Reputation System?

[PlaceofDis]

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.

or simply disagree with - with no basis for factual help etc.

plus it puts too much work on our volunteer moderators.

 

[rdowns]

I think it is a terrible system to add and it might discourage people from posting actually.

You say this like it's a bad thing. 😀

 

[iJohnHenry]

Actually, actually, actually.

Nope, no problem here. 🙄

 

[nickspohn]

In the meantime, be a helpful member and correct technical errors the old fashioned way: report posts and answer questions. 🙂

I'm not going to report it, because than it will get out of hand. In my view, that is just there for big issues, like spam, a war between other members, etc. There is just too much of the errors to report it to the mods.

 

[Blue Velvet]

I'm not going to report it, because than it will get out of hand. In my view, that is just there for big issues, like spam, a war between other members, etc. There is just too much of the errors to report it to the mods.

You're possibly right. Technical errors in posts and misinformation isn't against the forum rules... people should either ignore those posts or other members should correct them ideally without resorting to insults.

 

[CalBoy]

I'm not going to report it, because than it will get out of hand. In my view, that is just there for big issues, like spam, a war between other members, etc. There is just too much of the errors to report it to the mods.

You're possibly right. Technical errors in posts and misinformation isn't against the forum rules... people should either ignore those posts or other members should correct them ideally without resorting to insults.

I'm sorry, I should clarify.

I didn't mean you should report technical errors themselves, but that you should correct errors and report users who you think are abusing the forum, since that's usually one of the cases for a reputation system.

 

[morespce54]

...I think I'll go vote this thread negative. 😉

That's my point too. Look how peoples vote positive or negative on the same thread for complete different reasons...

Mr. A will vote positive for a thread that says there is some problem with an Apple product and Mr. A suffered from it and Miss B will vote negative for the same thread because this kind of comment hurts Apple reputation and she never had that problem to begin with.

I don't vote much anymore on MR... Sorry 😉

 

[GeeYouEye]

I've thought at times a reputation system would help weed out the bad information from the good. It'd be especially useful to help calm hysteria. I've seen dozens of threads where one person (nearly always a newbie) makes a sensationalist claim. Someone then quotes it and adds on some other logical implication which makes it worse, and it quickly becomes "OMG Aplle is teh evil suxxorZ!" Worse, it's usually countered, not by something to the effect of "No, you and the person you quoted are mistaken. Claim XYZ is false, so you don't need to worry about ABC," but rather by "OMG Apple is God you worthless toad! In fact I heard <some other wildly inaccurate claim that is nearly the opposite of XYZ.> Which means you're totally wrong."

If people were able to voice their displeasure at both (in such a way that both were able to see the reaction without reading through the usually several-dozen page thread (ie, reputation - I think, though it might be in a hack, that vBulletin displays latest reputation received in the UserCP), and they accumulated little red pips as a result, it might incline them to install a filter between their brain and typing fingers.

As for the mods doing extra reading work, that's what the Report Post button is for.

 

[MacNut]

If a newbie is posting there is a good chance they wont have a reputation to begin with.

Take any info from a person with 2 posts with a grain of salt.

 

[GeeYouEye]

Plenty don't though, including and especially other newbies, to the point that some threads, especially new product announcement threads, read like line noise rather than discussion.

 

[dukebound85]

First the iPhone came and havoc ensued. It died down.

Then the hacking came and havoc ensued. It died down.

Next, the iPod touch came and havoc ensued. It died down.

Leopard came and havoc is going on. It will die down.

It's an Internet forum. Don't take it so seriously and let others spoil it for you.

I think I'll go vote this thread negative. 😉

and now the ipad came and hell has been unleashed lol

 

[Consultant]

There should be reputation system from

Apple Fan
Neutral
Concern Troll

A reputation system would cause me some confusion, being the Official MacRumors Bastard™ and all. Would I be aiming for a good reputation or a bad one? 😕

😛 😀 😉

And the Official MacRumors Bastard™

 

[Eraserhead]

I think for the front page threads you do need some kind of reputation system, you need to get the interesting posts down to a page or so, so people can read commentary without having to read 20 pages of stuff to understand the issue at hand.

 

[miles01110]

I think for the front page threads you do need some kind of reputation system, you need to get the interesting posts down to a page or so, so people can read commentary without having to read 20 pages of stuff to understand the issue at hand.

This wouldn't be a reputation-by-poster system though, would it? A digg-like "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" system (reputation-by-post) seems more logical.

...although I'd hate to turn MR into digg.

 

[Eraserhead]

No, my idea is that it would be digg like.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

How about slashing the negativity from the equation and providing a "props" button, or something of the like.

If somebody posts something useful, other users can give props that are visible to the public. When reading through a thread, you can determine whether or not your want to read what someone has to say based on their "post count to props ratio".

Eh?

 

[Bennieboy©]

i was thinking about this the other day too, would be a good idea, to save from abuse maybe have it open to people like the marketplace is open? 6 months user and how ever many posts, not sure if thats possible but it'd be a good way to figure out people about the forums without digging thru tonnes of posts and such.