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Join Date: Jul 2003
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What exactly is the point of these reputation points? Right now I am just going around giving random ones to random users.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Lawn Guylen, NY
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Reputation points are the equivalent of "karma" on some forums. Basically, they're kudos to a user for really valuable posts. If you think that a particular post stands out, you can give a good rep to its author or comment on it. If you find a post to be rude, insulting, spam, worthless, false info, etc. then you can add to the author's bad rep. All in all, users build up reputation points (either positive or negative). Other members can see a member's rep and use that info to determine how "trustworthy" a user's posts are (e.g. whether they have a good or bad rep on the forums).
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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how does the system work? How does the system work? How many reputation points are donated each time? Please explain.
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cyberkill(ed)
4 more months and the thread that you responded to is already a year old... 
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*I am the oceans.. Still, still yet always in constant *
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Practically a Master Poster
But it would be pointless to start a new thread if there is one that allready contains the topic in question savvy?
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cyberkill(ed)
actually, I'm also curious of this reputation system... I never really understood how it works... can you see who rated who?
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*I am the oceans.. Still, still yet always in constant *
*motion.Quiet but never afraid,Silent but always awake*
*And no God nor Man can control where you roam.. no *
*boundaries cast forever you last.... *
*=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*
*I am the oceans.. Still, still yet always in constant *
*motion.Quiet but never afraid,Silent but always awake*
*And no God nor Man can control where you roam.. no *
*boundaries cast forever you last.... *
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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No, it is kept impersonal so that people don't get bad feelings around the forums. "MemberX, you gave me a bad rep! Here is bad rep for you!" When you rate someone, the amount that they are affected is based on how reputable YOU are The more posts you have, your status (i.e. moderator), and what your rep is, all influence how much reputation is added to or taken away from another member when you rate their post.
The more posts you have, your status (i.e. moderator), and what your rep is, all influence how much reputation is added to or taken away from another member when you rate their post. Dani the Computer Science Gal
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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So then, how does one "spread reputation around before giving back to member x" how much do I have to spread it around?
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Basically, suppose you are Member A and you have a friend Member B. The forum system doesn't want you to give every single one of Member B's posts kudos so that Member B gets 1 million reputation points in one afternoon Rather, "spreading it around" is a safety mechanism to ensure that you are giving reputation to more than only 1 or 2 people. Basically, you have to spread reputation around to 5 members before you can hit the same person again. So in other words, suppose you give reputation points to Member B. You must now give reputation points to 4 other members before you can give Member B more reputation points. In addition, to ensure that no one goes on reputation sprees randomly giving + or - feedback to everyone in sight, you can only hand out reputation 10 times per day.
Rather, "spreading it around" is a safety mechanism to ensure that you are giving reputation to more than only 1 or 2 people. Basically, you have to spread reputation around to 5 members before you can hit the same person again. So in other words, suppose you give reputation points to Member B. You must now give reputation points to 4 other members before you can give Member B more reputation points. In addition, to ensure that no one goes on reputation sprees randomly giving + or - feedback to everyone in sight, you can only hand out reputation 10 times per day. Dani the Computer Science Gal
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Do you or can you personally revew the reputations that are givin from one person to another before they are enforced? Would you want to?
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