Reputations - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 04-19-2004, 02:24 PM

Fordim, at the rate you are going you should have 100 reputations points soon. Your good conversation is going to give you weight!

***Sharkû*** · 04-19-2004, 02:33 PM

Also you start out with a weight of 1 as soon as you are able to give reputation (50 posts).

HerenIstarion · 04-20-2004, 01:43 AM

I can see the ratings I've got in my CP. Can I see also the list of posts I've given reputation to myself? Or may be such an option be added in the future?

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 04-20-2004, 04:58 AM

No. Once you click the give reuptation button it is property of the person you gave it to. vBulletin is constantly upgrading their program, so perhaps some day they will make possible.

HerenIstarion · 04-20-2004, 05:08 AM

thanks

HerenIstarion · 05-07-2004, 12:53 AM

Obviously, our Gov is doing somthing against spooky rep wizards

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You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later.

So things probably are bound to improve

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-07-2004, 03:38 AM

The idea of signing each comment is a good one. I think that I will adopt it.

Nurumaiel · 04-23-2004, 01:53 PM

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3) You must give reputation to 20 different people before coming back to the same person.

This rule compels me to ask a question.... are we supposed to keep track of who we have been giving reputation and when so we might follow the rule? Or will the system keep track of it? In example, if I were to give reputation to someone twice without those twenty other people in between, would the system cause the given reputation to be rendered ineffective?

I gathered from what has been previously posted that it was the system that kept track of it, that is, considering Lindolirian's post:

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'You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to NightKnight again.' Just out of curiosity, how much reputation do I have "to spread" before I can rate one person again?

as well as considering that the others rules that were mentioned in the same group all seem to be dealt with by the system.

I'd just like to confirm that it actually is the system in charge of that, though, so I know I don't have to keep track of who I've been giving reputation to!

(And, by the way, would the same answer apply to only giving reputation to 10 people per day?)

Thanks in advance!

Lindolirian · 04-23-2004, 08:05 PM

Hmmm say someone with 40 posts gives reputation, it give no points right? Then a few days later they pass the fifty mark. Is that already given reputation suddenly worth one point? Also for example, I personally have three weight points because of two years of membership and 1,000 posts. Now when I reach 2,000, will the reputations that I have already given be worth four? Sorry if it's confusing, but I think that I might have been rated by someone with no wieght to give and want to know if it will ever be worth anything...

Thanks!

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 04-23-2004, 09:33 PM

The points you give are calculated when you give them and are added immediately according to your current weight. Gaining more weight at a later date will not affect previously given reputations.

Samwise · 05-07-2004, 06:59 PM

...but this whole 'rep' thing dosen't seem the least bit fair, and quite honestly, a bit dumb (though I never liked the old rating system, either.). I've never looked at my 'rep', 'cause I don't really care what people think of my posts. I don't rate other peoples', either. I'm not a Tolkien expert, and I don't ever plan on becoming one. So if people are going to waste their time rating my posts low 'cause I don't know enough about the books or movies or whatever, I really could care less.

I apologize for this sounding like a rant; I guess in a sense it is, but I don't see the importance of one person rating another person's thoughts.

Lyta_Underhill · 05-07-2004, 07:24 PM

I do enjoying rating posts sometimes, but I understand this system is ripe for abuse. The question though, is, are there any REAL negative consequences of having a "Ted Sandyman" reputation? If Ted Sandyman said something interesting, I would still read it and perhaps comment upon it. I put it down to a fluke when I saw Lush with a "slipping" reputation awhile back, as I always enjoy reading her posts and I've never known her to "slip". Since she is definitely opinionated and uses colorful turns of phrase, I am sure that very characteristic is liable to produce polarized results, thus the smattering of negatives. In a way, that would make the "slipping" 'Downer more interesting to read, as you would wonder what made someone react so strongly as to rate the person 'down.' A 'slipping' 'Downer is often one who has created a controversy. (I noticed Knight of Gondor had slipped during the "Good vs. Evil" movies thread controversy as well). That doesn't make me any less interested in what KoG has to say. In short, I don't see any downside, except a bit of a frowny face beside one's nickname...hardly a handicap at all! That's just my own opinion!

Cheers!
Lyta

P.S. I normally subscribe to the doctrine of only speaking well of someone and keeping mum when the stupid or irritating posts come along...

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-07-2004, 07:41 PM

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So if people are going to waste their time rating my posts low 'cause I don't know enough about the books or movies or whatever, I really could care less.

