[mentallybroken]

pretty nice indeed........ so i can choose whom to believe haha

[capty99]

Martyn.Rae, on 24 February 2010 - 01:30 AM, said:

Is there a cure for DIC addiction????

sophia bush

[CharlieMay]

KYA, on 23 February 2010 - 04:40 PM, said:

Look at your profile you can see who voted up/down on you and who you voted on. It's under the avatar on the left.

LOL, yea thanks KYA I see it now. I was actually trying to click on the green Rep bar like you do with the points in the post. I guess, I really need to admit it's time to go get my eyes checked.

[skyhawk133]

So here's what I'd like to propose, because I honestly see some value in having reputation available in the off-topic areas of the site as I think interesting, witty, and intelligent posts should be voted up, and dumb, insulting, and trolling posts should be voted down... I would like to keep the reputation in the lounge and other off-topic areas for the time being, although I have not completely ruled out disabling them in those areas.

Instead, I would like to put a daily limit on the number of down votes anyone can give. Here are my proposed values:

New Members (Members with less than 10 posts): 2 Down Votes/day, 10 Up Votes/day
Members (Members with more than 10 posts, but no special badge): 3 Down Votes/Day, 15 Up Votes/Day
Contributors & Authors & Any DIC++ Member: 5 Down Votes/Day, 25 Up Votes/Day
Experts/Mentors/Admins/Mods: 10 Down Votes/Day, 50 Up Votes/Day

This would prevent new members, or any member with a grudge from completely destroying someones reputation single handedly. It would not however stop someone who is trolling, insulting, being dumb, or just plain posting crap from losing all their reputation from multiple members who choose to down vote them.

Thoughts???

Oh, and Alumni only get 5 down votes/day because they are bitter, old, curmudgeons that would down vote a picture of their own mother given the chance.

[supersloth]

well maybe she should have dressed a little nicer if she didn't wanna get down voted, asshole. this isn't a fucking soup kitchen!

[AdamSpeight2008]

What Alumni don't get to Vote Up?

[skyhawk133]

They could vote up. Probably set it to 25 times.

[Pwn]

Could be a good thing, but people are stingy with the +s and generous with the -s. I can see this eliminating some posts, it already has me thinking I'm not going to waste any effort posting. Took me 2 years to get 15 pts and all of 5 minutes to lose 1/3 of it. I don't post fluff, but I try to post relevant comments. If you don't agree, feel free to post, don't just hit the fuckin - button because you don't like me or what I said.

This post has been edited by Pwn: 24 February 2010 - 06:27 PM

[capty99]

supersloth, on 24 February 2010 - 04:31 PM, said:

well maybe she should have dressed a little nicer if she didn't wanna get down voted, asshole. this isn't a fucking soup kitchen!

this.

alumni are the key to the site. the important people. yet we are treated like canadians. its bull.

[macosxnerd101]

mentallybroken, on 24 February 2010 - 05:04 AM, said:

pretty nice indeed........ so i can choose whom to believe haha

All of us since we're on the internet.

@Pwn: That's the whole point of the rep system. That way, if someone does post something irrelevant, unhelpful, or plain out deterrent for the conversation in a legitimate thread, they can be publicly recognized for it. I'm not directing this at you in particular for making bs posts, but as a blanket statement.

[Jayman]

@skyhawk133: I like the vote down/up constraints that you have chosen. I think those will be a good place to start. You can always adjust them later, if need be.

@supersloth: I know I don't need to tell you, but I'm gonna anyway. You bring enlightenment to my otherwise boring existence. Don't ever change.

[seeP+]

The additions are cool. I like knowing when I actually helped someone. Now I also like seeing who voted down. I understand others concerns also, as I have been voted down because I did not give the person the actual code, but just an explanation of his problem.

[skyhawk133]

These quotas have been implemented. We'll monitor their effectiveness. Please PM me or report a member from their profile using the "Report" button if you feel someone is abusing the reputation system.

We will release a new set of rules regarding reputation tonight.

[KYA]

"Noce"!

[skyhawk133]

Ok, don't report every damn post someone down voted you just because you don't know why. I'm talking about people ABUSING the down vote. People accidentally down vote things. If you go to their profile and they've down voted every reply or they are obviously just trying to ruin someones reputation, then you can report it, but our moderators are way to busy to go hunting down why someone down voted your post you thought was helpful. Reply to the thread and ask or PM the person if you really have a legitimate gripe.

If you are someone who regularly just gives people the [ rules ] or just looks for people asking for their homework done so you can tell them we don't do peoples homework, then of course you're going to get voted down. We're here to help people. Just don't reply to people who want their homework done for them. Or if you do, realize you might get a down vote, so make sure you provide some helpful replies in other threads to offset that.