yeah. Mods can't really do anything about it. The admin can add the feature in so that the mods can see it as well. Well, hope it works out good

I like being an unknown quantity, has a sort of mysterious feel to it.

 

*disappears into the night*

Well, its no good for other members to tell them how good of a member u are!

I think that only admins or mods should be able to add to reputaion, or maybe members that are aproved for it. My reputation would still be...ah...the same as it is now, but I think it might be a good idea.

if someone loses or gains points, do they see the comment?

 

hehe, nm.

i just checked my User CP and found a comment under "Latest Reputation Recieved".

i didn't understand exactly what people were talking about until now...

It would be nice if you could vary the weight of feedback you give. Some posts are good but not great, and some are bad but not terrible. But if the system assigns the same point value for any recommendation (from a given user), you can't make that distinction.

yeah, it can have disasterous effects! Especially if someone like swansont disagrees with someone. HE HAS THREE GREEN DOTS!!! It would probably take out all the points a person has!

Someone with a lot of reputation is likely to be more judicious with what they mete out.

yeah, it can have disasterous effects! Especially if someone like swansont disagrees with someone. HE HAS THREE GREEN DOTS!!! It would probably take out all the points a person has!

 

That was part of my concern. I don't have the ability to nudge someone either way - it would be a shove. But it should be more than just disagreeing. I'm not about to ding somebody for having a different opinion or for an argument about semantics. It's going to have to be for bad science.

 

And it's two dots at the moment. Somebody didn't like one of my answers.

^ See? Judicious!

I would say scary!!!

what is this 1, 2 or 3 green dots thing?

I`ve got 1 and it`s not changed, so I gather that`s a GOOD thing. but what are they?

well, the higher the number of dots, the more effective u r, and the higher u stand. Its like a general scale.

e.g.

1 dot = from 1 point to 100 points

2 dots= 101 points to 200 points

 

etc.

it just shows u where u lie!

umm... i was going to say something, but it turns out i was wrong, could a moderator delete this? this post has no meaning now.

This has just gone crazy.......So these are a measure of credability?

the dots? Yeah. The higher the dots, it shows others that you have a high number of points. Just a simple scale!

Can I just point out that the reputation system is not a popularity contest.

 

You are supposed to be posting comments that tell the user in question where their strengths and defficiencies lie. The points provide an incentive to take notice, and also let other users gauge how 'authoritative' people are as a source.

 

If people keep posting useless comments that don't tell us anything, post no comments at all, or use the reputation system as a bashing stick for people they don't 'like', then it's not going to work.

You are supposed to be posting comments that tell the user in question where their strengths and defficiencies lie. The points provide an incentive to take notice' date=' and also let other users gauge how 'authoritative' people are as a source.

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the comment box when adding a point should be compulsary. getting or NOT getting points is useless as a tool if you don`t know why you`ve gotten them.

I wonder if there`s VB option to set that?

can u actually do that? increase or decreases a reputation point without adding a comment? I never tried that!

yeah, and most do I beleive. OR they leave something too oblique that`s of no help either.

hmmmm.... -150 points. For what? No comment!

I think that's a bit harsh to be honest, it's a heck of a lot of points to be taking off in one go without some kind of comment.

yeah. There must be a reason. Also, the people who take off or add oints, should be able to specify HOW MUCH they want to take off. Like said in the previous posts.

It does make a lot of sense to do that. I think perhaps making a comment should be mandatory, not just optional.

hmmmm.... -150 points. For what? No comment!

There don't appear to be any negative comments on your reputation thingy.

 

Where did "-150" come from?