Another neg rep and warning suggestion

[GreeN!X]

Well, this just kinda popped up in my brain when I was browsing some other forum that had some noob problems.

Since rep can be hidden and mod usually give warnings through neg rep, what if the mods could instead give warnings. Some kind of bar will show up below the user's rep and the user should not be able to hide this bar. When a mod gives a warning, This bar would fill up and it is up to the mod on how much "warning" the user would receive. If this bar is filled up, the user would be temporarily/permanently banned. If the user does not receive any warnings after XX days, the warning will slowly disappear.

Oh and when a mod gives a warning, neg rep could be given with it too.

So, what do you guys think? Would this be a good alternative?

 

[neo_sluf]

Well, this just kinda popped up in my brain when I was browsing some other forum that had some noob problems.

Since rep can be hidden and mod usually give warnings through neg rep, what if the mods could instead give warnings. Some kind of bar will show up below the user's rep and the user should not be able to hide this bar. When a mod gives a warning, This bar would fill up and it is up to the mod on how much "warning" the user would receive. If this bar is filled up, the user would be temporarily/permanently banned. If the user does not receive any warnings after XX days, the warning will slowly disappear.

Oh and when a mod gives a warning, neg rep could be given with it too.

So, what do you guys think? Would this be a good alternative?

Another design below my rep that's a good idea..

Also if i will troll in the hive i will get NOT banned!!! hooo.. so if my bar is at 50% i will stop trolling then wait until it gets to zero then TROLL AGAIN!!

 

[GreeN!X]

If you keep on trolling, the mods could give you 100% warning immediately and the warning show lower slowly.

 

[neo_sluf]

If you keep on trolling, the mods could give you 100% warning immediately and the warning show lower slowly.

then?..

 

[GreeN!X]

Something like this:

If you get 100% warning, you get temp/perma ban or some kind of consequence.

 

[Daffa]

I agree, it's annoying you can hide neg rep >.>

 

[Statharas]

Well, warning levels aren't usually helpful to normal users. They would be useful for moderators. If we really needed them, that is.

 

[Rui]

I usually sent warnings through negative reputation too, then moved on to infractions if it got serious or the violation gets constant. If the user's reputation is disabled, then I jump to infractions to start with. It was better to have reputation enabled as I'd only use infractions in extreme cases^^

 

[I3lackDeath]

I always saw negative reputation as something with a higher impact than a mere PM warning.

This suggestion is actually pretty interesting, but instead of "warning level", I'd suggest "karma" (very common in forums).
Concerning its decay: time itself is not a great balancing factor, unless you use a fitting algorithm.

 

[GreeN!X]

I thought about the decay time and well, what if it would depend on how big the last given warning/karma was. The bigger the warning that was given in one shot, the slower the decay would be or it could also be an option for the mod. There could be several options on how much decay would be each day/week.

 

[Archian]

Administrators and moderators have the power to give warnings and infractions (yellow and red card) already. I belive the system you describe is somewhat simillar to what we currently have.

 

[Dr Super Good]

They already have such a system called infractions. if you receive too many infraction points (10?) you are banned until they are reduced below the amount. They seldom are used in such a way as a lot of people who do behave badly get banned out right after the warnings because they committed such atrocious crimes.

 

[PurgeandFire]

They already have such a system called infractions. if you receive too many infraction points (10?) you are banned until they are reduced below the amount. They seldom are used in such a way as a lot of people who do behave badly get banned out right after the warnings because they committed such atrocious crimes.

2 infraction points are enough to ban someone. However, we give 10 points if we really want them to feel it in the butt.

 

[Cacciatore]

Nicee