Reputation system: stay or go

[onlydarksets]

Nuts. Apparently I have run out of positive rep points to give out. I'm willing to concede that it's possible I don't understand how this all works.

[DynamiteRave]

I like the rep system. I've never actually heard anyone but SBF REALLY have something to say about it.

I feel like most people are really indifferent towards the whole system. They could live with or without it.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

I got neg. rep points for having my location say inside your girlfriend LOL and the guy called me fat it was a trumatic experience LOL

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

I got neg. rep points for having my location say inside your girlfriend LOL and the guy called me fat it was a trumatic experience LOL

I'm willing to bet that your girlfriend was the one who gave you those neg rep points.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I'm willing to bet that your girlfriend was the one who gave you those neg rep points.

nope it was 4musumc or however u spell his name

[Big C]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

I got neg. rep points for having my location say inside your girlfriend LOL and the guy called me fat it was a trumatic experience LOL

i got negative rep points for saying i was ok with fassel being head coach...lol

[Dirtbag59]

I think the rep system is actually pretty good. It discourages flaming and as others have alluded to it makes people focus on quality rather then quanity when it comes to posting. As with the flaming I'll argue that the guys over at ES, who don't have a rep system, flame a lot. Of course the mods don't stop the guys over there from creating pointless threads, and as expected people get annoyed so I guess a rep system isn't really the saving grace, but then again maybe it prevents people from being dicks over here for no good reason.

I also like how the people who give rep points remain anonymous since the whole point of a rep system is to reward people, not reward yourself. I mean sometimes you can tell, but very rarely have I ever rewarded someone with rep just because they gave me a few points.

And I mean it's not like it prevents people from disagreeing on points and debating, in fact the only time I've seen people get bad rep points is when they come in and say or do something that is so utterly stupid that it's just beyond reasoning.

So I say keep the rep system, I mean it's not the most important thing but I believe it does it's part in keeping the peace around here.

Edit: Another good thing about the system is that so far I've only seen one or two people asking for rep points, which is a miracle compared to other places with the same system.

[KLHJ2]

I say get rid of it because it will never be used properly. However, if there are those who wish to keep it, then give the rep power solely to the mods. That way retaliation is prevented when 2 people get into a disagreement. If an opinionated moderator is in a heated discussion (not solely referring to Matty), then he or she can not dish out negative rep to the antagonist. It would have to be a Mod not participating in the discussion and the negative rep must be warranted.

This way all rep is dealt out fairly from the visionaries and moderators of the board. Isn't that part of a moderator’s job anyway?

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by Angry

I say get rid of it because it will never be used properly. However, if there are those who wish to keep it, then give the rep power solely to the mods. That way retaliation is prevented when 2 people get into a disagreement. If an opinionated moderator is in a heated discussion (not solely referring to Matty), then he or she can not dish out negative rep to the antagonist. It would have to be a Mod not participating in the discussion and the negative rep must be warranted.

This way all rep is dealt out fairly from the visionaries and moderators of the board. Isn't that part of a moderator’s job anyway?

I agree -that's probably the best scenario. It's also gives the mods power to discipline smaller offenses without threatening a suspension or ban.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

I agree -that's probably the best scenario. It's also gives the mods power to discipline smaller offenses without threatening a suspension or ban.

Well we have the infraction system for that too.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well we have the infraction system for that too.

OK - I don't know what that is. If it does the trick, then ditch the negatives entirely.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Angry

I say get rid of it because it will never be used properly. However, if there are those who wish to keep it, then give the rep power solely to the mods. That way retaliation is prevented when 2 people get into a disagreement. If an opinionated moderator is in a heated discussion (not solely referring to Matty), then he or she can not dish out negative rep to the antagonist. It would have to be a Mod not participating in the discussion and the negative rep must be warranted.

This way all rep is dealt out fairly from the visionaries and moderators of the board. Isn't that part of a moderator’s job anyway?

I disagree. If the Mods become the only one with rep power, then this place will become brown nose central. Retaliation is rare, and usually the people that retaliate against people that give them negative rep for doing something stupid don't really have a whole lot of rep power to begin with, so if one of them does give you negative rep you're only out like 1 or 2 points. Plus there will probably be about 10 other people to give negative rep to the person starting shit. The most recent example I can think of is

Originally Posted by offfiss

I wish the Skins had a TE the calibur of Shockey. The guy backs up his loud mouth.

I doubt I was the only one that gave Offiss negative rep on this baseless argument, but I have never given negative rep to someone for disagreeing with me.

[Hog1]

Because we are having to deal with threads to defend or condemn it, to often, I think it has become a distraction

[JWsleep]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Because we are having to deal with threads to defend or condemn it, to often, I think it has become a distraction

That's what I was thinking as well.

[onlydarksets]

I also don't get the "You must spread reputation around" thing. I tried to give him +rep for that post I quoted, and it won't let me. What's the deal with that?