Reputation: Ideas

Started by x-treme scripter September 22nd, 2005 6:08 AM
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Age 30
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seen October 28th, 2005
Posted October 26th, 2005
290 posts
17.7 Years
Reputation is never coming back. Or atleast the old system isn't. I've opened this thread so that we could discuss new systems for reputation. Then hopefully an Admin or Moderator would look at it and maybe bring back the old reputation with a brand new system! Feel free to post your opinion, and if all you want to do is flame at the higher staff then please don't post.
P.S. I hope I am not breaking any rules. Please PM me if I am. I don't like when people flame at me in public.

Spectrum

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Age 31
Male
Australia
Seen December 8th, 2021
Posted August 2nd, 2019
7,400 posts
18.8 Years
You people confuse me. You'd rather waste time thinking of ways to improve an already idiotic system which, if it were to return, would just provide another facility to abuse? Because that's what I'm gathering.

Keep it away. >_> People - staff and members - discouraged rep abuse. Nobody listened. If you don't like it, go complain to the people who dished out over 10,000 rep points each day. Oh, and while you're at, please go and join the other 13,557 members who have learned to live without rep.

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Seen February 11th, 2011
Posted December 11th, 2009
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17.9 Years
Reputation is never coming back. Or atleast the old system isn't. I've opened this thread so that we could discuss new systems for reputation. Then hopefully an Admin or Moderator would look at it and maybe bring back the old reputation with a brand new system! Feel free to post your opinion, and if all you want to do is flame at the higher staff then please don't post.
P.S. I hope I am not breaking any rules. Please PM me if I am. I don't like when people flame at me in public.
Dude...you got here last month. :\ How can you miss the rep system? The people who've been here for months/years and had rep built up are the ones who should be worrying about this. Anyway...it's over. When mods make up their minds and then have members flame at them, that destroys any chances of negotiating with ordinary members. Rep is gone. Just get over it.
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Age 35
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Seen October 2nd, 2006
Posted May 14th, 2006
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19.7 Years
Reputation is never coming back. Or atleast the old system isn't. I've opened this thread so that we could discuss new systems for reputation. Then hopefully an Admin or Moderator would look at it and maybe bring back the old reputation with a brand new system! Feel free to post your opinion, and if all you want to do is flame at the higher staff then please don't post.
P.S. I hope I am not breaking any rules. Please PM me if I am. I don't like when people flame at me in public.
You don't care about the rep system or how it worked...you just want a thread >_>

Rep is gone...members are happy...staff is happy...why bring it back?
Age 33
A little place called Earth!
Seen December 7th, 2013
Posted September 10th, 2009
2,904 posts
18.6 Years
Man I ain't happy! I just got over my first 10k! But some ideas:

1. You should make a trusted members group, which can give out rep.
2. You could make it so that only peoples that have been here over a year and have over 1k posts can give out rep.

My two cents.

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Age 31
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Seen April 11th, 2021
Posted March 27th, 2021
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18.6 Years
I really want it back, but if people were abusing it cause they dont know HOW to use it, then keep it A-W-A-Y. Its really the fault of the ppl who cant figure out how and when to give rep out!

The Fallen

Age 33
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California
Seen November 29th, 2012
Posted June 19th, 2012
8,147 posts
18.4 Years
To answer your question, DarkPegasus, we are a community and if one member gets something all members are gonna get it. Rep may come back, who knows, we took it cause of the heavy abuse that it was taking. It'll probably come back if you guys can prove to us that you are mature enough to handle it. Cause alot of people like rep, so of course they are gonna hate getting bad rep and some even do not like random good rep. So once we believe you can handle it's magnitude I believe it can make a come back.

Spectrum

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Age 31
Male
Australia
Seen December 8th, 2021
Posted August 2nd, 2019
7,400 posts
18.8 Years
Man I ain't happy! I just got over my first 10k! But some ideas:

1. You should make a trusted members group, which can give out rep.
2. You could make it so that only peoples that have been here over a year and have over 1k posts can give out rep.

My two cents.
Aw, poor DP lost his rep. I had... 36k? Maybe even more between the last time I checked and when rep was turned off. I've lost almost 4x what you had. I'm happy. Well, I was, until I checked up on PC to find somebody (you) complaining about something so trivial a week after it happened.

1. No. That'd require a lot more effort than rep is worth.
2. No. Join date and post count do not represent one's ability to use such a system properly. That would also be unfair to newbies. Not to mention that only people who post in DCC and MCG would be able to reach such a goal, since all the other forums are dead or don't have postcount, which is yet another reason why your idea wouldn't work.


To answer your question, DarkPegasus, we are a community and if one member gets something all members are gonna get it. Rep may come back, who knows, we took it cause of the heavy abuse that it was taking. It'll probably come back if you guys can prove to us that you are mature enough to handle it. Cause alot of people like rep, so of course they are gonna hate getting bad rep and some even do not like random good rep. So once we believe you can handle it's magnitude I believe it can make a come back.
Then why don't I have a 150x150 avatar? XD (I'm kidding, of course~)

They'll try to prove themselves. And then what will happen? Members who don't pay attention to these types of threads will think, 'Hey, rep's back!' And then, they go around giving everybody good rep. From there, other members think, 'Well, it's a community.' So they assume it's okay to abuse it. Hence history repeats itself.

