint about the rep system has been that when someone has been particularly helpful, I can't give them positive rep points for different posts unless I've 'spread around some reputation to to others before I can give them to this use again' (or whatever that message says) It's always seemed to me that it's penalizing a user for being on a roll and being particularly helpful.

[wilomn]

I like both systems and think they both serve useful yet different purposes. My only complaint about the rep system has been that when someone has been particularly helpful, I can't give them positive rep points for different posts unless I've 'spread around some reputation to to others before I can give them to this use again' (or whatever that message says) It's always seemed to me that it's penalizing a user for being on a roll and being particularly helpful.

Remember looswheel and dandy and those wonderful folks at Fauna? They were going around repping the heck out of eachother to build up their points without actually deserving the accrued totals.

Rich put a limit on how many times you could give positive or negative reps without doing so to other members to prevent it.

The same thing here. If we were chums and wanted to up our reps all we would have to do is keep sending eachother good points for every post we made, totally invalidating the entire system.

The sneaky turds ruin it for the good guys every time.

[JLC]

The sneaky turds ruin it for the good guys every time.

Ha! At least with the spreading around feature, the sneaky turds have to give props to innocent folks while they play their games.