homerwannabee Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I noticed that part of the new profile is reputation. How exactly does this work? I don't see anywhere where one can bump someones reputation, so I am clueless. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 If you click the green plus sign in the bottom right corner of a post, you are "up voting" that post. The author of the post gets one reputation point for each of his or her posts that are upvoted in such fashion. I have negative voting disabled, since that tends to cause problems. At the bottom of any given thread you can click on the "Change threshold?" link to filter the contents of the thread based on the score of each post. I doubt that will be useful here. There are some interesting mods people are doing with regards to reputation points and I'm sure Invision will continue to add functionality down the road. ..Al 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 If you click the green plus sign in the bottom right corner of a post, you are "up voting" that post. The author of the post gets one reputation point for each of his or her posts that are upvoted in such fashion. I have negative voting disabled, since that tends to cause problems. At the bottom of any given thread you can click on the "Change threshold?" link to filter the contents of the thread based on the score of each post. I doubt that will be useful here. There are some interesting mods people are doing with regards to reputation points and I'm sure Invision will continue to add functionality down the road. ..Al Thank you very much for the answer. You just got 1 reputation point from me for the help! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) Thank you for disabling the negatives! I would have been like -1,234 me thinks. (+1 to your rep Al.) I gave you a couple too homer (for starting the thread.) Edited August 21, 2009 by moycon 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 This doesn't clarify what exactly "reputation" is and its purpose. What's it used for? If you click the green plus sign in the bottom right corner of a post, you are "up voting" that post. The author of the post gets one reputation point for each of his or her posts that are upvoted in such fashion. I have negative voting disabled, since that tends to cause problems. At the bottom of any given thread you can click on the "Change threshold?" link to filter the contents of the thread based on the score of each post. I doubt that will be useful here. There are some interesting mods people are doing with regards to reputation points and I'm sure Invision will continue to add functionality down the road. ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 You got a bad reputation That's the word out on the town It gives a certain fascination But it can only bring you down Tempest 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Is this like 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?" where the points don't matter? I just upped everyone who posted in this thread. A million rep points for all! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 This doesn't clarify what exactly "reputation" is and its purpose. What's it used for? Well, as I mentioned above you can filter posters by reputation points if you scroll to the bottom of a thread. It's not something that would be particularly useful for short threads, but could be useful for longer, older threads. Other than that it doesn't really serve any terribly useful purpose at this time. I expect more functionality will be built around the reputation system down the road. For instance, being able to include reputation point criteria when searches for posts or members ("View all members with 1000+ reputation points", "Search for "Quadrun" and only return posts with > 50 rep points", and so forth). ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Is this like 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?" where the points don't matter? I just upped everyone who posted in this thread. A million rep points for all! There is a limit on the number of rep points you can dole out per day. I may have it set to 50 right now, but may lower it. ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickybaby Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Bad Reputation (Jett-Laguna-Cordell-Kupersmith) I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation You're living in the past it's a new generation A girl can do what she wants to do and that's What I'm gonna do An' I don't give a damn ' bout my bad reputation Oh no not me An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation Never said I wanted to improve my station An' I'm only doin' good When I'm havin' fun An' I don't have to please no one An' I don't give a damn 'Bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'Bout my reputation I've never been afraid of any deviation An' I don't really care If ya think I'm strange I ain't gonna change An' I'm never gonna care 'Bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me Pedal boys! An' I don't give a damn 'Bout my reputation The world's in trouble There's no communication An' everyone can say What they want to say It never gets better anyway So why should I care 'Bout a bad reputation anyway Oh no, not me Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation You're living in the past It's a new generation An' I only feel good When I got no pain An' that's how I'm gonna stay An' I don't give a damn 'Bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not Not me, not me 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='Albert' date='Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:20 AM' Well, as I mentioned above you can filter posters by reputation points if you scroll to the bottom of a thread. As my speech prof once said "I'm from Mars - tell me how to tie a tie"...this isn't making sense 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Cleopatra Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Thank you for disabling the negatives! I would have been like -1,234 me thinks. (+1 to your rep Al.) I gave you a couple too homer (for starting the thread.) The negatives reminds me of trying to get the lowest negative score possible on Halo 2 before the other team one. Negatives would definitely make the AA experience more interesting, but +'s to everyone! Cool! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) ..."Search for "Quadrun" and only return posts with > 50 rep points"... That would make sense. Also "Search for "Quadrun" and only return posts of members with > 50 rep points". Currently the reputation points are pretty "pointless". BTW: The options to filter below 0, -10 and -20 are pointless too. Edited August 26, 2009 by Thomas Jentzsch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Some with the most Reputation points....does that mean they'll win a free system/game??? That would be neat...If there's a use for the Rep points I suggest the one with the most points gets something free,that would be cool. