I am confused about rep too. there is too big a restriction on handing it out. every time I try to give rep to a person, it tells me I have to spread rep around more people first. well that's hard since all the ppl I would give rep to have been given it so I can't spread it about without making it pointless and ruining the rep of the rep system itself.
is a little work reading the posts and evaluate them but you can spread reputation to the poster you consider that make a good post and/or to the users that recive negative reputation without a real reason. Last is a little harder but some cases are so obvious that you can fail,
I can see your point, but remember you are looking down the mountain: first time posters only have a limited amount of info, and i think this is more accurate.
Thanks for listening, I really appreciate it!
-dan
While it certainly applies to myself, I am sure that there are enough first time posters who actually do have a lot of knowledge.
I have a question about the Reputation system. Do new members who have no Rep have no power to give Rep either? I have a gray box in my rep list, and the total Reputation number is the same as it was before I received it. I guess I don't see the point, that a Rep was given but it has no affect. Either they shouldn't be able to give Rep for a certain time or they should have at least the minimum power for +/-.
Same happend to me, what does the grey box mean? A neutral rep? Or it is just because certain members can't really give positive/negative rep?
Same happend to me, what does the grey box mean? A neutral rep? Or it is just because certain members can't really give positive/negative rep?
It means the person had a neutral reputation. I believe the amount of reputation you can give (positive or negative) is based on your own reputation, the number of posts you have and how long you've been a member.
Yeah, thanks. Looks like you can, and with a boost. Your 1 point [green] seems to count as 4 [I've 2 green dots, 1 grey, and it says 5 points total]. I guess the internal mechanics of rep system are beyond us mere mortals
While it certainly applies to myself, I am sure that there are enough first time posters who actually do have a lot of knowledge.
Agreed... Post count doesnt mean you actually anymore smarter than a guy with 1 post. It means you are more active with the community.
So under my point of view the ranking system cant be elaborated by knowledge per post count, thats unlogic. Ranking should have alias that are referenced to the activity on community, not the skills as a coder.
Well in anyway whoever is a real good coder, he wont matter much for a alias for credit his knowledge.
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