O/T Reputation

[Sambucca]

Does anyone else get annoyed with the reputation system here on Mini's.

I always try to rep a post if I think it is helpful, whether it is in response to a post I have made, or just something on someone elses thread that I have agreed with or thought was supportive.

But it gets on my nerves when you try to rep someone and you cant because you have already given them reputation recently.

Three times today I have tried to rep Tesmaralda for supportive posts, not just to me, but to someone else as well (sorry can't remember which thread it was on) Also tried to rep Shel for something, and BrunetteandRed.

I understand that there has to be rules to stop the system being abused, but often, the most supportive posts or posters can't be repped when they really deserve to be.

That probably makes no sense at all... but it gets on my nerves lol

 

[tesmaralda]

don't know what to say but didn't want to read and run

 

[HelenG]

Never really been able to work out the rep system so rarely do it - sorry

 

[teen]

i was wondering who did the rep thing Thanx for letting me no its us lot lol

 

[Sambucca]

i was wondering who did the rep thing Thanx for letting me no its us lot lol

Teen, if someone posts something that you think is supportive, or helpful to yourself or others you can click on the scales icon in the bottom left of the post - between the green light and the warning triangle and tell the person that you agree with their post.

If someone gives you reputation because you have said something supportive, it will tell you in the top right of your screen that you have a new reputation comment.

hope that helps

 

[weight loss hopeful]

Thanks for explaining the rep thing. Ive never really got it either x

 

[Mini]

Does anyone else get annoyed with the reputation system here on Mini's.

I always try to rep a post if I think it is helpful, whether it is in response to a post I have made, or just something on someone elses thread that I have agreed with or thought was supportive.

But it gets on my nerves when you try to rep someone and you cant because you have already given them reputation recently.

Three times today I have tried to rep Tesmaralda for supportive posts, not just to me, but to someone else as well (sorry can't remember which thread it was on) Also tried to rep Shel for something, and BrunetteandRed.

I understand that there has to be rules to stop the system being abused, but often, the most supportive posts or posters can't be repped when they really deserve to be.

That probably makes no sense at all... but it gets on my nerves lol

You need to spread it around to others so that the system isn't biased in favour of one or two people...

Some people have a huge amount of rep and if they gave it consistently to the same people they would have more stars than space on their user profile under the avatar and it would also devalue the rep for others and lose its meaning in a very short time.

What is Rep Power


Reputation Points

Reputation are the green boxes that come up beside your name. The more green boxes the more reputation points that user has received.

How do you get Reputation Power?


you get one point for every 100 post you do. Also others can give you reputation points. When you have 100 points that then is equal to 1 reputation power. So the more points the more power.


What you can do with them?

If you like what a member has posted you can give them reputation and this then will help their reputation grow.

Some members now have rep power of 1 and others have rep power all the way up to 226 or more! Which means they can give 226 reputation points.

Also, grey/black box is shown by people who give reputation comments that elect not to show reputation, and/or have 0 reputation power.



You can give people reputation points by clicking the

icon


it is at the bottom left hand corner under Avatar.

You can see the comments left for you in Usurp, but not the people who have left them for you.




This is how it usually works as explained by JD.:thankyou:

"If a person with a rep power of 10 approves one of your messages, it gives you 10 reputation points. If a newbie has no rep power and they approve your post, then you won't get any points from them (but it's kind of them anyway )

Your rep power depends on a number of things including how many posts you have made, how long you have been a member and how many reputation points you have.

The quickest way of upping your rep power, is to post loads and approve messages of people with high rep power, so that maybe they will reciprocate. In other words grovel

At the end of the day…it's just a bit of fun. Nothing to take too seriously.

Right....off to do some grovelling "

http://www.minimins.com/introductions/46674-new-members-guided-tour-minimins.html

 

[Sambucca]

Thanks for explaining Mini. I did say that I understand that there has to be rules, and I am (I think) Very generous when it comes to giving rep. As I spend more time on in the WLS section than any other part of the forum I tend to see posts from the same people and it would just be nice to be able to give credit where credit is due if you know what I mean.