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I don't post many useful things and somehow I have full rep and am apparently on that first page of top reps.

It is clearly not always indicative of how much you know/how helpful you are. I think half my posts are from Fantasy FIRST drafts...

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...or robot!

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CD47-Bot (and his brother, archiver) look rather human to me...

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Right now, I have to say I don't find the rep system all too useful. Rep simply isn't something I notice often. Like others said, I'm more likely to notice if it's red, but it mostly doesn't factor into how seriously I'll consider a post.

However, I think that when I first started on the forum, it served as a pretty good indication of who is an experienced member of the forum. Over the past few years, I feel like I've gotten a pretty good sense of who people are, so it's declined in usefulness, but generally I think it's a decent resource for newer members of the forum.

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This is completely true. I have received more positive rep for posting in controversial or otherwise popular threads than any other type of post.

I haven't seen this brought up yet, but would some type of yearly reset or deduction of rep points make the rep system more valuable? Lets say I have the maximum rep "dots." On January 1, give me a star in the row above or below rep dots, and reset me to 1 dot. Then as I post throughout the season, I can refill my rep dots. If I max out again (or some other reasonable level that says I have positively contributed) by the next January 1, give me another star and reset me again. Maybe hovering over my star would display lifetime rep points... Thoughts?

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I don't look at people's reputation points, pretty much ever. I don't really care and it's in a corner filled with stuff I don't pay attention to. I occasionally use the system to leave people comments about their posts. I also enjoy seeing people's thoughts on what I have to say. I like this aspect of the system and definitely wouldn't want it to go away. I'm fine with the system as it is, but I don't think I would be heartbroken if it changed, either.

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To me, the rep system is a general indication of community respect.
It is not accurate for measuring intelligence or social charm, because it is often an unbalanced combination of the two.

Sure its useful, and I award/deduct points as I see fit.
Next question? ;)

*honestly, you can tell quite a bit from someones userbar and I always glance at it after reading a post. *

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Hmm.. Okay, seems pretty reasonable..

• A low rep bar doesn't really mean that someone's post is inaccurate, or shouldn't be trusted.

• Now a red bar may be a different story.

• A high rep means that you may be Andy Baker..or JVN..or Karthik :p just kidding. But in all seriousness, that post would most likely be very helpful, or accurate etc.

Thanks to everybody who responded! I always like to see everybody contributing to a discussion.

One more question though.. What is the difference between the bright and dark green rep bars??

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I believe it is just the first five green dots are dark green and beyond that they are bright green, which I assume may have been made to catch peoples attention...just a guess

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Does it take longer for your submitted posts to show up if you're a new user with no reputation points? Do they have to get through a moderation filter or something? It has seemed like that to our team at times, but maybe that was just gremlins in the server.

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I think that is somewhat correct. I don't know the specifics, but it seemed like that when I started. When I started my first thread, it told me it had to be checked first before it could be submitted.

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I find it funny to me that (with the exception of the guy above me) everyone posting in this thread has like a gajillion bars.
To me, this whole thread is like: "No, I don't pay any attention to the rep system" says the guy who's maxed out the rep system.

I guess it's like money: everybody wants it, but once you have it, you realize it doesn't really matter.

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I would suggest that they are active community members.

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I would second this suggestion, as I recognize most of the people posting here :)

Another important note though... I never payed attention to the rep system, even when I first joined. Posting on here isn't about getting rep, it's about helping other people/teams, and being helped in return. Rep is just a side affect.

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^^ Well said. This precisely what we mean by "they're just dots."