Where there's privileges, there's abuse. If rep returns - and I know I suggested this before - I'd hope for PC's sake that the giving privileges are limited to staff. Even though I know nobody's perfect, I trust you guys a lot more~


Rep is gone...members are happy...staff is happy...why bring it back?
Never thought I'd see the day. :D Too bad pretty much EVERYONE skipped past your post. +hintcough+

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Seen April 20th, 2014
Posted December 31st, 2013
9,092 posts
18.8 Years
Why would anyone care about rep so much.. It is kind of pointless if you ask me.. I agree.. it just brings something to abuse.. I lost probably 45k.. but I am not bothered, I am happy without it... it just all boils down to this popularity thing.. the more rep you have people seem to think you are more popular.. it is just it being abused.... rep is fine to be given if there is actually some sort of good reason why you gave it to that person.. but otherwise it isn't... it is easy to live without it.. I went through the whole major rep abuse thing that happened here.. I have been here like nearly 14 months and I am happy about rep being gone.. I can easily live without it.. it doesn't bother me.. afterall I hardly ever gave it out.. so yeah.. people are happy and staff are happy so why?.. just like Dakota said.
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I'm glad that it's gone. At first I wasn't quite sure whether or not I was going to be OK with it. But I've found that no rep is nicer. There isn't some rediculous heirarchy and people can focus more on posting and enjoying themselves. However, I have on suggestion for if the rep system does make a return: keep it disableable, because I'll be turning it off so I can keep out of all this crap.
Age 33
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Seen December 7th, 2013
Posted September 10th, 2009
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Aw, poor DP lost his rep. I had... 36k? Maybe even more between the last time I checked and when rep was turned off. I've lost almost 4x what you had. I'm happy. Well, I was, until I checked up on PC to find somebody (you) complaining about something so trivial a week after it happened.

1. No. That'd require a lot more effort than rep is worth.
2. No. Join date and post count do not represent one's ability to use such a system properly. That would also be unfair to newbies. Not to mention that only people who post in DCC and MCG would be able to reach such a goal, since all the other forums are dead or don't have postcount, which is yet another reason why your idea wouldn't work.
Hm... okay I am sorry for having an opinion.

Why would anyone care about rep so much.. It is kind of pointless if you ask me.. I agree.. it just brings something to abuse.. I lost probably 45k.. but I am not bothered, I am happy without it... it just all boils down to this popularity thing.. the more rep you have people seem to think you are more popular.. it is just it being abused.... rep is fine to be given if there is actually some sort of good reason why you gave it to that person.. but otherwise it isn't... it is easy to live without it.. I went through the whole major rep abuse thing that happened here.. I have been here like nearly 14 months and I am happy about rep being gone.. I can easily live without it.. it doesn't bother me.. afterall I hardly ever gave it out.. so yeah.. people are happy and staff are happy so why?.. just like Dakota said.
Actually I don't mind rep being gone. But user profiles/my cp look so bland without it.

Spectrum

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Posted August 2nd, 2019
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18.8 Years
Hm... okay I am sorry for having an opinion.
No, that wasn't an opinion, you were suggesting. Unfortunately you had no evidence to support that your suggestion would work. If you had actually taken the time to think about what you were posting, and provided evidence, then I would've taken you more seriously.

Actually I don't mind rep being gone. But user profiles/my cp look so bland without it.
They don't look that way to me. o_O We members have a 130x130 avatar + profile picture, a 26-character usertitle, a physically limitless sig... the list goes on. Seeing those on a profile makes them far from bland - and in many cases, overkill, but that's not important here. I'd say your expectations are a tad (understatement) too high~
Age 33
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No, that wasn't an opinion, you were suggesting. Unfortunately you had no evidence to support that your suggestion would work. If you had actually taken the time to think about what you were posting, and provided evidence, then I would've taken you more seriously.
Hm I didn't see you post any suggestions. Cheez I never thought that I will we arguing with you so lets just drop it, ok?
Age 30
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seen October 28th, 2005
Posted October 26th, 2005
290 posts
17.7 Years
Why can't it be that only mods can give out rep? I mean, obviously, they won't abuse it. Some people have lived with rep for so long they don't care that it's gone. But not everybody, only some.
You people confuse me. You'd rather waste time thinking of ways to improve an already idiotic system which, if it were to return, would just provide another facility to abuse? Because that's what I'm gathering.

Keep it away. >_> People - staff and members - discouraged rep abuse. Nobody listened. If you don't like it, go complain to the people who dished out over 10,000 rep points each day. Oh, and while you're at, please go and join the other 13,557 members who have learned to live without rep.
Look, if you want to complain about people complaining about it then go somewhere else. Half the inventions in todays world were made because people wanted something. Not all of them turn out to be a success. Almost all of them can be improved. Oh yeah, why would I want a thread? I've posted in countless forums. If you wanted a thread when you first joined the forums then please remember everyone has their own personalities. This thread is for people who want rep. If you don't want rep and just want to talk about how confusing e.t.c. people who want rep are then please leave.
Phew, that was a lot of writing. Hope you think of something soon.
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Posted June 4th, 2006
1,084 posts
18.2 Years
Listen here. Rep was ripped out and everyone liked it. First you could have assorted blocks on your profile. Next, they changed it to one. And now they changed it into nothing because everyone was sick of it! And I'm sick of you doing something that PC doesn't want to bring back!!!
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Posted October 5th, 2016
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x-treme scripter, you can't tell Ty to go somewhere else and complain about it. This thread is open to discuss a possible new system of it, right? [Not that I've ever heard of one >_>] Then he's perfectly entitled to come here and discuss rep, too. >.O;
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Meh, I just ended up here after a long conversation.

To put things straight and simple..
Rep ain't coming back. The admins and staff have decided against it, and they've confirmed that its used too much into abusion. And anyway, like thousands of posts being just a number, Rep are just a few shiny blocks in green and gold. They signify nothing.

Meh well, we're all almost saying this same thing. This probably needs closing.
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Posted October 5th, 2016
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Yeah, I think I will close this. We're certain we're not giving it back, so there's no point in discussing its return, is there...? It'll probably just end up in flaming like the last one.

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