[sbulack]

I just noticed that, in each of our posts, at the bottom of the "Profile" summary under our login name, there is a small green square. When the mouse cursor is positioned over it the "floating message" is displayed:
"<poster login_name> is on a distinguished road"

The "floating message" sounds like a Fortune Cookie fortune to me.

What IS that small green square, and to what use is it being put in place for?
Anyone know?
Thanks.

 

[tpc41]

it appears we have some kind of reputation ranking system now...

 

[pat1006]

I was part of another forum that had rep. Rep wars broke out and it went away for awhile...

 

[ClieOS]

See the [+/-] switch next to the online/offline status? It said 'add to ....'s reputation'. I guess we have some sort of ranking now.

 

[tpc41]

i can see this turning into a problem, i have a feeling it will be abused, but i really hope it works out

 

[aaron313]

I am REALLY against this. It is a terrible idea for numerous reasons.

Including:
jealousy, inflated post counts, redundancy, collusion, past posts bite you in the ass if you are a reformed *******, inferiority complex, etc.

 

[Chickenman]

Well, this is gonna be interesting

 

[nickdawg]

Wow, I can see this thing becoming a problem. These threads can get kinda rowdy and now there's another tool to abuse.

 

[jude]

Hi, guys, we just installed the newest version of the forum software yesterday (that was why we had that forum closure for an hour or so yesterday), and this is a new feature. I turned it on to test it (as I'm not too familiar with how it works, and wanted to play with it), and was hoping nobody would notice. Well, you did.

Anyway, don't pay too much mind to it yet. I still don't fully understand how it works, but am looking at the various settings to see if it would be worthwhile.

If you've seen it used at other forums, and to an extent that was positive, please let me know. It'll likely be shut off later tonight, but then I may turn it back on when I have time to look it over again for more testing.

 

[Rise To The Top]

well, lets just say that the rep system can get people banned for unnecessary reasons. I have seen people on other forums getting banned by negative rep just because of something in their sig, or an avatar, or a single bad post.

 

[Towert7]

I can only see it being used for childish reasons in the end.

 

[Rise To The Top]

also, there is a curtsy system for rep that calls for returning rep to those who gave it to you (well, atleast on the forums that I use that have it). It (the rep point system) is basically a system that causes people to race to more reputation points, which will give them more green boxes under their name (or red if they have more negative rep than positive).

 

[aaron313]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rise To The Top /img/forum/go_quote.gif well, lets just say that the rep system can get people banned for unnecessary reasons. I have seen people on other forums getting banned by negative rep just because of something in their sig, or an avatar, or a single bad post.

You mean that if your rep drops to zero... goodbye? I like to assume everybody like me

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[Rise To The Top]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aaron313 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You mean that if your rep drops to zero... goodbye? I like to assume everybody like me .

you need like -5 or -10 rep points for a ban to come along.

I really don't think head-fi needs this.

 

[Chickenman]

Maybe input a rule like putting one rep up or down a day and you can't keep on making somebody's rep going up or down but you have to wait a month?