User Rep Poll: Should it Stay or Should it Go?

[Talking Poker]

The problem that I have with the Rep system is the vastly different amounts of power certain people have. Rep Altering Power is based on how long you have been here, your post count, and your Rep.

I don't have the exact numbers, and I don't feel like figuring it all out, but I can give something like 22 points of Rep for every click I make. 22 Points! Meanwhile, pshabi is able to give something like 10, but there are lots of quality posters who are only able to give 1 point at a time.

Every little bit counts, of course, but it just seems crazy to me that I should have so much more power than anyone else because I have such a high post count. I've looked at tweaking the formulas, but nothing I can think of would reall fix the problem.

So because of this, I give less Rep out now that I did when we first got started. In a way, this is lame, because I think everyone should be giving out Rep all the time, but I don't want MY views to override those of 22 newer users, ya know?

Unfortunately though, I really don't see a way around this.

[Nikita]

Is it possible to default it so everyone gives the same amount of rep. So current rep, post count etc. would not have an effect? This might help with your issue.

Or maybe have the amount of rep someone can give out be related to their current amount of rep only. So someone like Shabi would boost rep more than someone like me, as he has three bars and I have one. Although, I'm not sure what you would want to do with someone with negative rep or neutral rep, maybe have it set like it is for the neutrals now, they can rep, but it doesn't actually have an effect. This might help alleviate the formulas you might have to deal with.

[Robbie Robb]

Speaking of rep, did you remember to look into that uCash thing or whatever it was that we posted about while you were at Atlantis?

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[Talking Poker]

No sir.... forgot all about it!

[Talking Poker]

I think pretty much anything is possible.... but I wouldn't want to change it TOO much. I mean, certainly someone with 2000 posts who has been here for over a year and has 3 bars of green rep deserves more rep giving power than someone with 8 posts who signed up yesterday and has done nothing but spam the forum, right?

I still think the system will work out in the long run. It's just a bit weird at first. As people start getting more rep, they will be able to give more rep, and so on and so forth. It should work.

What I could do is weight the power heavier towards current rep. That way, if some new poster comes in and is just AWESOME, they would have more power than someone who is mediocre but has been here for a long time or has made a lot of useless posts. That's a decent idea, actually...

[Hawt]

I have also seen on some sites (mainly GorillaMask.net) where the amount of "rep" is listed underneath the users name and avatar. I think that would be useful just to see where everybody stands instead of "between x and x". It would also help for people in the negative, if we could se someone was in the negative by one point as opposed to 19 or something like that. Then you could put back the sweet default descriptions.

[Talking Poker]

Yes, those were sweet, weren't they?

Quite frankly, I wanted to do it how you are suggesting, but I didn't see that option (to list the actual number). I'll look some more.

[Hawt]

Here is a picture of what I am talking about. I highlight the little rep on the side with my mouse...

[Talking Poker]

Yeah, I like that. Do you know if they are running vbulletin, and if so, what version? If you are friendly with the Admin there, ask them how they enabled that.