2003-11-06, 18:26 | Link #1 |
Tenshi
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Reputation
I just noticed some (new?) button at the bottom of my post, and I don't recall seeing that there before. Something about "add post to reputation". I also noted the reputation thing in my Profile, but it seems to be disabled.
So, what's the deal with this reputation thing? Is it enabled? How does it work? Thanks in advance |
2003-11-06, 18:26 | Link #2 |
Weapon of Mass Discussion
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Reputation
I notice that GHDPro has just enabled the user reputation on the forum. This enables people to rate each other's posts. (There's a new icon next to reply.) Positive feedback will raise reputation while negative feedback will lower it. You can only rate each post once. I've also noticed that there is a choice under user options to make reputation visible to others...
I'm curious what other people think about this forum feature.
Edit: I just noticed that [Titan] Created a similar thread less than a minute before I created mine. I merged the two to prevent confusion.
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2003-11-06, 18:32 | Link #3 |
Tenshi
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good thing?
Time will tell... Others to know my reputation? Sure, I've got nothing to hide As long as it's a bit out of the picture, I'd like to see it next to my post, but not as a huge coloured bar, something a bit more subtle would be nice. (in order to prevent competition) Automaticaly visible? erm, after NoSanninWa's explanation, no Should it be disabled? Let's try it, it can always be turned off if things don't work out. Abuse? Again, time will tell... |
2003-11-06, 18:34 | Link #4 |
Weapon of Mass Discussion
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Ummm... you seem to misunderstand one of my questions. By automatically visible, I meant that you wouldn't be able to turn it off... after all, someone can always turn it off if their reputaion begins to suffer. Then would it mean anything? Or would people who turn off their reputation be suspected?
Incidently a little experimentation and looking at the mod control panel has revealed that reputation begins at 10 and is raised or lowered by 1 point for each feedback. (I can find an exact number instead of a slowly growing bar.) Do you dare to find out how others rate you by turning it on?
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2003-11-06, 19:45 | Link #7 |
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Well, I doubt that everyone is mature enough to use this feature properly. For some people, it's all too easy to negatively rate any post where others disagree with them, regardless of how good, factual and well written the post is. Some people just can't stand others disagreeing with them.
But sure, let's try it for a while.
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2003-11-06, 19:50 | Link #8 |
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just made a comment for flashmolester
dunno what it is for .. but why not? edit: let's try it then, and see if it "works"
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2003-11-06, 20:45 | Link #12 |
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You may also read the comments by clicking on the rating-icon of the post to which the comment was given...
Actually I think this is a nice idea because trolls can easily be identified, presumed that there is enough feedback. And I think the creators of the board have thought a while about how to implement it so that it is fair. Actually we have nothing to loose by trying the feature, if it gets abused it can still be deactivated, or not? Edit: Maybe "I approve"/"I disapprove" aren't really good choices; probably something like "This post was useful"/"unnecessary" would be better. And: Why is it disabled per default? Last edited by The Small One; 2003-11-06 at 21:17. |
2003-11-06, 21:09 | Link #13 |
Weapon of Mass Discussion
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I just stumbled into a balance that checks the reputation system. It seems that it doesn't let you do things that are too much out of line, like rate only a single person. It is starting to look better to me.
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2003-11-06, 22:08 | Link #16 |
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There's another thing I was wondering about: The use for this feature. Is there limit to the number of ratings you can do per hour or day? I think there should be.
The thing is what the members of the forums think this feature is for. I'm sure some will try to rate every single post they read; "I think this one's good, so is this, this one's a little bad" etc. While other, dare I say "more sensible" people, will rate only posts they find exceptional, be it good or bad, posts that stand out from the crowd, that there is special reason to rate. Posts that add to (or detract from) the overall quality of the forums. I think such a use would be a lot more useful for this board.
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2003-11-06, 23:52 | Link #17 |
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I think that this feature should be disabled for it is very easy to abuse it (same with the post count-last time it created so many useless threads and posts that it was impossible to tell which one was worth reading). I know that there are some good points about it, but unfortunately, in the real world, there are more "bad" people than "good" people.
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2003-11-07, 03:21 | Link #18 | |
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However, to all those people fearing that the feature could be abused: Like I already wrote I'm pretty sure the developpers thought about all this possibilities and made it hard to abuse it. BTW, I think the fullquote-checkbox in the quick reply field is worth more worries. |
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2003-11-07, 05:59 | Link #20 | |
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So my guess is somebody else did. [...checking Administrator logs...] Seems like Mb81 has been doing a TON of changes to my forum. |
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