Reputation Eval

[Neo]

Now that Survivor is over I can turn my attention to other things such as rolling out the new style, finding a replacement for Stu, upgrading the boards, and taking another look at reputation.

It's been a few months since we rolled out the reputation system and I wanted to get a feel for whether or not it's been working. If you have any opinions one way or another, now is the time to chime in. Below I've pasted the general rules as a refresher. I've also updated the ranks up to a rep of 3000.



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 1 points of rep for every positive ratings. Ratings are made by clicking on the shout icon on the lower right corner of someone's post. If you receive 1 positives on 50 of your posts, that's 50 points of positive rep for you. This system will be tweaked based on how often people actually give ratings.

Your initial rep is based on the number of posts you have. This is because the number of doubloons you had was roughly dependent on your post count. If you did not get your conversion yet speak to either me or Bond. I updated about 60 of you so far.

You gain one green pip for every 10 rep and a bright green pip for every 20 rep. This is hardcoded and cannot be changed yet. I realize those current values don't work well with our rating system. Plus the max number of pips you can have now is 11.

P0 Privileges
Avatars
Poll Voting
Download attachements
Post attachements
Poll Posting
View Who’s online
3 PM buddies
50 PM storage

P1 Bronze
Private Message Tracking
Email to a friend
6 PM buddies
100 PM limit

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

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

P4 Platinum
Custom Rank
250 PM
15 PM buddies
see who left user rating

[Neo]

In addition, your amount of reputation-altering power is dependent on the following.


What reputation level shall new users receive upon registration? 10

Number of Reputation Ratings to Display
Controls how many ratings to display in the user's control panel. 5

Administrator's Reputation Power 30

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

Post Count Factor 1000
For ever 1000 posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Reputation Point Factor 500
For every 500 reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power.

Minimum Post Count 50
How many posts must a user have before his reputation hits count on others?

Minimum Reputation Count 10
How much reputation must a user have before his reputation hits count on others?

Daily Reputation Clicks Limit 100
How many reputation clicks can a user give over each 24 hour period?

Reputation User Spread 1
How many different users must you give reputation to before you can hit the same person again?

[Happydude]

is there anyway for us to know how much rep-altering points we have?

[DimHalo]

i like the system...

[GameMaster]

Is Stu leaving or is he just retiring from his moderator position?

I think the reputation system is ok. The only thing I miss is that with doubloons we could give/receive different amounts for different things. Like if someone makes a good post or something, one +rep is fine but if someone does me a favor or makes me a banner or something, I'd like to give them a bigger prize, in the past I've just had to +rep them for a couple posts. Its good though.

Oh also, can you post all the different reputation level messages in order, I'm just curious. Like some say, "has a reputation beyond repute". I'm just curious to know what they all are, and their order.

[thatmariolover]

I'm personally not in favor of it, but I don't suppose I'm going to get a whole lot of voice on the matter. It's cool, but I think that limiting peoples functionality on the forums is lame (based on rep at least). It's just not an accurate system to tracking the 1337 people on the forums and rewarding them. As it is now, there are a lot of very well respected people on this board that are going to get the bad end of the deal. There are many people I have great respect for with lower rep than those who don't have my respect. Often just because they're not scoping out "post here for rep" threads (exaggerated obviously, but you get my point).
I guess if I want all of those fancy shmancy features I'll have to work to get a higher rep count.

But sometimes it's the things that don't get posted that add to my view of a person. Really cool idea, but it sounds like a lot of work, and for the wrong reason.

Edit:

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Is Stu leaving or is he just retiring from his moderator position?

He's leaving for now. http://www.gametavern.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7751

[Dylflon]

Oh, about moderating. Can I have mod powers in in the contest forum for the duration of the character battle?

[TheGame]

I like the system... more positive Rep is being dished out than negitive Rep, so it's cool. As for finding a replacement for Stu as a mod, if you want me to work again just say the word.

[Rndm_Perfection]

I can change my name? Sweet. I'll have to consider that someday. Can't be the same ol' Rndm forever =¬Þ

[Vampyr]

Will there be an opportunity to apply to be the replacement?

[Happydude]

oh yes, how do i change my user name? i havent figured it out yet


and the dubloon system was pretty cool too, i think i even liked it more then the rep system. but if they were to merge into one super rep-loon system, that would be uber cool

[Vampyr]

rep-loons

I love the way that sounds.

[Neo]

User is a major asshole -200
User is infamous around these parts -100
User can only hope to improve -50
User has a little shameless behaviour in the past -10
User is an unknown quantity at this point 0
User is on a distinguished road 10
User will become famous soon enough 50
User has a spectacular aura about 150
User is a jewel in the rough 250
User is just really nice 350
User is a glorious beacon of light 450
User is a name known to all 550
User is a splendid one to behold 650
User is an example to us all 750
User knows what time it is 850
User has much to be proud of 1000
User has ample street smarts 1250
User has a brilliant future 1500
User is beaming with confidence 1750
User has a reputation beyond repute 2000
User is someone we look to for guidance 2250
User 's tales of valor are told by all 2500
User demands respect like no other 2750
User is adored by the little people 3000

[Neo]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Will there be an opportunity to apply to be the replacement?

Not really apply; I'm mainly looking for someone who will generate discussion

[Neo]

Originally Posted by happydude666

is there anyway for us to know how much rep-altering points we have?

If it doesn't show up I might be able to add a user profile field.