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January is reputation awareness month! This is the time during when we all make extra efforts to give reputation to our fellow members for the posts they make. In addition you can submit feedback on the system as a whole. Below I have pasted the current reputation rules. As you can see it really is not difficult to advance in level.

I'd also like to know if you like the way the privileges are based on rep or if you would like to move to an economy- based system. The difference is you would be able to purchase privileges with your money which may include new options like sticking threads and changing username font. You would earn money through rep, but also through other factors such as replying in specific forums and gaining referrals. Basically it would require more management on your part but you would in turn have greater flexibility in determining your user options.



Reputation:

Every member has certain privileges which is based on their amount of reputation. Please note that your privileges are not based on the number of posts you’ve accumulated. The rank which appears under your name is the only thing that is post count dependent. In addition, you will gain 1 gold star for every 1000 posts up to 5000.

It’s in your best interest to build your reputation as it determines what you’re actually able to do in the forums. There are four promotional groups which you can reach by having a specific level of reputation.


P0 (registered user)
P1 Bronze (500 reputation)
P2 Silver (1000 reputation)
P3 Gold (1500 reputation)
P4 Platinum (2000 reputation)

You gain a certain # of rep points for every positive rating. The amount of points received is based on the rep power of the user who gave you the rating (default is 1). Ratings are made by clicking on the scales icon on the lower left corner of someone's post. If you receive 1 positives for 10 points each on 50 of your posts, that's 500 points of positive rep for you. This system will be tweaked based on how often people actually give ratings.

You gain one green pip for every 10 rep and a bright green pip for every 20 rep.

Privileges

P0
Avatars
Poll voting
Download attachements
Post attachements
Poll posting
View who’s online
3 PM buddies
50 PM storage

P1
Private message tracking
Email to a friend
6 PM buddies
100 PM limit

P2
Deny read receipt
Create/Lead user group on approval
9 PM buddies
150 PM limit

P3
Invisible mode
Can change user name
Black Project access
12 PM buddies
200 PM

P4
Custom rank
250 PM
15 PM buddies
See who left user rating
Ability to post articles on homepage

The value of the ratings you make will increase based on certain factors. You start with a value of 10. Admins start with a value 0f 30.

For every 182 number of days, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

For every 1000 posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

For every 500 points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Must have 50 posts before your ratings will affect others.

Can only make 100 ratings in a 24 hour period.