Thread: Reputation frustration

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!