New Rep? Cool but...

[Kyrbi0]

I noticed that the Reputation system was changed recently. Now we can input a certain integer amount (0-4) to bestow upon people! Way cool!

However, I also noticed that it defaults to the max (4)... And personally I would like to see this changed. Don't get me wrong, it's neat to get 4 rep every time by default, but... It kinda devalues (in my mind) an already increasingly-meaningless number. Like, if you get 4 every time, that becomes the new normal. Worse, anyone giving less than 4 (even 3, or 2 or 1, not to mention 0!) might be seen as jerks/cheap-skates; you have to intentionally replace the 4 with a lower number, after all.

Thing is, I see this new system capability as a real boon to a guy like me who desires to give 'proportionate' reputation; 1 for every-day "thanks" repping, 2 & 3 for "wow, thanks a lot/resource" repping, and saving 4 for "HOLY COW YOU'RE THE BEST" repping (and 0 for commenting, which is nice). But if everyone gives 4 by default, I look like a jerk. xD

Anyway, TL;DR -- Can the default amount of Reputation given be set to 1 instead of 4 whatever our personal max is?

 

[Hotwer]

I do agree with this. With time, 4 will become the new 1, and 1 will automatically evaluates to 0.25.

I share the same problem with people with votes (most of the time people don't know how to vote, and rate stuff that they like as 10 or 5, even with all others number - If it's average, why can't you vote 5 or 3).

 

[The_Silent]

I thought it was based on your own rep, like the old system. But now with a choice. It is not?

 

[General Frank]

Get rid of rep all together.
If people REALLY need an incentive to be active and helpful on this site then rep is not the key. It is nothing. It means nothing and it worth basically nothing.
Being helpful AND receiving credits in projects must be totally fulfilling.
If people are there for rep then they really don't have other value than some virtual numbers.

 

[Kazeon]

Haha.. I also wonder why those numbers and gems are very precious for some people.

(I would've got 300+ more reps if this is implemented since hive 2 started gawdamnit)

 

[Hotwer]

Get rid of rep all together.
If people REALLY need an incentive to be active and helpful on this site then rep is not the key. It is nothing. It means nothing and it worth basically nothing.
Being helpful AND receiving credits in projects must be totally fulfilling.
If people are there for rep then they really don't have other value than some virtual numbers.

Well, it is a 'credit' feature. Not everyone feel fulfilled or rewarded the same way.

 

[Chaosy]

I also thought you could only give the rep you have unlocked.
+1 for every 2500 posts or 500 rep(?) capping at +4

 

[Nowow]

Just checked. I can give only up to 1 rep point. @Hotwer you can give more.

Oh btw I can give 0 rep for some reason... How about that?

 

[IcemanBo]

In past it was that for each '200' rep you have, your rep power gets increased by '1'.
So when you have 200, you should be able to give "2" probably. Here, have some! : )

 

[KILLCIDE]

Get rid of rep all together.

Fuck that. As @Keiji once said:

...hail the ever-growing ego-booster beneath my avatar.

 

[Ralle]

Agree with Frank. But I don't have the balls to remove something that many people care about.

I wonder what @Keiji and @Archian think about setting the default give value to 1.

 

[KILLCIDE]

Rep is how I get paid here. As much as I love my real life job (student instructor), I wouldn't be doing it unless I got paid.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Reputation is sort of a currency.

Tho I myself enjoy seeing my name in credits or "special thanks" lists more than receiving a gem, one's a one-time pleasantry, while the reputation is more of a permanent thanks you collect. Think of it as a dragon and it's treasures.

In the past, higher reputation was used mostly to "distinguish" exceptional users in specific fields of expertise, but nowadays it's more of a joke. It has rolled down quite a lot from meaning that you're a respectable member of the community.

 

[Chaosy]

To some extent rep usually represent knowledge in one field or another.

So basically a ego booster.
I still love it though.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

I think it's merely to show "recognizable members of the community".
When you see a person with 2000+ reputation, you think of them as being good in their own field and/or being a longtime member.

However, I do think the 0 reputation, or neutral reputation as it's called, should remain a moderator only exclusive right and keep the same "role" - as a cheap, fast and above all effective way to place a warning.
On the other hand of scaling reputation awards based on how much you currently have, it's severe to see 800 reputation guys giving the same as someone with, say, 4000. I believe anywhere between 350 to 500 reputation needed to "unlock" a +1 on your reputation giving is fair and nice.

 

[Abovegame]

What about having something like Rep-Post Ratio.I just got this idea todat when i read this thread.

RPR = ( Total Reputation / Total Post Count ) * ( YearNow - MemberSince )

Maybe some kind of equation for calculating how much do you contribute to the community.

Example for my profile:

( 22 / 141 ) * 1 = 0.15

The higher the ration the more you contribute.

What do you guys think ?

 

[The_Silent]

That could discourage community partition, since most "high yield" posts is resource submissions and memes. Posting comments that do not get you any rep would basically give you a negative rep penality by dividing your total rep gained by one more.

 

[LordDz]

What about having something like Rep-Post Ratio.I just got this idea todat when i read this thread.

RPR = ( Total Reputation / Total Post Count ) * ( YearNow - MemberSince )

Implement this system and people would stop posting stuff as posting would give them less reputation.

 

[General Frank]

People should care less for rep then and have the community in mind or their projects.

You can go and drag your dick through someone's face if you really want to fro just 50 bucks, if you are really into that. Hive is not that place.

 

[Abovegame]

Implement this system and people would stop posting stuff as posting would give them less reputation.

But this wouldn't replace the rep system.It would just be a ratio to see how much do you post irrelevant posts,so to say.

 

[Kyrbi0]

But this wouldn't replace the rep system.It would just be a ratio to see how much do you post irrelevant posts,so to say.

So we would have a system of Reputation, and then a separate system for your Reputation's reputation? Ehhh

Also, yeah, would penalize schmoes like me with tens of thousands of posts but no contributions.

 

[Murlocologist]

Can we return the option to hide rep as well as option to remove followers?

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Opting to hide rep would be cool!

 

[The_Silent]

Yeah, I miss my gray gem of reputation invisibility.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

No posts are irrelevant on this forum, usually.

Being such a wide community, we're proud to fancy roleplayers, artists of all sorts, gamers and writers. Just because one group posts more than another, doesn't mean it's less relevant.