It's faster than viewing the profile. A hover tooltip would be nice however it would just add complaints from those that already dislike them while adding a minor convenience to those that don't.

Yeah, but I usually end up reading other comments they got rep on anyway so I suppose it's a wash
It was just one of those "throw it out there" suggestions. I won't be offended if it's dismissed to avoid a riot by those crazy tool-tip haters

(Edit: Not to mention that it might be too technically awkward in the current framework to even be worthwhile considering anyway.)

jbennet, you change your display name?

(Only kidding, of course)

The problem is the value placed on rep given by new - or at least relatively new - members. Reputation is defines as: The established community members should be the ones driving one's reputation. If you answer somebody's question, and it was a quick fix (but they obviously hadn't found the answer), that doesn't IMHO deserve any rep. It's when you do something that other members in the community acknowledge that you deserve reputation from those members.

The current situation has ended up where jbennet has tons of reputation for solving typically easy problems. I have nothing against him for that, and AFAIK he's not flaunting it much or begging for more; it's not his fault at all. The problem is in how the reputation system works. It is a nice thing for a newbie to leave you rep when you help them out. You feel appreciated. But when that counts towards your rep points, it skews the perception of how much of an expert you are (again, not saying jbennet isn't because he certainly knows more in certain fields than I do; I'm more referring to other people who don't have as much yet who I would consider to be much more expert in their fields). It's hard to explain, and the simplest solution is to have a threshold at which the reputation person A gives to person B counts towards B's rep points. Unfortunately, there is not easy way to decide that.

That's an elitist view. It means only the "established" community members have a say in who gets to join their group. With that setup, what stops the clique from denying reputation to someone qualified because they don't like him?

This is why there are two variables: Reputation and the Solved Threads statistic.

Reputation reflects what the community at large thinks of you. It's similar to its real world counterpart - you gain reputation in your community by being around for a long time and being around other community members who carry clout. When established members who carry clout (reputation themselves) take you in (by giving you reputation), your own clout in the community increases.

The solved threads statistic is a much more objective method of saying how helpful a member is. It represents the number of threads that someone replied to before that thread was marked solved.

>That's an elitist view. It means only the "established" community members
>have a say in who gets to join their group.

The ability to give reputation to other members is based on several factors: your post count, how long you've been a member, and of course your reputation. Although reputation helps, it isn't the only factor driving a member's ability to give reputation. You can see how much reputation a person can alter by looking at their 'rep power'.

I wish there were more interesting posts in Geeks Lounge, err - I hate it when I take the time to respond to someones response to something I said and there is followup. I have decided that if they don't follow up then I left them speechless with wit and intelligence.

I kind of hate it that we can't do strikethrough.

We have that here too Jb (admittedly it's the exception to the rule) There's a great little private petrol station near me that fills your tank for you, but I rarely use it as their prices are higher than anyone elses.

I wish I could post on topic, but nothing pisses me off about DaniWeb. Because I choose not to be pissed off by any of it.

thats broken to hell. Ive helped loads of newbies in the xp/dead machines boards and very little (1%?) get marked solved.