Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

is my opinion, but I've heard a lot of suggestions on making more dots, changing the values, etc.

What about this hack:

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

The idea sounds good.. can't see those images. Will the points be reset?

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

I've attached the images.

And, we'll keep the points the same as they are now.

This is a very simple hack to install, so after a week of it, we can take it out just as easily if it is something we grow to dislike.

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

Im game, looks like fun

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

*ears perk up*
stars? :)

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

I'd say go for it. It doesn't do anything except increase the publicly-viewable detail of the data that already exists but can only currently be determined through relative means. (For example, I have just as many dots as Andy Baker. I don't know how many points he has, and the only way I know I have less than him is through sorting the member list by reputation.)

(Of course, it wouldn't surprise me to find out Andy Baker has infinite rep.)

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

Haha, what I'd really like to see is some more phrases. Don't really care if there are more dots or not (they're just dots!), but I would like seeing a wider variety of the sayings when you rollover. (i.e- Andy Baker had this much rep two years ago, etc.)

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

Come up with some (make a new thread, get community input, etc) and I'll implement it if they look good.

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

Sounds cool. Now I'll have to get a wide screen monitor for all of Baker's gold stars.

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Doesn't matter to me. Why give people more reason to judge or brag. My vote is leave it as it is.

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I voted no, because I think the stars look pretty tacky. I like compact graphics, and those stars seem too big and cluttered.

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

Maybe keep the dots, but have different colored dots. Like when you have full green dots you get 1 pink dot and when you have full pink dots you get 1 blue dot and so people can still get more reputation points, and it doesn't clutter the screen with big stars...

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

I agree that the stars are tacky, I am sure someone can photoshop up a smaller better looking star. But I think the idea of increasing the reputation points is great. As it stands right now there are 200+ people with full reputation bars, and when a new student comes to the site there should be a difference in reputation between the 200+ dedicated posters and Dave Lavery and Andy Baker. Maybe that means adding just those gold dots, and not the stars.

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I had that problem, but then figured that graphics could easily be changed.. for example, gold dots instead of stars, and then two shades of green, as before.

blah.

Re: Reputation Dots Enhancements
 

Are they that big? I'd think that the WAIs and avatars would still dictate the size of the postbit for anyone with their text sizes set to a reasonable level.