As far as I'm concerned, it's not about how well you know the books or the films. It's about how well-expressed, thoughtful, witty, insightful, informative etc your posts are. In other words, how much your post contributes to the particular thread that you post on (whether that be in the Books, the Quiz Room, an RPG or whatever).

We are all here because we enjoy reading posts made by others and posting ourselves. It seems to me that any system which encourages us to post well, and therefore makes us think more and elicits more interesting or funny material for us all to read, is something which is worthwhile.

That said, I agree to some degree with Lyta. Reputation is an interesting feature, and should be meted out (whether positively or negatively) with care. But people shouldn't take their personal Reputation ratings as the be all and end all.

**The Saucepan Man** · 02-03-2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Fordim Hegethistle on 19 April 2004

You mean, I can't give reputation points to anybody???? I've not been around for a year, I don't have 1000 posts and I don't have 100 reputation points of my own -- so I'm a zero?

How things change! This from the man who has now found the Straight Road ...

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Originally Posted by The Barrow-Wight in response

Fordim, at the rate you are going you should have 100 reputations points soon. Your good conversation is going to give you weight!

Indeed

Carnimírië · 02-04-2005, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

How things change! This from the man who has now found the Straight Road ...

Congratulations on your find Fordim! Can't get much better than the Undying Lands...

Fordim Hedgethistle · 02-04-2005, 01:02 PM

Thank you very much Carnimírië, and all the others who have wished me well, but I must say that it is at present somewhat lonely on this ship into the West. Cirdan is nice and all, but somewhat gloomy. Frankly, I can't wait for Saucy to come aboard so he and I can liven things up.

For the time being, I shall recline in a deck chair and sip cocktails. Perhaps I can get some reading done before things get too crowded hereabouts. . .

solarisa · 07-31-2005, 07:28 PM

i still can't find the reputation button. i-i hate being a NOOOOOOOOOb!!! whawha

Gil-Galad · 07-31-2005, 07:42 PM

Its the beautiful little symbol of justice in the corner my dear

Firefoot · 07-31-2005, 08:03 PM

Gil, people with less than 50 posts aren't allowed to give out reps.

I don't get very many reps for being funny... people tell me I have a strange sense of humor, though, so it doesn't surprise me.

Though I have gotten a handful or so of reps this month for being funny. Makes me happy.

I don't really have a trend, though... I tend to get reps from all over the place.

I do find, though, that I tend to get reps from posts that I would consider unextraordinary rather than posts that I think are particularly good. It's nice to be surprised, though.

mormegil · 11-16-2005, 12:24 AM

Try this post for a wonderful explination about the grey box from The Barrow-Wight himself. Also reading over the first 2-4 pages of this thread can be very helpful in general rep questions, though I don't mind answering the ones I know.

Valesse · 11-16-2005, 12:01 PM

Ahh, thank you mormegil! I should have read back, but obvious things like that don't seem to occur to me. Thank you again for the post-link

TP:

Oh no!

Cailín · 11-16-2005, 03:01 PM

After a long time of strugglings, I am at last bound for the straight road. Which is a comforting thought, I suppose.

So, thank you all.

---

On another note - is there a possibility for anyone to see who has repped the post when it is done anonymously? Just to be on the safe side when the phantom or anyone else high up on the list suddenly goes all destructive and power-hungry and set up a random negative reputation giving-army?

04-19-2004, 02:24 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Fordim, at the rate you are going you should have 100 reputations points soon. Your good conversation is going to give you weight! __________________ The Barrow-Wight

04-20-2004, 01:43 AM	#3
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Another question I can see the ratings I've got in my CP. Can I see also the list of posts I've given reputation to myself? Or may be such an option be added in the future? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-20-2004, 04:58 AM	#4
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	No. Once you click the give reuptation button it is property of the person you gave it to. vBulletin is constantly upgrading their program, so perhaps some day they will make possible. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

04-20-2004, 05:08 AM	#5
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	thanks __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-23-2004, 08:05 PM	#9
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Hmmm say someone with 40 posts gives reputation, it give no points right? Then a few days later they pass the fifty mark. Is that already given reputation suddenly worth one point? Also for example, I personally have three weight points because of two years of membership and 1,000 posts. Now when I reach 2,000, will the reputations that I have already given be worth four? Sorry if it's confusing, but I think that I might have been rated by someone with no wieght to give and want to know if it will ever be worth anything... Thanks! __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

04-19-2004, 02:33 PM	#2
*Sharkû* Hungry Ghoul Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,719	Also you start out with a weight of 1 as soon as you are able to give reputation (50 posts).

