Reputation Review

With the recent update of the forums, there is a new feature called "reputation" which shows up on everyone's posts in the upper right as a series of green or red boxes. Since it only started the day of the new launch (December 15) It many not have had a chance to grow to its full potential. To add or detract from someone's reputation: Go to a post of theirs and click the little scales in the upper right. A box will pop up asking if you agree or disagree with the post and there is a space to comment. To assess your own reputation: Click "User CP" (control Panel) in the tool bar. At the bottom of the Control Panel is a list of recent ratings. (If you have not been rated, there will be nothing yet.)It includes the thread of the post that was rated, the date of rating and any comments will link to the post that was rated and a box of either green, grey or red depending on how the post was rated. (Click the scales in your own post to see if it has been rated, all default to "Even" and becomes more or less positive as/if they are rated.) Both in clicking the scales in your own post as well as in your control panel, you are able to determine the number of reputation points you have. Crunching the numbers [list]25 post minimum for post rating to have influence[/list] [list]10 reputation point minimum for ratings to add points[/list] [list]10 rating limit per day[/list] [list]15 user interval (you must rate 15 people before you can rate the first again)[/list] [list]For every 6 months of membership added or every 500 posts on an account, your rating will have 1 point more effect[/list] [list]Everyone starts with 10 reputation points[/list] [list]Everyone starts off with 4 influence points[/list] [list]You gain 1 point of influence for every 50 reputation points[/list] Green, grey, red In posts, the reputation bars are, for the most part, green. That means the person has a positive reputation. By holding your mouse over the bars, a description of the reputation will pop up (I will add the break down later, since it still needs some work.) Everyone starts with one green bar. Once you have reached 100 points, there will be another green bar next to it and bars accumulate for every 100 reputation points. Grey bars means a person has no points. In your control panel, posts rated by users who do not have any influence points (less than 10 reputation points or less than 25 posts) will show up as grey. Red bars in a users post means they have been rated negatively and have less than -10 (negative ten) points. In your control panel, it means the post was rated negatively. Reputation Farming It is important that everyone accept that there are going to be times where people don't like what you have to say and you may get bad marks. It is not appropriate to preface potentially controversial comments to come with "I know everyone is going to give me bad marks for this, but....." Just say what you are going to say, take a deep breath and maybe consider what the other point of view is so passionate against IF you are rated negatively. It is also not appropriate to complain about recieving negative marks. This is because it is usually for the purpose of extracting pity from others who you hope will bolster your reputation. Again, it is important to come to terms with the idea that not everyone will be happy with what you have to say. Administration and moderators can view who left what comments and ratings. That should serve as a warning to those who would abuse it and a protection to those who have been abused. Reputation level The list of the "titles" associated with reputation points. 0- is of undetermined character 10- is just starting out 150- will be famous soon enough 300- is of notable stature 500- is a jewel in the rough 800- is just really nice 1200- is a glorious beacon of light 1500- is a splendid one to behold 5000- is worthy of praise 8000- has much to be proud of 10,000- is a name that should be in lights 15,000- is Legendary 20,000- is fantabulous 50,000- is practically perfect in every way -999999 is infamous around these parts -50 can only hope to improve -25 should be approached with caution -10 has a little shameless behaviour in the past You will notice that the title changes do not necessarily coorespond with the number of green boxes which grow with incriments of 100. Any suggestions for improvement on the reputation titles are welcome since most are the system default. I will be updating this list as more questions arise.