Reputations 101

[Administrator]

Reputations can help to reflect how respected a member is in the internet community, kind of like how ebay scores a member. You can score any member simply by clicking on the scales icon on any of their posts. You also have an opportunity to write a comment. You are only allowed to give 10 clicks (Hits) per day, whether that be positive or negative. You can view a members reputation simply by passing your mouse over the square dot under their post count. You can view your own points by going to the user CP. You will see for what posts you gained/lost the points and any comments that were left, but you will not see who left you the points.

Reputations are a way a board uses to inspire a camaraderie amoungst posters and reward helpfulness and responsible posting. Some members may give negative ratings to posters who flame or use profanity. If you found a post to be helpful, you should reward the poster by giving them a positive hit. As your reputation increases, so does your power to give reputation points to other members.

When you click to give someone else reputation points, this is called a "hit".
Members who rate your posts positively, will increase your reputation by 1 point. Everyone starts with 10 points. A user who falls below 10 points may not have their HITS count toward another members rating.

Here is a list of the possible ratings and the reputation point level to achieve it:

User has made many an enemy on this board-100
User needs to turn things around in a hurry-50
User has a little shameless behavior in the past-10
User is an unknown quantity at this point 0
User is on a distinguished road 10
User will become famous soon enough 50
User has a spectacular aura about 150
User is a jewel in the rough 250
User is just really nice 350
User is a glorious beacon of light 450
User is a name known to all 550
User is a splendid one to behold 650
User has much to be proud of 1000
User has a brilliant future 1500
User has a reputation beyond repute 2000

Users start out with 1 point of reputation altering power, but a user must have 30 posts before his user reputation hits count on others.

For every 100 reputation points, a user gains 1 point of reputation-altering power. This means the HITS they give have increased.

For every 120 days after their first post, the user will gain 1 point of reputation altering power.

For every 500 posts, the user will gain 1 point of reputation altering power.

You must give reputation to 20 other members before you can give it to the same person again.

If the Administrator gives you a HIT, it's 10 points.

Some boards use reputation levels to ban users; ie: a reputation of -50 automatically deactivates your membership. This is sometimes used on larger boards to allow the members to govern, removing a bad or mischievous poster. Some boards use high ratings to assign moderation positions.

Please use the reputation system, and reward others for their positive and helpful posting. There may be some rewards given out down the road.

DBA1

[dodgehighforeve]

On another board I'm on that uses Vbulliten software, you can see how much rep you've earned, from who, and on what topic under the User CP tab. Will this be setup for us to use in a similar fashion?

[Odie]

would you really want someone to see that you gave them a negative rating? You would be getting hassled right and left.

[dodgehighforeve]

There's also others parameters. The other site is currently set up so that non paying members can see what kind of rep they got, what the person said, and what thread it was. Paying members can see who left it. Personally, if someone left me negative rep, I'd like to know why. If I deserved it fine, if not, i'd respond in the same. But it's all about maturity though. If someone was harrassing me about rep i left, I can always set it to ignore, and once the admin gets more experience with the software, and users of this site, they can make the decisions as to what to do with those kind of people.

I haven't seen in my user CP my rep, unless it won't show untill someone gives me some.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by dodgehighforeve

I haven't seen in my user CP my rep, unless it won't show untill someone gives me some.

Check it now.

[dodgehighforeve]

Woo-Hoo 11 points. Thanks highway.

One thing I didn't see up top is the color code.

Red-Negative rep
Green-Positive rep
Black-Positive or Negative from a member without enough posts to make it count.

Also, a personal note. i don't like the way you have to give 20 other members rep before you give it to the 1st person more rep. if someone deserves a pat on the back for a post, I think they should get it. And if you, or the software, may be required, you'll sometimes have people giving random rep just to get thru the 20 members. But, at the same time, you have them abusing the system the other way, by giving the same person rep after rep after rep.

[lurker]

It confuses me...

[Made in the USA]

"same person rep after rep after rep"------------------------
Sounds like a good exercise regime or being married, whatever!!

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by dodgehighforeve

Woo-Hoo 11 points. Thanks highway.

Don’t get too excited, everyone starts with 10.

Members who rate your posts positively, will increase your reputation by 1 point. Everyone starts with 10 points.

[dodgehighforeve]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

Don’t get too excited, everyone starts with 10.

But still, i'm moving up in the world.