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I'm sure this has been brought up several times already, but this issue needs to be attended to in a serious manner. As you all know, reputation points are certain points that can be positive, negative, or neutral, and they are usually given to a user when he/she has done something that appealed to the reputation giver, in the case of a positive point, something that the reputation giver did not find good, in the case of a negative point, or something that the reputation giver found just fine or something, in the case of a neutral point. Neutral points are also handed out to users who are just "cool" to the reputation giver (or something like that).
Ever since the introduction of the whole system of reputation points, I have picked up on many problems concerning the system. Firstly, some users have found a way to abuse the system, creating alternate accounts and using those alternate accounts to give their main account a large amount of positive reputation points. This makes the user seem to be a nice, reputable user when he/she may not be so. Next, some users have been giving staff members positive reputation points to "kiss up" to the staff member and so they could be the staff member's "best buddy." This is absolutely unacceptable as it just makes the whole system of giving users positive reputation points into a race to see how many staff members a user can get on his/her "side." However, it's not just the positive reputation points that are being abused. Negative reputation points are being used in inappropriate ways as well. For example, some users think that instead of talking to a user who may have angered them to solve the dispute they should just spam the user who angered them with negative reputation points as they feel fit. This is not appropriate at all, as it completely defeats the whole purpose of negative reputation points. Negative reputation points are to be used when a user has been posting posts of poor quality frequently, or when a user is acting in an inappropriate way on the forums. Giving a user negative reputation points just because he/she is "your enemy" or whatever is completely unacceptable.
I have refrained from giving out specific examples of the scenarios I described above, so I could avoid any problems with any users. However, I would like to show this screenshot of the Most Reputed Members, which can be seen from the forum index:
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Seriously guys? This is not cool at all. As you can see, more than half of the list is dominated by staff members, which shows that users are giving them reputation points just for the heck of it, not because they are necessarily good on the forums.
There are clearly many issues with the current reputation system, and I do not foresee them being fixed anytime soon. Therefore, I believe that the whole system should be removed. It definitely is having a larger negative effect than positive on the community.
Thank you for considering my suggestion.
Edit: Thanks orboknown for making a poll!
Supporters
Ever since the introduction of the whole system of reputation points, I have picked up on many problems concerning the system. Firstly, some users have found a way to abuse the system, creating alternate accounts and using those alternate accounts to give their main account a large amount of positive reputation points. This makes the user seem to be a nice, reputable user when he/she may not be so. Next, some users have been giving staff members positive reputation points to "kiss up" to the staff member and so they could be the staff member's "best buddy." This is absolutely unacceptable as it just makes the whole system of giving users positive reputation points into a race to see how many staff members a user can get on his/her "side." However, it's not just the positive reputation points that are being abused. Negative reputation points are being used in inappropriate ways as well. For example, some users think that instead of talking to a user who may have angered them to solve the dispute they should just spam the user who angered them with negative reputation points as they feel fit. This is not appropriate at all, as it completely defeats the whole purpose of negative reputation points. Negative reputation points are to be used when a user has been posting posts of poor quality frequently, or when a user is acting in an inappropriate way on the forums. Giving a user negative reputation points just because he/she is "your enemy" or whatever is completely unacceptable.
I have refrained from giving out specific examples of the scenarios I described above, so I could avoid any problems with any users. However, I would like to show this screenshot of the Most Reputed Members, which can be seen from the forum index:
Seriously guys? This is not cool at all. As you can see, more than half of the list is dominated by staff members, which shows that users are giving them reputation points just for the heck of it, not because they are necessarily good on the forums.
There are clearly many issues with the current reputation system, and I do not foresee them being fixed anytime soon. Therefore, I believe that the whole system should be removed. It definitely is having a larger negative effect than positive on the community.
Thank you for considering my suggestion.
Edit: Thanks orboknown for making a poll!
