Reputation Points

[Paolo]

As I understand it, you cannot leave bad Karma without giving a reason.

I have turned it off for now.

Chalk it up to a bug or glitch.

I'll keep in mind what you had when I restore it.

IF I restore it...

[Paolo]

So the reputation points got shot?

NO

Third point - deep dark cellar and political forum are like a.... let's say a containment area. If it will be closed, political threads will spread like a disease on the whole forum. It is either contained, controlled and quarantined in one place, or it will be all over.

Exactly. That's why they are a necessary evil.

Probably, switching off the reputation points for the political section would be a good idea, but I do not know wherever vbulletin software allows such setting.

Can't be done. VB doesn't work that way. I checked last night after getting six (6) whining emails and PM's about reputation points.

[IbPervert (imported)]

Everyone needs a place to pee....

Can I pee on your shoes Ms Nun?:dong:

[A-1 (imported)]

What we need is some insurance. That way, if you TOTAL your KARMA, you can get a new one...

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

More wine for Paolo, Beer for A-1 and the hard stuff for Hunter

[Riverwind (imported)]

If the Karma points come back, which I really don't care one way or the other, I am wondering if it can be changed so that you don't get 5 stars for one approval. Because I have so many when I give one to a newer person it jumps them to fast. it makes me wait and not give them. I have seen people with as few as 30 posts and have three lines of stars. This should not be possible. Just my opinion for what its worth.

Maybe this will be one of the topics at the winter staff meeting, along with good food and fellowship of course.

River

[Elizabeth (imported)]

Karma systems always end up corrupted, which is why most forums have discontinued them. I have seen people team up to distroy a person's reputation because of political differences or something as simple as feeling slighted by someone.

I have seen those who also build followings to raise their reputation. If a person gives everyone on the forum positive reputation, many times people feel the need to reciprocate at some future time, which allows a person to build a high reputation simply because the high number of people they gave reputation to.

This leads others to believe that some people give too much reputation, as more of a popularity contest than any measure of the persons contributions to the forum.

To give Moi reputation simply because he lost them, defeats the purpose of getting them to begin with. It would only tell us that Moi is well liked, which of course we already know.

I know Vbulletin can identify the person giving the reputation because I have been on Vbulletin forums where every person giving reputation good or bad is identified along with a short message.

Personally, I think reputation is of little use and only ends up being something negative. Besides, anyone can have something interesting to say at any time, even if in the past what they wrote did not seem all that interesting. In this regard the reputation system does little to inform us to the expected quality of the post or the poster.

If the decision were mine, I would not return the reputation system. All one has to do is ask one simple question: "What good can come from it?".

Elizabeth

[OneBallBoi (imported)]

Thank you for turning off that system. Yes, there was a day that I looked at it and wanted my numbers to grow. I don't care anymore. It is unimportant to me now in the broader scheem of things. I am glad it is gone and I vote that it never returns.

[A-1 (imported)]

BAD

KARMA (http://www.automotivetraveler.com/image ... Bandit.jpg)

...sorry, I just had to make that comment...

[sheep79 (imported)]

Pointtssss pointtsss I don't have no STINKIN points I don't neeeeedddd nooo stinnkennn pointsssssss. hahahahahaha apoligizes to the Treasure of the Siera Madre. Dave