Rep power?

O.K - 1st to admit I'm new to the forum thing,but found my way round TASA pretty easily....
Just one question: What is this Rep power thing that apears in the little info box beneath one's Avatar? What does it denote? How is one awarded rep power(See I got 1 yesterday....)
Have noted that it sort of correlates with the amount of posts a member makes - 1 rep power for roughly every 100 posts(I'm just on like 60ish,less yesterday when I got mine awarded...)
Basicly,does it say anything about a member,except that he posts a lot or has been a member for an extended period of time? Who awards rep power?

Inquiring minds need to know....lol

 

There's a star icon at the left bottom corner of the post . . .

You can award rep to anyone . . .

Click USER CP

At the bottom of the page you should see all the posts you got rep awarded to.

 

Thanx T/M - cleared that one up.....

Just can't seem to find that user cp to click?

 

Okay . . .click the Tropical aquarium banner . . .and look on the left side in the "Site navigation" box . . .

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Click here . . . http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/usercp.php

 

Thanks for explaining that.... now maybe you can clear up another one... what about these green blocks under all our names... and when you place your cursor over them, it says something really random like "Tank master will become famous soon enough"...?

 

Never noticed that until now . . .

 

Hee hee.. I am "on a distinguished road"... some of them are kinda funny.

 

Ok, I did explain it once upon a time but I can't find that post now

Basically you get a tiny bit of rep for hanging around and some for posting. The main way to get rep though is from making good posts and other people clicking on the little star at the bottom left of your post and "approving" of your post. This will give/take as many rep points as the rep power of the person who gave you rep (either negative or positive). As you get more rep you get more green squares and you get more rep power.

So basically if azurekoi (rep power 1) gave me positive rep 9 times and madam (rep power 9) gave me 1 negative rep I would still be where I was. (which isn't really possible because you can't give rep to the same person too many times)

Mods/admins have a bit more rep power by default.

 

But what is the purpose of the rep power?

 

It's a better way to identify who to listen to than post count

 

This will give you a fair way of establishing who to listen to, but you aslo get rep points for the number of posts you make, and how long you been on the forum. If you post junk all day, every day, your rep points still go up slowly... so even though your Rep Power may seem high.. you still posting junk.

 

Well if you're posting junk all day every day you are more likely to get a few negative reps given. It's something like 100 posts = 1 point so if you make 1000 posts you get 10 points, then someone like me give you 1 negative rating and you back to 0. If you give them a negative then they would be on -19

 

So,guess it realy gets down to reading threads and building up a mental profile of what people say on here....I've only been a member for a week or so,but already think highly of many of you for what you say - whether it be advice to a noob or a certain sence of wit or for whatever reason....Read a thread somewhere(think by kel sol...can't find it now) where she mentions the harmonious functioning of this forum and how members help each other without the usual bitching you find in online forums...

So high rep power by a "junk" poster - should still have some clout - if they have been on here for a long time posting one liners to other peoples more lucid post's,they MUST at least have learnt something and might have a nugget of info to give...

 

Yip, at the end of the day if it comes down to person1 with 3 green blocks saying "do it!" and person2 with 2 or 3 green blocks saying "dont do it" you should probably do some googling or something anyway
Obviously it also functions as a bit of "recognition" for those that do contribute a lot or give good info etc.

 

Eish,think I saw someone get zapped badly by the negative rep power thing today(That's if my partly functional photographic memory wasn't running rings round me again....lol) - word to the wise....DO THINK what you write,especialy if someone with high rep power disagrees with your point of view....

 

Well I for one don't mind giving advice BUT dislike the individual who wants and then spews out like he has been in the game for years using other keepers experience and passin it of as his own..........

 

Rep power..the scourge of all forums :sick:

 

ppl hardly award rep power these days

 

I don't mind giving rep power for someone that helped me. The problem is that I know so much that I almost never need help

 

You don't have to give rep power to someone who helped you, if they helped someone else or just made a good post you can give rep.