Reputation system...needed or not?

Fire away...We need proper discussion on this.

Offcourse it is needed. Believe me that will help the forum and user will be more active

We can have a rule to avoid any misuse. Also while repping someone there is an option to mention why you repped someone. Mods can have some amount of rep or blocked rep etc to make them stand out and members would not be able to rep them. Also mods can see who reps whom and they can see if someone negative repped another and if any abuse is done then mods can have power to handover infractions or warnings. 3 or 5 infractions gives you a temp ban etc.

AFAIK, it is not needed. It will make the less repped user's answer look wrong or lame, if an awesomely repped user posted something different.

And, it will encourage discrimination. Not to mention, all the mess it will lead to.

^^

Agree with Vamsi. I once posted the same question and all i got is a big NO. I remember a situation in TE where i gave an answer to some post and that guy simply ignore mine, but when the same answer was given by some exploded member he praise him and add a rep. I was like WTF!!!

I don't want any appreciation from that member, but i don't want someone to neglect a correct answer because it is from low rep member. The forum is good in the way it is now and before. Rep's will surely bring more debates...

Just my 2 cents.

^^^^ Personally, I think the same. It gets difficult for new users to mingle.

why haven't you included a poll? It will help you to analyze better.

Poll added.

i have had bad experiences with reps
i am totally against it

@vk
what mess are u talking about? Most newbs on a forum dont know anything about rep or who is a moderator etc.

J

Gollum said:
@vk
what mess are u talking about? Most newbs on a forum dont know anything about rep or who is a moderator etc.

im also a newb just liek u..most of the guys above have been in forum for long..dey knw whether we need rep syst or not..so shut it for a while..

frm what i heard..TDF had rep system long ago n it turned into chaos..

Gollum said:
@vk
what mess are u talking about? Most newbs on a forum dont know anything about rep or who is a moderator etc.

You should have seen digit when there was a reputation system. I was not even on a proper username back than. And i use to get creeps.

And, if newbs can't access rep system.. then, who are we giving rep system to? Bombarded users or to human spam bots?

J

rajkumar_pb said:
^^

Agree with Vamsi. I once posted the same question and all i got is a big NO. I remember a situation in TE where i gave an answer to some post and that guy simply ignore mine, but when the same answer was given by some exploded member he praise him and add a rep. I was like WTF!!!

same experience with me...but i do feel that we at TDF are more friendly thn others n this wont be a problem here...however it could develop so i voted for no

I am also against it...No need of reputation system...if u read 2-3 thread here u can easily get to know who is knowledgeable and who is not...And we r just like a group of friends discussing issues not like senior junior types :-D

Joker said:
im also a newb just liek u..most of the guys above have been in forum for long..dey knw whether we need rep syst or not..so shut it for a while..
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so shut it? Its not like i'm offending someone.
If you don't like my post then you can use the ignore list.
but hey, i gave my 2cents on the topic. Its the mods decsion in the end.

Having a high post count have some-what same impact as reputation, i guess.

The Reputation/Thanks request is just to snazz this forum and add interesting little options which will extend the functionality of the forum. Most of you are terming it like a monster who will destroy the lovely and friendly nature of TDF, which is totally bonkers.

As about junior-senior, don't you think users get high and arrogant when they have post count in excess of 3000? I have seen it quite often.

This feature can be added and mods can withdraw them if it doesn;t serve the purpose. WHy be so paranoid?

Anyway it seems we have more nays than ayes.

Rahim said:
Having a high post count have some-what same impact as reputation, i guess.

Not exactly. From the early months of this year, our hardware section has mainly had posts from new members. Everyone's advice is considered and debated.

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there should be a thank you feature insted...so we can get the thanked & gave thanks to options. i also do not think that a rep system is needed.

Thank you feature is not a bad thing. If the post is an article or something,that gives info. But, for troubleshooting, I guess only 1 will say thank you. Or may be 2.

Rahim said:
Having a high post count have some-what same impact as reputation, i guess.

nope.

post count = quantity
reputation = quality.

