Rep power?

or if there are some people who are quite buddy buddy, they could give each other rep power quite regularly?

might be a bit of a flaw there.. or am i wrong?

 

Sort of however there's a limit like if you give me rep then you have to give to another 10 people or something before you can give me rep again.

 

look at the modesty from the moss man

 

ok that makes much better sense..

thanks for clearing that up..

 

well said +1

 

Eish,sorry for dragging drowned cats out of the bottom of the river again...

So,rep power is a number,the bigger,the better?... What do the little green blocks beneath our onscreen nicks signify? (Mine currently sez that I am "Realy nice" - something that I object to... Worked HARD my whole life to NOT be percieved as a nice person - prefer to be called cynical and jaded...lol)

Been a member for like 4 months now and noticed that I am one of very few people on here with 3 blocks(less than 10 of us on here - only one on 4 - the Prof - as he should be...) - some people with only 2 blocks(+ with a lot more posts than me...Did they recieve negative rep or something?) that have been members for a LOT longer than me...Why? @Rory ... Could you clear this up for me/us....? Inquiring minds need to know...lol

Also a good idea to ressurect this thread as TASA has quite a few new members and have noticed that some people with"low rep power" have been giving EXCELENT advice that has been ignored by the noob asking a question... even though I have given them Rep power - their numbers dont seem to rise?

Not trying to open a can of worms with this - sorry mods,but just want to have a clear understanding of HOW this works...

PS: Does the frequency aka. posts/day have anything to do with the amount of green blocks you get - that will explain it to me... I post a LOT... Verbose,just like my mom said from the time I learned to talk...lol

 

I think the green blocks is compressed weed, the more you post, the more weed they give you

 

Sheesh, higher grade questions this early in the morning...

Um. The more rep/power you get the more blocks you get. When you get all your buddies to give you rep like the prof then you get a gold star noddy badge...
The people that have been here longer but have less rep either just haven't received as much, or received a similar amount of times but from people with less rep power, or possibly have gotten some negative rep too. It's a bit of an under utilized feature and it's a system that works better the more people use it so it's not like it's extremely accurate but having a few blocks does lend some credibility to what you're saying.
The "sayings" like "is on a distinguished road" and "is just really nice" are just what came with the software. Each range of points has a saying thing that goes with it. It's possible to change what they say but then you have to come up with about 20 different things...

If you've given someone rep they will receive 7 points as your rep power is 7. They do accumulate these points, but you need quite a few to get another block.
Your longevity (on the forum so your age doesn't count ) and number of posts contributes to your rep power but not your actual rep (the blocks). I see Singularity in this thread has 17 rep power vs your 7 but only 1 block vs your 3. He's been here 2 years longer though so you get some rep power automatically.

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Here are the "sayings":

Negative:
User is infamous around these parts
User can only hope to improve
User has a little shameless behaviour in the past

Zero:
User is an unknown quantity at this point

Positive:
User is on a distinguished road
User will become famous soon enough
User has a spectacular aura about
User is a jewel in the rough
User is just really nice
User is a glorious beacon of light
User is a name known to all
User is a splendid one to behold
User has much to be proud of
User has a brilliant future
User has a reputation beyond repute

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And some of the "numbers" behind the system:*

Every 60 days you get 1 rep power.
Every 200 posts you get 1 rep power.
Every 100 rep points you get 1 rep power.

You need min of 50 posts to have your rep be counted on someone else when you give rep.
You need min of 10 rep points to have your rep be counted on someone else when you give rep. (The default for new members is 10 rep points)

You can only give rep max 10 times a day.
You must give rep to 7 other people before you can give rep to the same person again.

*Subject to change

 

Tnanx @Rory... Now it makes more sense...

 

Hehe. Some of the negative ones sound rather funny at times. Thanks for clearing that up Rory

 

and about those compressed blocks???lol

 

the good stuff ? hehehe

 

I see they only saw fit to supply us with 1

 

Look under my name, I'm all out

 

@Rory - If one has "disabled reputation",does that mean you can park your car in those spots at the door to shopping centres and can you claim a government grant?...lol

 

Haha, I wish

 

Thread made a sticky (and bumped)

 

i dont know if i like all this rep stuff, i once got a bit of negative rep from someone for wishing them happy birthday.. dont know what was up with that..

also previously, you could see on your profile page who has given you your last rep, much like the mentions notifications, but now i cant find anywhere where to view who has given me my last rep points.

ok so there i've ranted a bit about that and gotten that out of my system.

 

@mydummyname - love your title above the rep power green bars - balala shark - made my day

 

@Pauline the real joke is that when i first got into fish keeping i was in love with this fish but cold not remember the name and i kept saying balala shark hehe

sorry for OT.