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Currently the reputation points are pretty "pointless". I agree. When more features are added around the reputation system then it'll be more interesting. BTW: The options to filter below 0, -10 and -20 are pointless too. That is intentional. It's possible you might have had negative reputation points enabled for a while and then disabled them. At that point you'd still likely have many "negative" messages, so the negative options in the drop down would still be useful. Obviously they aren't going to mean much here since negative rep points have never been enabled. ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Some with the most Reputation points....does that mean they'll win a free system/game??? That would be neat...If there's a use for the Rep points I suggest the one with the most points gets something free,that would be cool. That would turn it into a big game to see who could get the most rep points and it would be a mess. I'm not going to be giving away anything based on rep points. ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Some with the most Reputation points....does that mean they'll win a free system/game??? That would be neat...If there's a use for the Rep points I suggest the one with the most points gets something free,that would be cool. That would turn it into a big game to see who could get the most rep points and it would be a mess. I'm not going to be giving away anything based on rep points. ..Al LOL...not even a free AA fridge magnet??? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I have negative voting disabled, since that tends to cause problems. Very wise - I've seen some forums turned into battlegrounds because people want to be mean and 'neg' each other over minor remarks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have negative voting disabled, since that tends to cause problems. Very wise - I've seen some forums turned into battlegrounds because people want to be mean and 'neg' each other over minor remarks. Yep. I've noticed at least on youtube people misuse it as an "agree/disagree" button. Say something (not hostile) that more people disagree with and it gets negged away. Very annoying when people do that. On a computer support forum I used to use a few years ago, they only had upvoting. But even then it was sometimes a little annoying because people would make politically correct, grandstanding responses that didn't help the user's issue presented in a thread. Yet those posts would get lots of votes, especially if it was a popular, high volume user. Further down, somebody would solve it and get 1 vote (probably from the OP). That stuff doesn't really matter though, unless people start using vote count as a status symbol. I think a big problem on that forum was that they had a weekly announcement for who the week's favorite poster was. So you can imagine how people would make it their mission in life to maintain that status. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STGuy1040 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) This may not be possible based on the software, but why not offer rewards in the form of animated icons (i.e. rep status symbols) based on the amount of rep points you have? For example, someone with 20 rep points could end up with an animated Space Invader graphic somewhere near his / her post count? It would be cool to have something to strive for! Edited August 31, 2009 by STGuy1040 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yep. I've noticed at least on youtube people misuse it as an "agree/disagree" button. Say something (not hostile) that more people disagree with and it gets negged away. Very annoying when people do that. That's one the crappiest things that YouTube has done. If you don't agree with the rest of the sheep, you get a ton of negatives. "How dare you have an opinion that isn't the same as the rest of us! Thumbs down to you, sir! Thumbs down to you!" If you're not part of the sycophantic circle jerk, you can go straight to hell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STGuy1040 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 (edited) Yep. I've noticed at least on youtube people misuse it as an "agree/disagree" button. Say something (not hostile) that more people disagree with and it gets negged away. Very annoying when people do that. That's one the crappiest things that YouTube has done. If you don't agree with the rest of the sheep, you get a ton of negatives. "How dare you have an opinion that isn't the same as the rest of us! Thumbs down to you, sir! Thumbs down to you!" If you're not part of the sycophantic circle jerk, you can go straight to hell. One guy had over 60+ negatives for not agreeing with a certain comment, and what he posted was more logical. It's sad to see popularity win over common sense and free-thinking. Edited August 31, 2009 by STGuy1040 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Bad Reputation (Jett-Laguna-Cordell-Kupersmith) I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation You're living in the past it's a new generation A girl can do what she wants to do and that's What I'm gonna do An' I don't give a damn ' bout my bad reputation Oh no not me An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation Never said I wanted to improve my station An' I'm only doin' good When I'm havin' fun An' I don't have to please no one An' I don't give a damn 'Bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'Bout my reputation I've never been afraid of any deviation An' I don't really care If ya think I'm strange I ain't gonna change An' I'm never gonna care 'Bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not me Pedal boys! An' I don't give a damn 'Bout my reputation The world's in trouble There's no communication An' everyone can say What they want to say It never gets better anyway So why should I care 'Bout a bad reputation anyway Oh no, not me Oh no, not me I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation You're living in the past It's a new generation An' I only feel good When I got no pain An' that's how I'm gonna stay An' I don't give a damn 'Bout my bad reputation Oh no, not me Oh no, not Not me, not me Hey, you beat me to it my song quoting is rubbing off around here. AX 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Thank you Al for having negative points disabled. God knows how bad my score would look...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I am new to this upvoting thing as AA is about the only forum I go to on a regular basis, NintendoAge would be second I guess. As far as a "status symbol" goes, I always thought the little joysticks for how many posts you have has worked well over the years. Oh yeah, I'm also happy to see the negs are disabled because I too would be hurting there. I have a very good rep for selling/buying but not usually for posting in general although I have tried to be on very good behavior for the last year or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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