Adding Reputation

[Jeff Kennedy]

Exactly. In Ella and my instance, I was working third shift, she was at home and had commented on a thread that I had previously commented on. The "kid" slammed us both and made some comment about how "we should save that for home" or something like that. This was the same kid that accessed FrogForum through his Wii and was at one time, constantly giving bad advice about how to keep frogs that he had never even owned nor had any experience owning!! But yeah, it means nothing to me. I have gave a ton of advice that is factually based and is first hand knowledge however I have yet to been able to shake that first bad tag on my name. I have about 10 green box's show up as my rep on the User CP, however just the 2 under my name. I can only assume that the negatives are valued much higher then the positives.

[lnaminneci]

Having been a member for some time I no longer pay attention to reputation boxes. To me they are not an accurate measurement of someone's knowledge or expertise. I have seen many members with great knowledge have few green boxes and other New members with less knowledge have many. I have given reputation when I have felt it is warranted, but it should not be used excessively.

To me, I prefer Quality...over Quantity.... Remember guys, this is meant to be a fun, informative Forum....don't get caught up in who has what or who has more of what....it's not a Contest.

~Lesley

[Tony]

I have about 10 green box's show up as my rep on the User CP, however just the 2 under my name. I can only assume that the negatives are valued much higher then the positives.

There isn't a direct correlation between the number of people who rep you and what shows up in your posts, it is a weighted point based system. Someone with a high rep score giving you rep will count for more points than someone with a lower score, and if someone's score is low enough the rep they give out will be insignificant. I'm not sure how many points translate to a box under your name, but as an example I currently have 242 points and that translates to three boxes. Not to say that the system doesn't have it's flaws, but the kid with the wii probably didn't do much, if any, damage to your score. I've been hit with a few red tags (from angry fat froggers ) and it didn't do much.

[clownonfire]

Don't you just love threads like these?

Anyway.... Love thy neighbor. And if you feel like spreading some rep, you now know how... Until we figure out a better way!

Just remember.... You're the judge.... Read the comments, read the info, and trust accordingly.

[UncleChester]

Thanks for this, I actually didn't know how to give out reputation.

What about the little ""So and so" likes this" boxes that turn up in peoples posts? Are they just a way of saying you like a post without commenting on it or does something else happen?

Or the "Thanks" button? I'm gonna go crazy and hit one.

[bshmerlie]

I actually like this thread. Just because it helps to explain how some of the things work here on the forum.

[clownonfire]

I actually like this thread. Just because it helps to explain how some of the things work here on the forum.

Good. Then I take full credit for it.

[Kisa]

Thanks for doing this thread Eric, I had just recently found out how reputation worked and was going to put a section into the thread I started a little while back about the inner workings of the forum but unfortunately that hit a snag so I was never able to get too far.

I plan on trying to fix it, but this thread is awesome for picking up my slack. Thanks!