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Glenn
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- 8 Jan 2004
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I think their actions speak louder than their red dots. Anyway there were people with red dots that I didn't think deserved them after looking through their posts. The people who are here just to flame are usually reported or are caught no matter what their reputation is from what I've seen.
- 5 Feb 2005
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ok, so how about this:
Because rep points can't go off anymore, it means that in maybe 1 year 100 people have a maximum of all green balls... I think this is incorrect, especialy when people don't come on the forum for months... so how about when a person does not post a message on jref for lets say 2-3months, 1 green ball will go off? in this way people who are active on the forum have their balls.
Because rep points can't go off anymore, it means that in maybe 1 year 100 people have a maximum of all green balls... I think this is incorrect, especialy when people don't come on the forum for months... so how about when a person does not post a message on jref for lets say 2-3months, 1 green ball will go off? in this way people who are active on the forum have their balls.
- 21 May 2003
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Dutch Baka said:
That sounds like a great idea to me; anything to generate more posts is good.
Frank
- 17 Jul 2002
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Dutch Baka said:
That is not technically feasible.
Another problem I thought of with the absence of negative reputation points, is that users are freer to abuse other users without "paying for it". This clearly encourages an attitude toward slight disrespect whenever one disagrees, that will stay unchecked (I doubt anybody would be banned for anything but serious insults
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- 17 Jul 2002
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Dutch Baka said:
Don't forget that other people can still give you rep. for old posts, months or even years after you posted it. (esp. when you start a very popular thread with a very good post)
What kind of awards ? Like "most interesting thread starter", "most tactful debater", "funniest poster", etc. ?
- 5 Feb 2005
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things like that, if been to a website ones, and they had this kind of awards, have a look at here: SitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community personaltiy of the year... best thread of the year... i tried to start a award thread before, but yeah who the **** am i to do that?? you have the name of Admin, donator etc, so you can make something like this too, can't ya? I know you can with PHPBase...
and no I do not forget about past, but I think a lot off people agree with me, that someone who did not come on the forum for like 1 year, and have most green balls, is incorrect
I like the green balls, but now it starts to get boring, and i do not care about the green balls anymore, so i think a new thing like awards, make people think about post, you can get new members, and a higher quality of the forum....
its a good thing that negative rep point disapeard, so that people can tell there mind more... but something extra i think is a good idea....
Do with it what you want to do!!! hope people support an idea similar to this.
and no I do not forget about past, but I think a lot off people agree with me, that someone who did not come on the forum for like 1 year, and have most green balls, is incorrect
I like the green balls, but now it starts to get boring, and i do not care about the green balls anymore, so i think a new thing like awards, make people think about post, you can get new members, and a higher quality of the forum....
its a good thing that negative rep point disapeard, so that people can tell there mind more... but something extra i think is a good idea....
Do with it what you want to do!!! hope people support an idea similar to this.
- 14 Mar 2002
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Forum reputation.... my favourite topic... 
First of all, thanks for the input, Dave. As Maciamo has explained, your suggestion to reduce the number of green balls relative to the time of absence is worth a thought, but technically not feasible. Such modifications would need a lot of hacking.
@ awards
Also a nice idea, but who will handle the extra work? I'm already busy enough keeping up with the most pressing technical issues.
@ extended rep system
I have just installed an extended reputation system that adds light green pips to the darker green ones and golden stars if you have reached a certain number of green pips. That should give our "rep collectors" a lot of time to play.
First of all, thanks for the input, Dave. As Maciamo has explained, your suggestion to reduce the number of green balls relative to the time of absence is worth a thought, but technically not feasible. Such modifications would need a lot of hacking.
@ awards
Also a nice idea, but who will handle the extra work? I'm already busy enough keeping up with the most pressing technical issues.
@ extended rep system
I have just installed an extended reputation system that adds light green pips to the darker green ones and golden stars if you have reached a certain number of green pips. That should give our "rep collectors" a lot of time to play.
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- 14 Mar 2002
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Maciamo said:
I do not think that the absence of negative rep encourages members to behave bolder. If I remember correctly, abusive users were not exactly deterred by the perspective of collecting red balls. Furthermore, members can just turn off the rep system. I'm convinced that the abolishment of "neg rep" will contribute to more civil conduct by eliminating one significant source of misunderstanding and controversy.
At the moment we have the option of banning users temporarily. This offers mods and admins a sanction that can be applied in cases of severe misconduct. In the near future I will install a warning system and set up clear and transparent rules when to assign warning points. The accumulation of a specified number of warning points will result in the suspension of a member.
However, I am afraid that a warning system could again be abused in a repressive fashion similar to negative reputation points.
- 5 Feb 2005
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a lot of people like it, and now you only have pos rep points... it should not be so difficult as before nethomas said:Forum reputation.... my favourite topic...
well you got 5000 members, you got enough moderators, a couple of donators, etc, I'm sure there are some smart guys over here who can help you with something. when you grow bigger, you can't do everything yourself ..... but all my respect for what you guys have done in all those years * lot of envy*thomas said:
Great, well if you don't have time for awards yet, please keep it in your mind, and for the next months, years I will definitely the one who will give a big vote for that. arigatothomas said:
- 17 Jul 2002
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thomas said:
Is that the same warning system as before or a new one ? The last one was probably useless as the users were not notified (I think) of warning points unless we sent them an additional PM. I hope there could be a warning point system that notifies immediately the user, and a list of pre-selected reasons of warning (e.g. "personal insults") that moderators/admins should choose from, so as to avoid abuses of power (i.e. giving a warning for things that does not "qualify" for one).
*Ev3*
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Dutch Baka said:
i had to quote that sentence !
Although I suppose everyone has already made enough jokes about people's balls. :sorry:
i only just joined the forum. i can see how the rep ( neg v pos ) could contribute to arguments or some things like that, and unfairness, so maybe it's good not to have the negative rep anymore. But points are nice .. not to "collect" rep in a competitive way ( but maybe some people do this if it's their personality ) but it's nice to see what someone wrote about your post .. what they were thinking . Maybe it's not important enough for a reply in the thread , or they don't want to be so close as a private message, but they can still tell what they thought.
That's just my idea, but i'm new, so maybe it doesn't work like that for real.
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A load of balls .... ?
I quite like this actually!
Now I have ten square balls!
What else could a man wish for?
ﾆ淡ﾆ停?｡ﾆ停?
I quite like this actually!
Now I have ten square balls!
What else could a man wish for?
ﾆ淡ﾆ停?｡ﾆ停?
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