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Originally Posted by VelocityBoy

It is puzzling, it's an experiment and I may nuke it after a couple of weeks.

There's this really great article (I think by Clay Shirky) that goes into the problems that community forums and social sites face when they grow. And one of the big things recommended is that the owners of the forums should do is give power to most regular and dedicated members to be able to take control of the community. That means firstly being able to identify those people, and then giving them the means to do stuff.

The reputation system is part of that, it provides a means to identify those who are the most central to the community.

As those core people earn positive reputation their influence on other peoples' reputation increases.

What the means is that when there is a troll being a twat, that is those core people identify the troll and give negative rep, they mark his reputation in a way that the rest of the forum users know to ignore the fellow. Basically it gives the core members power.

That there is theory behind it... that once a community gets too big it has problems relating to size that become more and more annoying. We aren't there yet, nowhere near. But what I'm doing is experimenting with the features of the software to see ahead of time which of the features are the most powerful for you guys. Which things will most help?

So this is just an experiment, and in a couple of weeks I'll look at how it's being used and probably will just ask you via a poll whether you want it or not, whether you think it has any value.

And yeah, you can just disable it in your UserCp > Options.

Originally Posted by BringMeMyFix

Thanks for adding Reputation to this user. Like their ego needed inflating. Thanks again, for nothing.

Originally Posted by pajamas

ok here's a couple of questions - seeing as someone is operating it wildly different to my ideas about it (I still presume some people are using it as an alternate way of kissing each other's ass or high five-ing - Shin and Object (near the top) are just the kind of nancies I can imagine spend their days doing this instead of just calling to say "I love you"..*) isn't there some way of deciding what it's for? I mean i take it we're saying it could be given to someone for anything from flaming a troll, calming down a flaming situation, making a statement about pedestrians - to calling your mate a cunt at a particularly apt moment (ie the 17th time that day) - then used to actually flame, or used over-sensitively (I still don't think I've actually used it - why not just reply +1 or pm your admiration or annoyance?)

Next idea - do we have access to exactly what has occured to hike us up the list or send us spiralling down - ie can we see the action log?

I'm kind of intrigued by this even though I'm not really seeing its point.

*shin and object you know I am only joking, please don't neg me...it's lovely to know something real can blossom out of cyberspace..

Originally Posted by pajamas

well, yeah - my post wasn't out of some need to be rep'd it's more that it's weird to me that anyone's doing it - kind of like secret agreement or disagreement. I think I said a few weeks ago I post far too much horseshit to warrant points, I think I probably get on most people's tits. But the idea of a forum seems to be at its best when things are out in the open, not voiced as stealth moves. Unless it's complaints of course.

Anyway I'll STFU now.


like the way Shin couldn't get his act together...

Originally Posted by Object

I've had a quite a few negative rep points too.
To be honest, I was at first for about 2 weeks and it entertained me greatly.

As you know I don't need people to give me their opinion of me. I'm steadfast in my own opinions and that is all that ever really matters.

If people find some things I find funny then fair play but remember that half of what I say is bollocks and the rest is ranting. I can be a total cunt at times but people seem to like that.

I do like the fact that PJ and myself have dominated the ratings for a long time and all we do is make cutting remarks and post darkly amusing satire about ourselves.

It's all very "TV phone in competition" isn't it?

Originally Posted by mashton

Fuck the top of the list, what is happening at the bottom? Who is cruz, who is WADA and what is the warning all about? Fascinating...

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bill

This WADA organisation (or whatever group it is) that regulates the reputation thing on here is clearly utterly and totally corrupt.

How else to explain the manifest unjustice that is seeing hippy, dogs and BMMF with higher reputation scores than me? For Gods sake, two of the above-mentioned are colonials, and the other is a self-confessed drug-abuser and a well-known pendant. This bitter calumny is too much for this poor soul to bear. Alas, I am RUINED!

You, whoever you are, will be hearing from my lawyers.

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bill

the other is a self-confessed drug-abuser and a well-known pendant.

Originally Posted by roxy

hey, where does one see their reputation? I can't find mine. I'm on page 4 of the "sort by reputation" thingy, I can do that, but um can't find why.

is it just based on how funny you are? just other people's opinion? or also how long you've been a a member, etc...?

Originally Posted by eyebrows

it's in your User CP- if you click on the link, then scroll down- you can see what people think of you.

Originally Posted by roxy

is it just based on how funny you are? just other people's opinion? or also how long you've been a a member, etc...?

Originally Posted by pinkgottimobbs

i Still Cant Find Any Rep On My User Cp. Dose That Meen I Have None? I Would Have Thought I Would Be Knee Deep In Negative Rep For My Spelling.