Thread: Reputation frustration

OK guys,
lots of us have expressed our dislike for the current reps system but let's all remember that the reason we come here is to learn more about our hobbies and addictions and to help others down those same paths to financial ruin

it seems that every year right before the holiday season we really get passionate about some silly idea that has nothing to do with shaving... I'll admit i participate willingly but can we stop this all before the sarcasm and light comedy turns again to bitter infighting?



oh yeah and feel free to give me some negative rep whenever you want... I'm not here to be the prom queen

Found it! vBulletin® - Instant Community -->documentation --> view online manual --> reputation system

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If a member has more or less green thingies usually a reader can see if what he is saying is bona fide or BS. In my experience if someone is giving incorrect information on the forum another member will follow and post with the correct information. Now between the Wiki tutorials and the videos and other forum resources a new guy who does his homework will know a little bit in short order.

I agree with this. I started the wet shaving kick about two years ago, and straights at the beginning of this year, and I can't say it took long to figure out on each forum who really gave good advice and who just ranted, and who was good at what, and who had tastes like mine. And people are pretty good about zooming in and correcting "bad" advice, and people are pretty sporting about acknowledging it when there is a grey area with different philosophies.

I always love the just "thanks" system because the guys that get thanked alot tend to be the guys that really help with specific questions, and if someone has a lot of thankses that means something. whereas I'm not sure what to make of a lot of green thingies. I don't think most of us really are going to give negative reputation - that personality type tends to gravitate to another forum.

So between people on this forum being generally pretty savvy and knowing good adivce when they see it, and people being good about making sure questions end up getting the best answers, don't think we need the reputation. Having said that it doesn't bug me. I didn't get very many thankses anyway. I guess I'm more of a shaveforum taker than giver. I'm going to need therapy now. I'm so selfish.

Oh cool that little crying dude is green!

Originally Posted by Bruce

Moderators, super and normal both,

How many atta boys do I have to award some deserving chap for him to get another greenie? Do I need to intersperse this with thanks as well? How many thanks does it take to equal an atta boy repper upper? How many up-reps does it take to get an additional greenie? These things are covered where on the how-to-and-why page? And we find the how-to-and-why page where?

Well said! I tried to give you some repper-upper for that post but I couldn't because I had already repped you somewhere else. Atta boy! lol

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Well said! I tried to give you some repper-upper for that post but I couldn't because I had already repped you somewhere else. Atta boy! lol

well you can always, i think, thank him and that helps.. in fact you can thank him and add to his rep in the same post if you feel the need.

Originally Posted by syslight

...in fact you can thank him and add to his rep in the same post if you feel the need.

But in that case the thank will not add to the rep point count

Originally Posted by syslight

t... I'm not here to be the prom queen

Thats not what I heard!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Thats not what I heard!

That must be Doc spreading that vicious story... he wanted to be prom queen, ask bandit!

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

But in that case the thank will not add to the rep point count

you mean wit has silly as the calculation method is (conversation area counts) they managed to prevent this? ... i stand corrected, It is a wonderful and useful tools as it is currently constituted!

forgive my interruptions!

Does the rep system here only allow you to add to someone's rep one time? If you are only allowed to increment a member's rep one time then it has more value once you get to large numbers. I would assume "rep" to mean that a lot of different people have bumped your rep as opposed to a few people bumping your rep a lot of times.