joeking27 Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Its supposed to be for sales, but can apply to everthing else. Personally I think for the purposes of sales its good, but otherwise is largely irrelavent. It nearly impossible to quantify reputation, word of mouth is much more useful for that sort of thing. Plus this system is open to abuse, although it could have the effect of making someone change the way they present themselves, instead of ego tripping about getting a -1. Link to post Share on other sites
screamin_weasel Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 is it possible to know who gave you the rep points? only i just got one, and dont really know why ? Link to post Share on other sites
joeking27 Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Click on 1pts, its next to the bar on the left. Link to post Share on other sites
sp00n Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 I think the system isnt doing any good. Its rarely used for what its ment to be used for, and when someone deserving of a negitive point gets one, he just retailiates by giving a negitive point to the other guy. Link to post Share on other sites
screamin_weasel Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 i gotta admit, i never use it, i never even think of using it. not because people on here dont deserve it, they do, but i just cant see the point, and forget. and like sp00n said, if someone gets a point against them, they retaliate. perhaps if they were limited strictly to the for sales forums it would be good. Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing_Sid Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 (edited) I did give rep points to those people who I thought deserved them. However, Arnie has decreed that the system is to be used for sales rather than for overall reputation so I'm not giving any out, cos I haven't traded with anybody on the forum... ... except Smyth602 who stole £150 from me. Anyway, I can't help noticing that a lot of people are still racking up rep points which are given for reasons such as "He's a cool guy" or "Polite". So, what's the deal? Are we allowed, again, to give points on the basis of all-round-good-egg-ness or is it still supposed to be restricted to traders? Personally, I don't think it does the forum any good at all when some little tosspot who happens to be part of an MSN clique who have all awarded each other a pile of rep points has a better rep than somebody such as Snowman or Antagon. All that tells noobs is that Arnies regards being part of a herd above intelligence. For the two days that people were being rewarded for being helpful (via rep points) I noticed that the complexion of the whole forum changed. When it was decided that the rep system would apply only to traders you could see the interest fade away. Check back and look at the lack of "Do a search dumb-*albatross*" posts made in the two days when everybody was clawing for rep points. The forum was a nicer place for those 2 days. Sadly, I guess, the system might be doomed to failure due to decent people being given -ve points by those same packs of hyena who are now busily awarding each other points. Edited February 16, 2005 by Hissing Sid Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Agreed, I'm a gonna get my *albartroth* into gear in a moment and tidy up the way the system works, and write some rules up for it. If false rep points are written a PM to a me with a link means I can check and delete things where needed. One major rule will be that reputation points cannot be given in retaliation, or "just because he's a mate", all points will have to be given in relation to a forum thread. At the moment the rep code only allows moi (the admin) to edit and delete stuff in the rep system. I'm going to have to delve through the code and rewrite it so that global mods can also do the same. ...gimme a bit to do it and I'll get it sorted. Word of warning.. the "big 'ol key 'o doom" here (okay.. I'll just be writing up an SQL query to do it in a few seconds, but you get the idea) might be used to wipe the current rep points that have been given and re-zero the lot. when I've sorted thigns out. Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing_Sid Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 *considers giving Arnie another -ve point. Nah... Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Okay, I've tweaked the way the rep system works and tidied up the look of it too. Now to get onto writing the rules... Link to post Share on other sites
COXY Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 I have a negative point i feel so dirty I got it for supposidly slagging off arnie??? Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Coxy, no you don't Okay, rep system reinitiated, and there's some rules here: http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/inde...?showtopic=9938 Link to post Share on other sites
screamin_weasel Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 well its better, definitely, but i would still rather see it limited to the sales forums. other than reading through the pages and pages of "good seller / bad seller" threads (which i doubt anybody wants to do), there is no clear, instant way to see if someone is trustworthy or not. the rep system clearly shows if someone is trusted, which is of massive benefit for people who are wary or new to internet forum trading here. just my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 In all fairness we don't know if someone's a bad trader or not until they become one.. and anyone that is a bad trader gets banned from the forums after the matter is resolved. That's why there's new rules about trading online in the forums that ask people to trade details with each other, to stop the trend of one sale wonders appearing and disappearing. Link to post Share on other sites
richie_j Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 just a suggestion....maybe 2 mod system....one for trading and one for...for lack of a better word, tarding. Like one bar for the "ohhh...he said ca suck" and "he's sooo dreamy" and another one for "he gave me a gun". it would mean more work, but it would be easier to wipe away bad ones without having to take away the ones from sales. And the tardo mod points could just be left for like 6 months...........maybe a competition or summin. Link to post Share on other sites
General Sweetpants Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 I dont like it alot. Because every time I see my avatar I look down and I see 10+ negatives. Link to post Share on other sites
joeking27 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 I dont like it alot. Because every time I see my avatar I look down and I see 10+ negatives. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dya reckon there might be a few reasons why you have a -11 rep? Link to post Share on other sites
nmcabecadas Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 A bad post in a thread with many readers may result in lots of negative rep points. May seem unfair because its only a single post, but the fact is that all the readers may give points. The same happen with positive points, however seems that negative comments are more widly spread. Link to post Share on other sites
General Sweetpants Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Dya reckon there might be a few reasons why you have a -11 rep? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dya reckon shut da f**k up Link to post Share on other sites
TaQ Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Dya reckon shut da f**k up <{POST_SNAPBACK}> See THATs the reason you get so many negatives. But on the other hand, I snoop round looking at other peoples rep points like a snake, and I see.. how can I say.. STUPID rep points, followed by stupid reasons... In my opinion, I think the system is abused by many, and only used effective by the not so many. I give out my fair rep points, but I don't demand rep points back like other members I've seen. Is it another race to see who has the most rep points, just like the post count? Or are people actually taking this system to what it's originally designed for? Link to post Share on other sites
joeking27 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Dya reckon shut da f**k up <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I would give you another -1 for that, but it'll have to wait for a while. Link to post Share on other sites
nmcabecadas Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 And if you continue to post something as "Dya reckon shut da f**k up" also receive warning points. Link to post Share on other sites
Jow Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Dya reckon shut da f**k up <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now I see exactly why you have such a bad rep, and another -rep coming your way. :/ Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Have to agree, I hate seeing posts where someone says "Cheers for that advice/link/whatever" then the person responds with "Give me rep points!" Surely, rep points are given out if you think the person deserves them, not because they've DEMANDED them? And I also dislike this whole "you give me a point and I'll give you one" and the "give me points to cancel out my bad rep" thing. That said, I think most people can handle this system reasonably and are doing. Now, if people can just understant that you can't give out negative points just because someone gave you one. Link to post Share on other sites
General Sweetpants Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 And if you continue to post something as "Dya reckon shut da f**k up" also receive warning points. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Link to post Share on other sites
joeking27 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't the door hit you on the *albatross* on the way out. Link to post Share on other sites
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