Supporters
- orboknown
- Nitz_X
- ItsHowIRoll
- Misdreavus
- Dark_Flamez
- Ghost
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2011-09-15, 12:18 AM
i agree zach is right now spamming my reps you should get reps for doing sumthing good instead ppl more so give reps for coolness and watever
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2011-09-15, 12:31 AM
There's really nothing important about the system at all <_<
Like really... what do others do except spam for fun? If it's fun to them, let em do it. They aren't really harming at all.
Like really... what do others do except spam for fun? If it's fun to them, let em do it. They aren't really harming at all.
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2011-09-15, 06:26 PM
I kinda think that the whole rep system is stupid anyhow :/
2011-09-15, 06:34 PM
lol@deis sig.
and rep can go get flushed away.
and rep can go get flushed away.
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
2011-09-15, 06:43 PM
I just noticed the staff member thingy.
I could care less about that lol
No one can suck up to me. I slap em back down with my fish. ;D
fish action!
yea soooo.. Eh.
I could care less about that lol
No one can suck up to me. I slap em back down with my fish. ;D
fish action!
yea soooo.. Eh.
2011-09-15, 06:45 PM
i saw it.i didnt really pay attention to it cuz rollie n nitz and flamez give alot of rep around.
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
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2011-09-15, 06:50 PM
(2011-09-15, 06:47 PM)rock gyo Wrote: We can remove it... or.. we can reset every reputation point and make the repping system work on a certain IP and only once every 24 hours.. maybe?There is a limit to reputation a certain group members can give.
Like regular members can give around.. 5 maybe.
Cuz Super Mods can give around 9-10-11 reps idk. I gave like.. 11 in 1 day.
Green mods can give around to 7 I think.
Well.. the point is, is that there's a limitation to how many rep points can someone give in 24 hours.
2011-09-15, 06:52 PM
supermods can remove rep.but is it ok to do so if its spam or does it need to be hurtful/completely unnecesary?
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
2011-09-15, 06:57 PM
eh.ive given rep cuz the post actually has a good point.
should we only be able to give rep via posts?
should we only be able to give rep via posts?
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
2011-09-15, 06:57 PM
I use another forum that has the same system (MyBB) and they have that a player can give a maximum 1 per player
so i could give as many but only 1 per person
so i could give as many but only 1 per person
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2011-09-15, 06:58 PM
that would work..how about only so many rep points per ip address?
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
2011-09-15, 07:00 PM
(2011-09-15, 06:57 PM)orboknown Wrote: eh.ive given rep cuz the post actually has a good point.Agree but then that could be abused.
should we only be able to give rep via posts?
(2011-09-15, 06:57 PM)ItsHowIRoll Wrote: I use another forum that has the same system (MyBB) and they have that a player can give a maximum 1 per playerMaybe.
so i could give as many but only 1 per person
(2011-09-15, 06:58 PM)orboknown Wrote: that would work..how about only so many rep points per ip address?Sure.
@rollie that wouldnt solve the multi account rep spamming.
the ip address bit might.
the ip address bit might.
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
2011-09-15, 07:01 PM
also dont put it on the left in main page as it will seem like a competition to some and they might take it serious.
2011-09-15, 07:01 PM
this is true.
didnt we have something else there? lets put the new player bar back up there
didnt we have something else there? lets put the new player bar back up there
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
2011-09-15, 07:03 PM
new player bar gets filled with banned spammer/advertisers and looks unappealing
2011-09-15, 07:06 PM
this is true...
er..
online time?
er..
online time?
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
guider would kill us all then XD
(i missed my 2200th post :/)
(i missed my 2200th post :/)
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
i would be too..mainly all the mods lol.
and others like nitz nightcore n nichoooo
and others like nitz nightcore n nichoooo
Quote: Do you hear the Whisper Men The Whisper Men are near
If you hear the Whisper Men then turn away your ears
Do not hear the Whisper Men whatever else you do
For once you've heard the Whisper Men they'll stop. And look at you.
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