Reputation

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Originally Posted by gep13

Is this another situation where it would be a break from the vBulletin template and it would need to be modified following each upgrade?

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I don't think so - it's already available but only to site admins (not even mods).

Marty, you know more than anybody else how much "grief" this "monster" gave me in the past.
I was against it since day one and now you ask me to ignore it? Not a chance, I'm afraid.

But as Brad already stated, it's sort of defeats the purpose. If the idea of it is to give a clear overview of the relative stature of all members on the site, if some members have it turned off, it ceases to do that.

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

Alright,

1) They might encourage infrequent members...
Don't see how.

2) Gives competitive people a means to compete...
I'm here to help - not compete. Maybe you?

3) Those red beacons say SOOOOOO much...
I could care less and I'm sure many others feel the same way.

4) I have suggested before that rep/post might be a meaningful metric. I don't feel very strongly about this...
Your feelings are on the right side because it's meaningless.

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There is no polite response to this, so I shall just say that I have seen it.

Speaking of reputation, people have given me negative, positive, and neutral reputations. I only ever see one option. Why?

Hey,

Only Moderators and PowerPosters are able to give a disapprove rating. Everyone else can only give positive rep. Depending on the amount of posts the giver has, you will either get a neutral rep or a positive one.

Check out the FAQ's, there is a very detailed FAQ on the giving and receiving of reps.

Gary

That makes sense. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by minitech

Speaking of reputation, people have given me negative, positive, and neutral reputations. I only ever see one option. Why?

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BTW the "neutral" reps are from people who have less than 20 posts.

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

Can I make a suggestion? Since most of the members like it (for whatever reason) let's let those who do like it use it, and those that don't like it or don't care about it ignore it.

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Great suggestion.

May I make another? A relative newbie, I have much to learn, but I'm at
least aware of the User CP and it's default state of listing Reps.

However, there does not seem to be a way to pull up a list of whom I've
given Reps to (whereas PM's show both ways). I'm sure you guys keep
track of this. Hence -- could such a feature be added? (unless I'm missing something)

BTW, one potential benefit of such a listing would be an "at-a-glance" view of
why you are getting the "spread more Rep" message. If the person you
want to rate is three down on your list, you'd know you'd have two more to rep
before being able to re-rep this guy.

Spoo

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Originally Posted by penagate

The argument in favour of the reputation system is that it makes it "easy" to identify whether or not someone's response is likely to be correct and of value or not... in theory.

For example, if I joined this forum, asked a question, and got several responses from new members and one from RhinoBull, I would treat the response from Rhino as most likely to be the correct one, based on his reputation. If I received a response from someone in the red, I would be more inclined to disregard it.

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I just started looking at this thread today and only read a handful of the posts but what penagate says here is for me the strongest argument in favor of having the present reputation system. There are of course certain evils that may occur with the system but I think that they can be tolerated.

Earning money can involve enduring certain hardships. The bum on the street doesn't concern himself with earning money but among the people that do earn money we should try to live by the highest standards possible. This analogy could apply to using the reputation system. Try not to be motivated by being famous and earning lots of reputation. Give the best advice possible but don't be concerned with whether or not you recieve any reputation.

Here on VBForums I've recieved much help from members that have high reputation counts and I appreciate the help very much. I haven't given much help partly because I'm no expert in Visual Basic and I don't spend a lot of time trying to answer other people's problems but I appreciate those souls that do spend much time answering other people's problems.

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Originally Posted by EntityX

Give the best advice possible but don't be concerned with whether or not you recieve any reputation.

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Entity .. I agree 100% :thumb:
I'm a little leery of guys who include "Rate ME" in their signature lines.

BTW.. I find that when I need to take a break from my own project,
giving help, especially to newbies, can be a great diversion and rather
satisfying to boot (although, it IS nice to get a pat on the back with
added Rep -- and as you can see, I've got a long way to go :wave: )

Spoo

I second that Entity ... that's pretty much how I operate, so I don't care if we keep it or not, but I do give reps when I feel they are deserved, more often than not, it's for threads I'm not even a part of...

Spoo - I'm not leery of such links/notes in sigs... but I just find it annoying.... might as well read "I've got self-esteem problems, stroke my ego and gimmie points" ... when they're small, it doesn't bother me so much... it's the ones in bold.... 50 colors, italics, underlined and in 72pt text that get me.

-tg

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Originally Posted by techgnome

... but I just find it annoying.... might as well read "I've got self-esteem problems, stroke my ego and gimmie points" ... when they're small, it doesn't bother me so much... it's the ones in bold.... 50 colors, italics, underlined and in 72pt text that get me.

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TG

LOL.. leery wasn't the best choice of words.. your 72pt text comment,
however, nails it !! BANG.

Spoo