Reputation System

Neji Simpson · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:52 am

I've been wondering a lot about this idea. I think it'd be nice to have a reputation system on the forum. Since there has been a lot of people doing a lot of great things on Warbears. But there would be a reason to give somebody a plus/minus reputation point.

It might show that you're a good/bad citizen to the community of Warbears.

Any thoughts? Do you like it or not?

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Johnathan Svoltaire · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:59 am

I've seen it on many forums and they are either a hit or miss.

For warbears, i think it would be good.

Also, there should be something that appears on your profile like "Haven't been reported in ..." so that people can see if your generally good or not.
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Sheena Totoro · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:20 am

Are you talking about this?

Soweeh if it isn't the same thing...
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Johnathan Svoltaire · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:33 am

Sheena Totoro · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:59 am

But the ranking system is based on your reputation.
And people could give you reputation points, like Neji said, which would raise your rank.
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Abhi Anderson · Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 92 Location: India

he's talking about the reputation as in the forum
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Flynt Panzerotten · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:37 pm

maybe once you got so many friends (10-20 +) you get like a bar in the corner of your screen showing your rep' in BTC?

this is a great idea i think ioji should take it into consideration.
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Myroc Anderson · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:38 pm

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Currently the mods mod BTC, the forums, and profile comments. Adding more work for the mods isn't a good idea since the rep system is easily abusable.

For example take n00bs. If they do something stupid and you downrep them justifiably, they'll retaliate by downrepping you for no reason.

Visual example:

Post 6 in some thread
n00b says: I r smart.

Rep report of n00b:
User 1 (-1): Stop being a n00b!
User 2 (-1): For obvious reasons.

Rep report of User 1
n00b (-1): Well same to you pal!

Rep report of User 2
n00b (-1): Same to you!

EDIT - The only way I'll back a rep system is if the mods ok it and give access to it only to those who have over 100 posts. That will stop alternate accounts being created just to give rep and downrep and stop n00bs from downrepping for no reason.

Myroc Anderson · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:04 pm

Johnathan Svoltaire · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:09 pm

You could just have this:

Reputation: 243
Good + or Bad -

No need to post comments or worry about multis.
You get one reputation point per person.
You gain a point with good reputation, and you lose a point for a bad one.

Maybe you can have the option to change it. Say a newbie is starting to become a valuable member of BTC, you could change your negative vote to a positive one.
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Myroc Anderson · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:14 pm

Knyh Risotto · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:24 pm

rep just shows popularity.
if someone is popular why do they need rep?
and it will cause arguments.
many will complain about nobody repping them.
and downrep? thats pretty harsh....
Warnings do downreps for you.
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Niall Calothycos · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:39 pm

I've seen this on a lot of forums, and it makes them worse, in my opinion.

I think people should just have reputations for their reputations, not a little chart saying their reputation.
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