User Reputations

[kcyanks1]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already in this thread:

Do you have any tips for when to give people positive rep? There are posters I know from the past who have been very helpful--do I give them rep points now, or wait for a particularly insightful post? How often do you give rep points to the same person if they continually have good posts? How often should I plan on giving rep points period? Should it be done for any post I appreciate? A rare occurence?

[BeanoNYC]

Originally Posted by kcyanks1

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already in this thread:

Do you have any tips for when to give people positive rep? There are posters I know from the past who have been very helpful--do I give them rep points now, or wait for a particularly insightful post? How often do you give rep points to the same person if they continually have good posts? How often should I plan on giving rep points period? Should it be done for any post I appreciate? A rare occurence?

Good question. I don't know exactly what the policy is but I'm starting everyone with a clean slate. As far as the post themselves are concerned, I plan on giving out positive feedback to post that make me laugh, show a user's helpfulness, posts that I emphatically agree with, posts that I disagree with yet are conducive to a healthy discussion and, of course, whenever I learn something new. Am I off on this one, Greg? For the record, I voted "Not Sure"

[kcyanks1]

Originally Posted by BeanoNYC

Good question. I don't know exactly what the policy is but I'm starting everyone with a clean slate. As far as the post themselves are concerned, I plan on giving out positive feedback to post that make me laugh, show a user's helpfulness, posts that I emphatically agree with, posts that I disagree with yet are conducive to a healthy discussion and, of course, whenever I learn something new. Am I off on this one, Greg? For the record, I voted "Not Sure"

Thanks for the help. See, this would be a perfect example. Do I give BeanoNYC rep points? He was helpful (and I know he's been helpful in the past too). And if I do, what about the next time he's helpful

Oh, btw, I did give you rep points. But if you follow-up with another good post, as I assume you will, I figure I'll have to wait for the "official" word before doing it again

[Bob R]

No strict parameters. You can go back to old posts and add a rep point. Start slow and feel comfortable. You can add comments also. I like the personal touch.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by kcyanks1

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already in this thread:

Do you have any tips for when to give people positive rep? There are posters I know from the past who have been very helpful--do I give them rep points now, or wait for a particularly insightful post? How often do you give rep points to the same person if they continually have good posts? How often should I plan on giving rep points period? Should it be done for any post I appreciate? A rare occurence?

I will contribute rep points to anyone's post...










for a price of course...


...unmarked, non sequential twenties, only, though.

[riverc0il]

i would suggest using the rep for posts that make you say, "i would enjoy seeing more of these types of posts and posters around." whatever contributes to your enjoyment of the forum, puts a smile on your face, contributes to your knowledge, or adds insight. however, i think it should be significant. for example, almost any post marc makes puts a smile on my face, but i think he has already earned a different type of reputation

[Bob R]

I think Steve is on the right track here. I plan on giving very few rep points.
I want them to have value. Only 2 given so far by me. Zowie420... for the generosity she showed with discount and free tickets to help make the Cannon outing a success. 2knees for the same reason. We have a few folks getting together this weekend cause of the Brettonwoods tickets. Again set your own guidelines within reason.

[Greg]

Some good feedback on how/when to give rep points. As Bob says, take your time until you feel comfortable with it. There are no strict rules per se. The rep system has some built in features which won't allow you to give rep too many times within a given time period and to the same members over and over. With that said, I plan to give rep when I read a post and come away with a feeling that it was a really good post - a strong case in a debate, a detailed trip report, a well-written gear review, etc. Perhaps even just a really funny post will get rep points from me. With the board's highest rep power of 12 though, I don't plan to hand out rep points willy nilly. Posi-repping old posts is fine. I, for example, posi-repped Jeff Bokum, Dan Dipiro and Win Smith, among several AZ members that have contributed in some way. I don't think I'll be as liberal neg-repping posts though.

As far as neg-repping, please don't neg-rep for poor spelling/grammar, to try to just hurt someone's rep that you don't "like", or for opinions that differ from yours. Based on the overall civil discussion and respect AlpineZoners show each other, I trust that most folks will use the system in the way it was intended.

[bvibert]

I think you're all on the right track, give rep whenever you feel the post is deserving. Its a very subjective thing and there aren't really any rules as to what should and should not be repped. The system won't allow you to do it too often. For example; kcyanks1, you just gave Beano rep so you won't be able to give him rep again until you rep at least 10 other people. After you give 10 more people rep you are more than welcome to rep him again if you see another post of his that you really appreciate.

EDIT, Greg beat me to it again...

[SkiDork]

Greg/admins:

Just thought of something. Since you guys generally don't allow any flaming, negative reps will be artificially understated. The way I see it, someone who is a flamer or a troll deserves the negative rep points...

Just a thought...