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Reputation System?

ohdeargodno.

i've seen this used, and i've never seen it go well.

the last time, it was on the forum of my old student union. it never recovered, and now the forums are permanently shut.

yeah, it might not happen here, but as arn said, it's about the obsession of some that spoil it for others.

i couldn't agree with him more.
 
If you ever dared to post that Apple screwed up something (See Stacks), within 15 minutes you would have a very bad reputation on the board.

Zealots can't be entrusted to rep fairly. Mac users are zealots.
 
Ibjr said:
If you ever dared to post that Apple screwed up something (See Stacks), within 15 minutes you would have a very bad reputation on the board.

Zealots can't be entrusted to rep fairly. Mac users are zealots.
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Then again we're more then happy to point out when Apple has screwed something up. :D
 
Again, not everyone on this board. I've newbies tell old time users that they should just go back to Vista if they don't like stacks.....
 
TBi said:
However what i would like is if i could have a personal reputation system that only i can see. I don't want to "block" people outright but i'd like to have help in knowing who to ignore so i can get to the main point of a thread.

The central point of this though is that only I can see the points i give to any one person. There would be no reason to abuse it.

Any thoughts on this?
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This might not be so bad. if it were only a personal system that would allow you to filter threads based on your personal rankings (exempt people with under 100 posts form the filtering so that they can build a rep). Assuming the forum admin would be able to see how people had been ranked privately by others it might be a good tool for finding some repeat problem posters and deciding if a ban should be temporary or permanent in certain situations....
 
arn said:
ya, we've talked about it before, and the bottom line is we were worried people would become obsessed with the reputation system. Kinda like how people were obsessed (and still are) with their post count.

arn
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yeah i see what you mean. and i agree. i've also seen it in other forums, but didn't really see a good use for it.

and there's really nothing you can do about the post count craze.
 
Ibjr said:
If you ever dared to post that Apple screwed up something (See Stacks), within 15 minutes you would have a very bad reputation on the board.

Zealots can't be entrusted to rep fairly. Mac users are zealots.
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Half the problem, in my opinion, is the sensationalist titles for threads. "Apple Screwed Up", "OMG! APPLE 15 T3H 5UK5!!!!1" and the suchlike do nothing to promote intellectual discussions on a topic.

If someone thinks Stacks was screwed up, they should post a title like "Stacks: Why I believe they weren't done right", and open it as a discussion topic, where they ask for people's objective opinion on the issue - i.e. whether they agree or not with their statement, and why.

Why are people surprised they're flamed when they post such sensationalist, tabloid newspaper style topics?
 
My opinion of course, but MR's present set up is one of the best out there.
• Prolific posters are recognized with the current numeric status, and it is left to the reader to determine if they are consistently read worthy
• Each poster has the ability to evaluate and self protect with the Ignore feature, Report post feature or Reply feature
• So, there is already in place a Reputation System, but it's properly relegated to the poster level and since it's not flaunted it is spared the previous stated abuses and manipulation.
 
Ibjr said:
If you ever dared to post that Apple screwed up something (See Stacks), within 15 minutes you would have a very bad reputation on the board.

Zealots can't be entrusted to rep fairly. Mac users are zealots.
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QFT

There are too many closed minded Apple users who are unable to be objective.

Such a system would never work here.
 
Didn't want to make a new thread so I searched, but It would be nice to have the reputation system back..
 
nickspohn said:
It would be nice to have the reputation system back..
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We never had one in the first place. ;)

As a mod, one of the last things we would want to get involved with is reputation disputes. Can you imagine how time-consuming and petty that could get?

Is it the iPhone forums that you're particularly concerned about?
 
Is this really going to be brought up again?

Did nickspohn read any of this thread before bringing it up again?
 
rdowns said:
Hey, at least he did a search. :p
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I was gonna complain but he said he searched so I won't criticize.:p

As for the rep system, I still say no. Unless someone can woo me with gifts my opinion hasn't changed.
 
I obviously read the thread. It can be brought up again. If this thread was an issue in the past, I believe it would of been locked.


And yes, it is the iPhone forums i'm concerned about. It seems as the days go by, people post more and more incorrect things. While others post extremely useful stuff.

But silly me, I forgot people can still get their feelings hurt when they get a negative rep on the internet. :)
 
nickspohn said:
Didn't want to make a new thread so I searched, but It would be nice to have the reputation system back..
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There never was one. ;) :p
nickspohn said:
But silly me, I forgot people can still get their feelings hurt when they get a negative rep on the internet. :)
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It's not really about whether or not people will get their feelings hurt, but more about the abuses that can happen. Having reputation systems is fraught with potential problems, probably far more than what the system returns to the users.

In the meantime, be a helpful member and correct technical errors the old fashioned way: report posts and answer questions. :)
 
The problem with the reputation system as stated in the past is that it would turn the site into a popularity contest. People would give a good rank to the people they like and a bad rank to the ones they don't.
 
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