Vanamonde Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Wait! Wait! I mean they don't count toward post total, but the likes do count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, Vanamonde said: Wait! Wait! I mean they don't count toward post total, but the likes do count. So when people like my posts in The Lounge I get RP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 2 hours ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: So when people like my posts in The Lounge I get RP? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minmus Derp Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 7 hours ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: Damnit! That's like 70% of my posts! Dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 How long have the forums been around and whats this "Hype Train Bug"/2014 blah blah thing I keep hearing about where something happened and accounts got deleted or something or other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 The forum was created in early 2012, and there was a time when the software had some kind of failure and they discovered that the most recent uncorrupted backup was from 7 months earlier, so post and rep counts were set back 7 months and all the new accounts created in that time we lost. Press F for my 40 lost rep points and roughly 1080 eradicated posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Vanamonde said: The forum was created in early 2012, and there was a time when the software had some kind of failure and they discovered that the most recent uncorrupted backup was from 7 months earlier, so post and rep counts were set back 7 months and all the new accounts created in that time we lost. Press F for my 40 lost rep points and roughly 1080 eradicated posts. F 18 hours ago, Vanamonde said: Yes. Ok. By the way, how much RP is needed to get a new dot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minmus Derp Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I wish you could dislike. -1 rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 2 hours ago, The Minmus Derp said: I wish you could dislike. -1 rep. Well, you can't. We turned that off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minmus Derp Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Oh. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 16 hours ago, Vanamonde said: The forum was created in early 2012, and there was a time when the software had some kind of failure and they discovered that the most recent uncorrupted backup was from 7 months earlier, so post and rep counts were set back 7 months and all the new accounts created in that time we lost. Press F for my 40 lost rep points and roughly 1080 eradicated posts. Horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, Vanamonde said: Well, you can't. We turned that off. Hahaha, yup, I am glad, too. I'd be the leader in negative reputation... 16 hours ago, Vanamonde said: The forum was created in early 2012, and there was a time when the software had some kind of failure and they discovered that the most recent uncorrupted backup was from 7 months earlier, so post and rep counts were set back 7 months and all the new accounts created in that time we lost. Press F for my 40 lost rep points and roughly 1080 eradicated posts. I went from having 25 rep to 0. And right before that, I had chalked up about three 2.2 warnings... When I lost the rep, I also lost all the warnings... Yay, forum crash to the rescue! Edited August 2, 2018 by adsii1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 @The Minmus Derp It's not immediately obvious, so that's a very good question! But just imagine that you give someone a thumbs down, and the person gets offended by that so he goes through all of your posts in order to give you thumbs down everywhere he sees you have said something. Can you imagine what the forum would be like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minmus Derp Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 good point. Maybe you can do 1 per person per day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 5 hours ago, The Minmus Derp said: Oh. why? There are all kinds of places on the internet where people can go to be harsh and critical of each other. We'd like this one to be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 6 hours ago, The Minmus Derp said: Oh. why? Exhibit A: reddit. (Seriously though, reddit isn't all bad, but I think its upvoting and downvoting system causes many of its problems) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 5:55 PM, Vanamonde said: The forum was created in early 2012, and there was a time when the software had some kind of failure and they discovered that the most recent uncorrupted backup was from 7 months earlier, so post and rep counts were set back 7 months and all the new accounts created in that time we lost. Press F for my 40 lost rep points and roughly 1080 eradicated posts. f f not sure why I'm doing this f... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 How much rep is needed for a new dot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: How much rep is needed for a new dot? well its rep and post count, but the formula is probably more secret than where exactly in my house Vanamonde is staying. As you can see, we have very different rep numbers, yet we both have 4 dots. Edited August 3, 2018 by DeltaDizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 1 hour ago, DeltaDizzy said: well its rep and post count, but the formula is probably more secret than where exactly in my house Vanamonde is staying. As you can see, we have very different rep numbers, yet we both have 4 dots. I think it's only post count, since you both have < 1000 and > 500 posts. I'll make some notes and try figure it out on the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 19 hours ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: I think it's only post count, since you both have < 1000 and > 500 posts. I'll make some notes and try figure it out on the weekend. Just adding a data point for you here MRS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Post count/dot relationship: > 1499 = 5 dots. > 499 = 4 dots > 99 = 3 dots > 4 = 2 dots > -1 = 1 dot There are only 297 members with 5 dots on the forums, but over 126 thousand members with only one dot. Also, you only have to go ~2600 pages in to a ~8000 page member list sorted by post count to reach the last person with just one post. I'm considering learning to use python to scrape post count and reputation to take a look at more of this stuff, but it'd take a while with the 1 search per 2 second limit. Edited August 5, 2018 by Mad Rocket Scientist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAL59 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 When did @JustJim join the staff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 39 minutes ago, DAL59 said: When did @JustJim join the staff? It was first announced on August 1st: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansonKerman Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 19 hours ago, DAL59 said: When did @JustJim join the staff? @JustJim and @Just Jim are different users. How do you link a pic to a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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