After seeing an using rep system on TE a lot, I do agree on bringing back rep system on TDF.

ok...let me first figure out how to use it.

I have no idea how it works.

Just for the lulz, instead of searching "reputation system vBulletin", I ended up searching "Disable reputation system ThinkDigit."

I'm drunk, I think.

I think reputation system should be kept for certain sections like Tutorials, Reviews,etc
That way it will cause no conflicts. What do you guys think ?

bassam904 said:
I think reputation system should be kept for certain sections like Tutorials, Reviews,etc
That way it will cause no conflicts. What do you guys think ?

Might require modifications etc.

I've enabled Reputation System for a while. Consider this only a test drive. I actually want to see how this thing works.

bassam904 said:
I think reputation system should be kept for certain sections like Tutorials, Reviews,etc
That way it will cause no conflicts. What do you guys think ?

This seems like a nice idea.

Just to experiment things, implement in one or two sections.

ico said:
ok...let me first figure out how to use it. I have no idea how it works.

Just for the lulz, instead of searching "reputation system vBulletin", I ended up searching "Disable reputation system ThinkDigit." I'm drunk, I think.

nice.And make sure that posts like "thanks, repped",etc. are out of the table.

I just click on 'add to ico's rep' and it worked but the buttons are kind of unresponsive and hard to know if the clicks are accepted

but I'm not getting any points? Try repping each other.

It is just like a comment??

It worked fine for me.

I just repped you ICO, can't you see?! May be it takes time to clear security gate.

LOL.. bassam already have negative rep

Who did that!

ico said:
but I'm not getting any points? Try repping each other.

It is just like a comment??

you should get. And why rep is not showing under your name in posts?

vamsi_krishna said:
This seems like a nice idea.

Keep your "nice" ideas simple so that they can actually be implemented. It will most probably require template modifications, which I will not do.

ico said:
Keep your "nice" ideas simple so that they can actually be implemented. It will most probably require template modifications, which I will not do.

Ok.. it is out of your league. I get it

desiibond..check your User CP. By default everyone has 5 rep points.

yes. it does show 5 reps for me.

Points increase with those "rep" comments?

No, it won't! But, some users will tell that "i've repped you" or something like that. To tell him that he repped that person.

I tell you this REPs system sucks. I have negative reps already

LOL.. it is disabled now. Every thing happened in few mins

So fast..!

bassam904 said:
I tell you this REPs system sucks. I have negative reps already

No, you had them since 3 years.

Thank you feature for posts please. I am for the rep system if it is enabled, but then that would mean a lot of reps for undeserving post count addicts. The thank you feature is a much better idea.

Rather adding reps to an user can we add reps to a particular reply. Something similar to Facebook "like" system.

In that case, people searching for a solution can opt for the most liked answer in a particular thread.

^^awesome suggestion

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rhitwick said:
Rather adding reps to an user can we add reps to a particular reply. Something similar to Facebook "like" system.

In that case, people searching for a solution can opt for the most liked answer in a particular thread.

seconded...or thirded as faun also agrees...

@Faun....well something similar.
But I've no idea keeping all those icons in every post, how ugly would it look

Let me check the forum u've mentioned

^Exactly the suggestion I mentioned. Thank you feature for posts. There can be stats like how many times a user has been thanked if needed.

Find me a vB mod to do that.

Yeah its very much motivational.

Man, Rep system implemented and closed in a blink-of-eye.

Whatever, now what you guys suggest? To keep Rep system or just leave the forum as it is.?????

well, I was only running a test run of the rep system.

IMO, it was not a test run. Its like giving a chocolate and taking it back even before eating. WE WANT OUR CHOCOLATE. WE WANT REP SYSTEM.

Check the votes. End of.

( eating popcorn and watchin :-D

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So then, debate ended?

@ico

combine faun and rhitwick ideas
it will surely be appreciated by many

G

The forum will fall too short to discuss this.

Never thought this would be so close considering the hostile response of nay-sayers.

Piyush said:
@ico

combine faun and rhitwick ideas
it will surely be appreciated by many

Suggest me a vB mod to do that. I have tried searching and couldn't find something which can do that.