Forum Reputation

[joemonster]

Forum rep is nothing more than a popularity contest. Reminds me of junior high.

[sparty55]

I have been playing this game since beta, and have been posting on the forums since just a few months after launch. I do not post a lot, but when I do post something it is generally relevant and well thought out. And yes, sometimes controversial or contrary to the opinion of many other people, but I thought that the purpose of the forums was to promote constructive discussion (which can lead to constructive tension), and the sharing of ideas and knowledge.

I do not believe that the Forum Reputation system supports the expression of varied opinions. People who post opinions contrary to the crowd get Negative Rep, which may make them afraid to post what they really think another time. The really frustrating thing is that if you don't get enough Positive Rep, or too much Negative Rep, then you can't give any Negative Rep to anyone that you disagree with. How is that fair?

OK so now feel free to Negative Rep me to death and nuke the few reputation points I have managed to get after years and hundreds of posts just because I want the Devs to spend time creating game content instead of dances, and I don't feel that guilds that did not get hit with the recent excessive guild decay should get free renown that they did not work for. What do you care, since I don't have enough Positive Rep to give anyone Negative Rep if you post something that I do not agree with?

People should have the balls, if they negative rep your post, to also post a reply in the thread admitting to the negative rep and explaining why they gave it to you. Or even make it a requirement if you give out neg or positive rep to fill out a one or two sentence field explaining why you did so and send the feedback via a PM and make sure the feedback is not anonymous.

[FranOhmsford]

People should have the balls, if they negative rep your post, to also post a reply in the thread admitting to the negative rep and explaining why they gave it to you. Or even make it a requirement if you give out neg or positive rep to fill out a one or two sentence field explaining why you did so and send the feedback via a PM and make sure the feedback is not anonymous.

Pretty sure this ^ is against forum rules.

[GermanicusMaximus]

As of this moment I am sitting at 1372, about 331 of which i got in about 2 days from posting a "clever" one liner reply to a thread.

Was it from this post? One of the best responses I have ever seen on these forums.

My good sir, I do believe you are making fun of people for having no lives, whilst you have 14000 posts on an internet forum.

[Gkar]

OK so now feel free to Negative Rep me to death and nuke the few reputation points I have managed to get after years and hundreds of posts just because I want the Devs to spend time creating game content instead of dances, and I don't feel that guilds that did not get hit with the recent excessive guild decay should get free renown that they did not work for.

OK I now have both Positive and Negative Rep for my post - is my original post Neg Reppable (is that a word?)? I agree my last paragraph is a little snarky, but does it violate forum rules?!

As you say, it's snarky, but that on its own isn't enough. The guild decay comment is well into the gray and I could see people thinking that is neg rep worthy, although I wouldn't neg rep it.

In the end the mods decide, report it if you think its not appropriate. Usually if I get red boxed and I see my comment is snarky (the main reason I seem to get them) I just move on and say "yeah, I could have said that better").

[Silverwren]

With the current set up, it takes a while or some very well received posts to get that privilege so those with the power are inclined generally to use it responsibly.

If the minority of posters who have enough rep to hand out negative rep were really using it responsibly we wouldn't be having this discussion.

It seems to me, IMHO, that a better solution would be to remove reputation from the forums altogether, and let the moderators decide what is against the rules based on the reports they receive from the community.

[kierg10]

Was it from this post? One of the best responses I have ever seen on these forums.

yeah that is the quote lol.......forum rep is stupid

and thanks.

[Algreg]

does anyone really care about his forum reputation?

[gradeyshane]

I always try to neg rep myself but it wont let me

[Paleus]

Its pretty easy to tell when you post something that most people disagree with even without the rep system. People will generally post well thought out and respectful commentary explaining their disagreement but respecting your right to hold your opinion....ah ha..no seriously, they will at least post that they disagree with you. Sure, a few may neg rep you and not post, but its usually followed by others posting. If anything is going to discourage someone from posting its not the rep system, its the response posts.

That said, I hear if you can get that green bar to be between 8 and 12 dots long chicks will totally dig you. Anything under 4 dots is just giggled at.

[kierg10]

Its pretty easy to tell when you post something that most people disagree with even without the rep system. People will generally post well thought out and respectful commentary explaining their disagreement but respecting your right to hold your opinion....ah ha..no seriously, they will at least post that they disagree with you. Sure, a few may neg rep you and not post, but its usually followed by others posting. If anything is going to discourage someone from posting its not the rep system, its the response posts.

That said, I hear if you can get that green bar to be between 8 and 12 dots long chicks will totally dig you. Anything under 4 dots is just giggled at.

I like this post.

First part had me fooled that he thought that for a sec

[danzig138]

. . . You can always disable it. It's not worth posting about because it's utterly unimportant in even the unimportant realm of the DDO forum.

[Uska]

. . . You can always disable it. It's not worth posting about because it's utterly unimportant in even the unimportant realm of the DDO forum.

Well you dont actually disable it just the display of it and its totally unimportant

[bartharok]

. . . You can always disable it. It's not worth posting about because it's utterly unimportant in even the unimportant realm of the DDO forum.

If it IS utterly unimportant, why bother even disabling it.

[Uska]

If it IS utterly unimportant, why bother even disabling it.

Truth