User Reputations

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

I think it could be a good thing. But as Jim says, it could also be abused. T4T has all sorts of restrictions on how often you can give rep to a person and what not that should be able to limit the amount of abuse. Here is a link to their current reputaion rules.

Yup. I have similar settings available here.

[marcski]

There should be a way to give skier reputation, based on one's skiing/riding expertise, in addition to just posting expertise.

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

Yup. I have similar settings available here.

Figured you would...

I think the limit on how many reps you need to give to others before you can give rep back to a user would be helpful at stopping abuse...

[Greg]

Originally Posted by bvibert

I think the limit on how many reps you need to give to others before you can give rep back to a user would be helpful at stopping abuse...

Absolutely. Here are all the options with their default settings. I put my recommended settings in parentheses:

Default Reputation
What reputation level shall new users receive upon registration?
10 (10)

Administrator's Reputation Power
How many reputation points does an administrator give or take away with each click?
Set to 0 to have administrators follow the same rules as everyone else.
10 (0)

Register Date Factor
For every X number of days, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.
365 (365)

Post Count Factor
For every X number of posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.
1000 (1000)

Reputation Point Factor
For every X points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.
100 (100)

Minimum Post Count
How many posts must a user have before his reputation hits count on others?
50 (100)

Minimum Reputation Count
How much reputation must a user have before his reputation hits count on others?
10 (10)

Daily Reputation Clicks Limit
How many reputation clicks can a user give over each 24 hour period?
10 (10)

Reputation User Spread
How many different users must you give reputation to before you can hit the same person again?
20 (10)

Thoughts?

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Greg

Absolutely. Here are all the options with their default settings. I put my recommended settings in parentheses:

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Thoughts?

Looks good too me.

[Greg]

Okay - let's give it a try. I've enabled User Reputations and started everyone off with 10 points. New users will also start with 10 points. You will now see a green (or red if negative ) reputation marker under your post count. To add or substract reputation points for a particular user, click this icon - - at the bottom of the author column on the particular post you would like to give (or take) reputation points for. The options are set as follows:

Originally Posted by Greg

Default Reputation
What reputation level shall new users receive upon registration?
10

Administrator's Reputation Power
How many reputation points does an administrator give or take away with each click?
Set to 0 to have administrators follow the same rules as everyone else.
0

Register Date Factor
For every X number of days, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.
365

Post Count Factor
For every X number of posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.
1000

Reputation Point Factor
For every X points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.
100

Minimum Post Count
How many posts must a user have before his reputation hits count on others?
100

Minimum Reputation Count
How much reputation must a user have before his reputation hits count on others?
10

Daily Reputation Clicks Limit
How many reputation clicks can a user give over each 24 hour period?
10

Reputation User Spread
How many different users must you give reputation to before you can hit the same person again?
10

Please actively use this system and be fair. If we detect abuse, we reserve the right to disable User Reputations. Enjoy!

[Greg]

I've also set it up so your Rep point count and Rep power are displayed in the author column of each post you make.

[teachski]

I have a question or two about this...
1. How can we look at our own Reputation to see what others have said about us?
2. How do we gain Rep power points? I just noticed mine went up to 3 and do not know how that happened.

Thanks

[Greg]

Originally Posted by teachski

1. How can we look at our own Reputation to see what others have said about us?

If/when someone posts rep points/comment, you can view the last ten in your User CP.

Originally Posted by teachski

2. How do we gain Rep power points? I just noticed mine went up to 3 and do not know how that happened.

As indicated in the settings list above, Rep Power points are determined by a combination of how long you've been a registered member, how many posts you have, and what your reputation count is. The rationale is that more established members with higher post counts and reputation have more "pull" when add/subtracting rep points. With that said, everybody better be nice to me as I have a mighty Rep Power of 12!

[Greg]

Originally Posted by Greg

If/when someone posts rep points/comment, you can view the last ten in your User CP.

I should add that rep points and comments are not anonymous. Some folks may not like that but my feeling is it adds a level of liability when giving (or taking) rep points so again, please be fair.