Reputation Dots Enhancements

[Cody Carey]

Originally Posted by Ken Streeter

Personally, I like the fact that ChiefDelphi has a reputation system. It is excellent at showing which people are "respected members of the community".

However, one of the things that I really like about the current implementation of the reputation system is that it has a maximum displayed reputation that isn't stratospheric. Even relatively new users on ChiefDelphi (like me!) can envision that by making good contributions to the community, they may one day be amongst the set of users on CD that are at the highest displayed level of reputation. New users can also see that good postings are recognized by others. Alas, I think that if the maximum level is either unbounded or so high that it can't be reasonably obtained in a couple years through means other than "voting for friends" then I think the reputation system's ability to "encourage good postings" is somewhat diminished. My personal perspective is that I'm in favor of leaving the reputation bars at their current level.

Another benefit about having a maximum displayed reputation level is that there isn't any competition amongst the "max-reputation" folks to see who has the biggest reputation of all. (Or, if there is, it is at least largely invisible to others!) Even though such competition would surely be a friendly rivalry amongst the high-reputation folks, I'm not sure that there's really any benefit in further distinguishing amongst the "best of the best" on CD.

Similarly, because there is a current maximum displayed level, there's no way for folks to "cheat the system" and surpass the displayed levels of the very "best of the best" on CD who are already maxed out. The very best that somebody could do in "cheating the system" would be to equal the levels of the mainstays on CD. As such, the incentive for a miscreant to employ foul tactics to generate a reputation higher than dlavery or AndyBaker is greatly diminished -- despite one's best attempts, one could only attain the same level, no higher.

I'm in favor of leaving the reputation system with a reasonably attainable "maximum displayed level."

Just my two cents!

--ken, who is somewhat fearful of what kind of impact this post may have on his reputation since it publicly contradicts the perspective of so many of the "best of the best" on CD... Then again, there shouldn't be any reason to worry, these folks all exude gracious professionalism from their very being and definitely would respect a polite, healthy difference of opinion!

I like it!


After taking this post into consideration, I am in favor of leaving the system that is currently implemented intact. The only change that I would like to see is maybe one more level of bars to achieve. That way, the goal is still attainable... but it gives quite a few people more to strive for.

[Cody Carey]

I hate to be a double-poster, but has anything come of this?