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reputation points

Someone with 15+ points of rep power must have docked you for a negative or inaccurate post. Some consider that a hint. ;)
 
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Are the rep points really necessary? Sure they're fun and everything but it all seems like a popularity contest to me :shrugs:
Just my opinion.
 
I actually think it is a good indicator of how much weight to give a response

Someone with 15+ points is likely to be more experienced and knowledgeable, therefore a new members has a way to handicap the wide variety of responses they are likely to receive.

FWIW, those points don't just get passed out like candy. Members with points have earned them and are known for providing good, solid advice. Just my .02... ;)
 
But if you look at cornman6969 or whatever his name is, he has 7 rep points or something and suddenly everyone is accusing him of having false credentials! I'm not making any accusations here, but if he didn't give good solid advice, why does he have those rep points? You get a rep point for every 100 posts you make, who's to judge whether those posts have been helpful or not? They could have been just filled with smilies or a couple of words, not remotely helpful. Even this post will contribute to my own rep points, is it really a helpful post?
 
Itsnowingcorns said:
I'm not making any accusations here, but if he didn't give good solid advice, why does he have those rep points?
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Some may have agreed with what he said and added to his reputation.

Itsnowingcorns said:
You get a rep point for every 100 posts you make, who's to judge whether those posts have been helpful or not?
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Your peers, anyone and everyone here.

Itsnowingcorns said:
Even this post will contribute to my own rep points, is it really a helpful post?
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Yes it is a helpful post because there may be 20 other poeple who were wondering the same thing but didn't ask the questions you have just asked.
 
Rep Points and Rep Power are confusing with the names being similiar.

You get 1 Rep Power for every 100 posts.

The number of green boxes under your avatar is a representation to everyone, how many rep points you have.

Of course you can check your own rep points in your user cp but you can't look in anyone else's, hence the little green boxes.

You also gain Rep Power from time spent here. If you look around, you'll see people that haven't posted in ages or don't have too many posts but they have good Rep Power level...look at the date they joined, in this case it's ususally a member from early on in CS.com

I like the rep system personally, it's not a popularity contest it simply shows everyone who has a good reputation in our community.
 
I like the system also, I think it's handy for a necomer getting mixed opinions in some cases. Not everyone has coventional views on all the topics here, and they post what works for them, which is cool, but the rep power helps to substantiate the post, I think. Am I making sense here?
 
And there are some people who deserve more rep points but have been unable to receive them simply because you can't add to the same person's reputation more than once without giving rep points to several other people first. This is the only thing I don't like about it.
 
see, I clicked the rep point deal under where it sais rep points, where you add them, because I wanted to see if there were comments or something, I didnt think you could add them or anything, and I wasn't trying to add them to my own name, but now I have -30.
 
I don't think you can give/take points for yourself and you can only give an amount that corresponds to your rep power. Someone else has giving you that feedback. You can check it on the User CP screen.
 
MADMAN, if it's a game then why do people take it so seriously? too much so IMO. I feel people are being labelled, we can judge what people are like by ourselves, and whether to accept their advice or not without the use of a rep point system.
 
I agree, I think the rep power system is very useful. When I was new to the forum I got a lot of advice (both by making my own posts, and reading others). I didn't exactly know what the "rep power" meant at the time, but I figured the people with more of it probably knew what they were talking about more than the people with little or none of it. As time progressed I learned who's advice I should trust, and who's I should be leary of on my own. Until I reached that point though, the rep power was very useful when deciding what I should do for sienna. It may not be incredibly useful for people who have been around on the forum for a while, but its invaluable to newbies.
 
Itsnowingcorns said:
I feel people are being labeled, we can judge what people are like by ourselves, and whether to accept their advice or not without the use of a rep point system.
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So it is your first day on the forum and you post a question. You get two responses, one from Serpwidgets, and one from Insane Penguin. These two individuals both offer a solution to your problem. Without knowing anyone on this site, how do you know which person's advice to heed?

The system isn't for someone that has been a member for months or a retile keeper for years, it is for the newcomer to the hobby that may not have the experience to weed through the numerous conflicting methods that often come to the forefront. Just because you have that ability to ascertain the good from the bad, doesn't mean we should deny that assistance to those who can’t.

Just my opinion, labels are just a part of life. No way to avoid that. ;)
 
darkpbstar said:
see, I clicked the rep point deal under where it sais rep points, where you add them, because I wanted to see if there were comments or something, I didnt think you could add them or anything, and I wasn't trying to add them to my own name, but now I have -30.
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If you click on the User CP and you scroll down a littl you will see where it says "Latest Reputation Received". That will tell you the who, what, where and when the points were given or taken.

You can't give or take points to/from yourself.
 
Yeah but CAV, I wouldn't be able to read what Insane Penguin is on about, so wouldn't be able to accept any of his advice ;).
Honestly, who would take his advice seriously? Even a newbie can spot he's, well, stupid. And the same goes for others.
 
That was meant to be rhetorical. ;) I stand by what I said; you can others can't.
 
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