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Reputation Deflation
I have found that the reputation system is really good, and I love it, but I'm starting to think, that after 2 pages of people with maxed out green boxes (including myself), we might want to deflate everyone's reputation a bit. I'm not saying that these people don't deserve their reputations, they are the best of the best, but how will it help people if 60 some people all have the highest reputation level? I don't think I'm anywhere on the level of Andy Baker nor Dave Lavery, but they have the same amount of green boxes as I do.
Now, here's my suggestion. Every time the system goes out of control we can activate a 1/2 reputation. Basically, it'll half the reputation people have. So someone with 1,000 reputation points will have 500, 2,000 will have 1,000, etc. Any opinions? |
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Sounds good.
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oh boy, yet another rep. thread :rolleyes:
Keep it the way it is, people will be pissed. Take away some of their prized reputation: they'll still be pissed. It's a lose-lose situation. I still don't see what the problem is. If you sort by reputation, you'll see everyone with the highest rep first. It's more likely that if you have a question, you'll ask someone on the top of the first half page, than someone on the third page. $0.02 |
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As of today, my reputation level is just over 14,000.
To "max out" the green dots, you must reach 2,000. Maybe we just need to make dots "cost more"? |
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I too agree, It has taken me a long while to get my rep points where they are now, I honestly don't think cutting all the reps by half will accomplish anything, By simply increasing the value of the green dots everybody wins. |
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I'm fine with the way things are, but if we do change things, making a scaled rep bar cost would be the way to go. Actually, we do have that right now (slightly), I'm think. The bright green bars cost more than darker ones (200 vs. 100, I think.)
--EDIT-- And just for giggles, I'm the lowest reped person to have replied so far. :) |
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I'll donate all my rep to the repless.
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I believe that the rep points are good as they are right now. Sure many people do have "maxed out" rep points, but they are also the people who post quite a bit with useful information, so in a way, I think they deserve their maxed out rep. I believe that even if we scale the pints down, people will still manage to inevitably max out the new system. I think that some sort of harder system will "hurt" the people who do not have as high of a reputation as ChiefDelphi's super posters because it will take them longer to reach a point that the formerly maxed out reached rather quickly. the transition period would be too confusing.
just my .02, sorry if i confuse anyone ps. now I have the lowest rep for a person who as posted here ;) |
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Instead of fitting more and more green dots, what about a different color or another shade of green once you hit a certain point? I know multiple colors may become confusing, but thats just my $0.02.
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And in the end, does it really matter? Back in the days when post count was king, that turned out to be an inaccurate identifier, and now rep (although more accurate than post count) is showing its faults too. In about a year or so...someone will probably post again asking for it to be reevaluated. No matter what, there is no perfect system. In my time here, I've noticed...if something is posted inaccurately, someone with the authority to state the correction usually comes out to correct the statement. The people with the most rep are most likely to be frequenting the boards or know people who frequent the boards enough that they can be alerted when something of importance shows up that needs their attention - thus either way, facts are getting straightened out. Opinions are another beast anyway - but we're all coming from different teams, viewpoints, and times in our lives - and because someone has less green bars does not mean their opinion is less valid than someone with maxed out bars. The point of the forums is to communicate and share information, and I think that we are doing an excellent job at that as we are right now. We've been around this rep issue over and over...and personally, I'm itching to see new ways of sharing information - like CD-Media - finished before we think of playing with rep. |
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