05-07-2004, 03:38 AM	#7
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	The idea of signing each comment is a good one. I think that I will adopt it.

04-23-2004, 09:33 PM	#10
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	The points you give are calculated when you give them and are added immediately according to your current weight. Gaining more weight at a later date will not affect previously given reputations. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

05-07-2004, 06:59 PM	#11
Samwise Faithful Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Petaluma, Ca Posts: 2,299	I know I'm a nobody... ...but this whole 'rep' thing dosen't seem the least bit fair, and quite honestly, a bit dumb (though I never liked the old rating system, either.). I've never looked at my 'rep', 'cause I don't really care what people think of my posts. I don't rate other peoples', either. I'm not a Tolkien expert, and I don't ever plan on becoming one. So if people are going to waste their time rating my posts low 'cause I don't know enough about the books or movies or whatever, I really could care less. I apologize for this sounding like a rant; I guess in a sense it is, but I don't see the importance of one person rating another person's thoughts. __________________ Giving thanks unto the Father...In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.~Colossians1:12a,14 * * * * * * * I am Samwise son of Hamfast, if by hoe or trowel I can get these weeds out of your garden, I will.You have my shears!;)

05-07-2004, 07:24 PM	#12
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	I do enjoying rating posts sometimes, but I understand this system is ripe for abuse. The question though, is, are there any REAL negative consequences of having a "Ted Sandyman" reputation? If Ted Sandyman said something interesting, I would still read it and perhaps comment upon it. I put it down to a fluke when I saw Lush with a "slipping" reputation awhile back, as I always enjoy reading her posts and I've never known her to "slip". Since she is definitely opinionated and uses colorful turns of phrase, I am sure that very characteristic is liable to produce polarized results, thus the smattering of negatives. In a way, that would make the "slipping" 'Downer more interesting to read, as you would wonder what made someone react so strongly as to rate the person 'down.' A 'slipping' 'Downer is often one who has created a controversy. (I noticed Knight of Gondor had slipped during the "Good vs. Evil" movies thread controversy as well). That doesn't make me any less interested in what KoG has to say. In short, I don't see any downside, except a bit of a frowny face beside one's nickname...hardly a handicap at all! That's just my own opinion! Cheers! Lyta P.S. I normally subscribe to the doctrine of only speaking well of someone and keeping mum when the stupid or irritating posts come along... __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

02-04-2005, 01:02 PM	#16
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Thank you very much Carnimírië, and all the others who have wished me well, but I must say that it is at present somewhat lonely on this ship into the West. Cirdan is nice and all, but somewhat gloomy. Frankly, I can't wait for Saucy to come aboard so he and I can liven things up. For the time being, I shall recline in a deck chair and sip cocktails. Perhaps I can get some reading done before things get too crowded hereabouts. . . __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

07-31-2005, 07:28 PM	#17
solarisa Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 42	i still can't find the reputation button. i-i hate being a NOOOOOOOOOb!!! whawha __________________ ~Spirit of sunlight...i am free~

07-31-2005, 07:42 PM	#18
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Its the beautiful little symbol of justice in the corner my dear __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

07-31-2005, 08:03 PM	#19
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Gil, people with less than 50 posts aren't allowed to give out reps. I don't get very many reps for being funny... people tell me I have a strange sense of humor, though, so it doesn't surprise me. Though I have gotten a handful or so of reps this month for being funny. Makes me happy. I don't really have a trend, though... I tend to get reps from all over the place. I do find, though, that I tend to get reps from posts that I would consider unextraordinary rather than posts that I think are particularly good. It's nice to be surprised, though.

11-16-2005, 12:24 AM	#20
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Try this post for a wonderful explination about the grey box from The Barrow-Wight himself. Also reading over the first 2-4 pages of this thread can be very helpful in general rep questions, though I don't mind answering the ones I know. __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

11-16-2005, 12:01 PM	#21
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	Ahh, thank you mormegil! I should have read back, but obvious things like that don't seem to occur to me. Thank you again for the post-link TP: Oh no! __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-16-2005, 03:01 PM	#22
Cailín Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lurking in the shadows. Posts: 711	After a long time of strugglings, I am at last bound for the straight road. Which is a comforting thought, I suppose. So, thank you all. --- On another note - is there a possibility for anyone to see who has repped the post when it is done anonymously? Just to be on the safe side when the phantom or anyone else high up on the list suddenly goes all destructive and power-hungry and set up a random negative reputation giving-army?