Rep system

I was thinking about a rep system for wbw to go along with the thread rating.

ex: If someone posts something in someone elses thread that helps/someone likes/etc. Then you click an add rep button that's specifically for that user. Same goes for negative rep as well.

ex pic: which is obviously a person who posts are of quality/people liked them. Depending on how many people give you positive rep it goes up in green bars and depending if people give you bad rep it could have the potential to give you red squares. This rep would be displayed under their name above the avy.

(sorry as to not having explained it any better)
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Here is an example from a place I go to that has it set up. (click to enlarge)

I don't like it, it discourages honesty.

It would make this a "only say nice things" type of site. I don't ever post anything negative in a thread that is of someone's girlfriend or wife, but if someone is posting random pics they found online and the girls are all cows then I like to be able to offer my opinion without getting punished for it.

Well it's just an idea I'm throwing out there. Not saying I want or don't want it here. Just an idea to make wbw grow (not saying anything bad bout this place as I love it and it's obvious from my post count, )

I understand, I definitely encourage people to try and come up with new stuff. I'm just giving my opinion.

VB has the best rep/karma/etc system I've seen so far, and there are parts of it that are pretty limited too.

Besides, it gets abused to holy shit.

I have... Hrm... 2 communities that have this option. One I use it on, one I do not. I used to have a third community that had this option. I re-wrote the code though and turned it into a game where people shot each other.

It's not a particularly good idea here, and is very much defeated by the ranks system we already have in place here.

Whether a rank system works in a community or not is something that has to be considered very carefully. Like I said in three of the communities I work/worked on or would be the decision maker for that, I twice chose not to. In one I did, but it's a very special case.

I would not recommend using such a system here for a great many reasons, none of which really matter.

Another major factor to consider is that while many boards come with that feature built in (it's easier to re-write existing code than to create it from scratch) these boards are home-made. They don't have the base code in place to support that system and it would be a lot of work for someone to make.

I had a similar idea, I shooped up an example and sent it to the dutch crew when they were asking for advice...it wasn't really a rep system, but the idea was similarish..

ish.

what would keep me for creating a 2nd account with a different email adress, and vote for my self?

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Originally posted by sigmer

what would keep me for creating a 2nd account with a different email adress, and vote for my self?

And there-in lay part of the problem. In theory, you could limit who can USE reputation as opposed to who earns it. In some cases I have it set so that everyone can earn reputation, but only a few people can use the system to give it out.

But then there come standards and e-peen and all the other shit that goes along with it, and it would sort of diminish the significance of the rank system we already have in place which I find to be very valuable in this community.

How I described it when I suggested it (a similar idea)...was that only Mods can give it out, and possibly Demigods as well..

Like I said though, it was different than a rep system, and a little more original...I don't want to pat myself on the back or anything, but I'm awesome.




Also, you couldn't have a system where everyone could give everyone points, the room for abuse of the system would be crazy. Like the dicks that rate lots of threads a 1...people just enjoy being assholes sometimes, so it would be better to not give them the ability. I would think most of the Demigods on the site have been here long enough, and enjoy the site enough not to dick around too much...but I dunno.

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Originally posted by Honda_X

How I described it when I suggested it (a similar idea)...was that only Mods can give it out, and possibly Demigods as well..

Like I said though, it was different than a rep system, and a little more original...I don't want to pat myself on the back or anything, but I'm awesome.




Also, you couldn't have a system where everyone could give everyone points, the room for abuse of the system would be crazy. Like the dicks that rate lots of threads a 1...people just enjoy being assholes sometimes, so it would be better to not give them the ability. I would think most of the Demigods on the site have been here long enough, and enjoy the site enough not to dick around too much...but I dunno.

Oh believe me, I absolutely love this site and when I get a credit card there will be more money floating it's way. I love the site just how it is, but I'm just floating around idea's because I know how wbw wants to grow. Not saying anything has to be used, just laying down some ideas.

Ive always liked the idea of a rep system, award posters of quality stuff with 'being known to be good posters of quality' and ways to punish other posters....which there have been a few here, with LOW rep...in other words..posters of shit who just post for the points.

but there are a few cliques here on wbw, and i see it being abused to no end by those groups. Meaning new members etc would find it hard to 'earn rep' since all the ones who'd have the power to use it, would use it more on their friends.

I like the idea though....just see it as too much of a head ache to use here on the site