RayneCloud Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) Since the rep system is working now, it's time I sat down and explained it.When you first come to the forums you have 0 rep, and at around 10 posts or so you're reputation power kicks in. You start with 1 point of "Rep Power" meaning, when you click to up someones rep, you up it by one point.Every 100 points of your own rep = +1 Rep PowerEvery 365 Days on the forums = +1 Rep PowerEvery 1,000 Posts on the forums = +1 Rep powerThese numbers are not final and they might change, but it's an idea of how the system works. Edited August 10, 2012 by Capt'n Skunky Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIN3 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 So do all current active users have a rep power? Or do we need to make ten posts or get rep from somewhere to get rep power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatoneperson8 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Since the rep system is working now, it's time I sat down and explained it.When you first come to the forums you have 0 rep, and at around 10 posts or so you're reputation power kicks in. You start with 1 point of "Rep Power" meaning, when you click to up someones rep, you up it by one point.Every 100 points of your own rep = +1 Rep PowerEvery 365 Days on the forums = +1 Rep PowerEvery 1,000 Posts on the forums = +1 Rep powerThese numbers are not final and they might change, but it's an idea of how the system works.My God, I could never find out how this worked on forums! Thanks, Rep + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobe24Life Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 It would be great that at a certain amount of rep, we can get unlocks for the forums, like for example bigger avatars, different color username titles, custom writing underneath your username and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRocketMan Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I like that idea, kobe.Perhaps we could likerep to the wiki, so hat it adds an extra power against vandalism and spamming, if possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanE Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 [...] custom writing underneath your username and so on.This is possible: "My Settigns > Edit Profile > Custom User Title". ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karolus10 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Also please note, that ALL post counter grinders (posting in short time enormous amount of legal ,but totally unnecessary posts) could be punished by reset their post counters to zero.So, write as many posts as you want, but always try in your posts add something interesting and valuable to topic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Barrett Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm still a bit lost on what "reputation power" or "reputation level" is. How is it "measured"? Is it the title under our usernames?I can see under mine says "Flight Director". Does that mean reputation is directly related to post count?(my apologies if my confusions could be frustrating, just need some clarification here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Barrett Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Ah, derp. I see, its the grey/green squares under our title. According to your system, the combination of those two things are technically impossible. I'm probably missing something here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I'm probably missing something here... The scheme outlined here is how you award poinst to others, and the thingy under your name is how many points others have awarded to you. I think. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softweir Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 That's right.To explain "Reputation Power" and "Reputation".You gain reputation by having people "Star" or "Thank" your posts. This shows in the green bar immediately under your forum title which is immediately under your name. The better your reputation, the longer the bar.Reputation power is how much power a person has to add to other people's reputation. There are several ways of gaining power: by staying on the forum for years, posting thousands of posts, and being given a high reputation. The higher a person reputation power, the more points they add to other people's reputation every time they click on the "Thank" star. In other words, the better a person's standing on the forum, the louder their voice when they praise other people.I hope that explains it!Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Ah, essentially ensuring that people can't mess with others' reputation scores to too great a degree, eh?I like this system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gefrierbrand Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 You gain reputation by having people "Star" or "Thank" your posts. This shows in the green bar immediately under your forum title which is immediately under your name. The better your reputation, the longer the bar.Reputation power is how much power a person has to add to other people's reputation. There are several ways of gaining power: by staying on the forum for years, posting thousands of posts, and being given a high reputation. The higher a person reputation power, the more points they add to other people's reputation every time they click on the "Thank" star. In other words, the better a person's standing on the forum, the louder their voice when they praise other people.Ah, I'm now understanding it. Thanks!Is this the default for all vBulletin Forums or did you tweak these settings for the KSP one? And besides the nice green dots, what exactly is this good for? I don't get the point of it. Some people might not be as active on the forums and still be great helpers, many won't even know how to add to a users rep. or forget to give it, or just write an answering "thank you" post. However, the system is nothing which could hurt, so its nice to have, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespasianus Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Ah, now I get the thing about reputation. Thanks, lad Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softweir Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The main idea behind reputation is to reward helpful users without cluttering up the forums with "Thanks" posts. This is particularly important in working forums such as Suggestions and Bug Reports, where it would be ideal if there were no posts except suggestions and bug reports, expansions on suggestions and extra info on bug reports. As it is, the developers have to read a lot of garbage to drill through to relevant supplementary posts, such as that neat idea which makes a suggestion complete or that critical bit of information that reveals the cause of the bug.True, very helpful people who don't post much don't get much reputation. It would be nice if the reputation system had a rep/post system, for instance - that would be excellent! But the existing system rewards people for quantity of help as well as quality, which is not entirely unfair. And yes, we are all at the mercy of how generous people are feeling, but that is always the case - saying "thank you" takes even more wrok than giving reputation!So far as I know the reputation system is very much the default VBulletin system, but tweaked so users can't give negative reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolRawley Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Quick question, is the post thing total posts or active posts? Because I know for a fact the Post counter in the left-hand side is for active posts; I used to have excess 1k, but the counter has gone down.Not really important to me, just a quick little question that popped into my head unwillingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayneCloud Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 It's not a "fact" that it's active posts. The import process had some database issues that caused a loss of data. It's over-all posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serratus Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 A question: does rep works backwards? I mean, does it take into account anything that happened prior to implementing it? Because it seems like it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppy1305 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 This is possible: "My Settigns > Edit Profile > Custom User Title". ;-) how comes i cant get it to work i try to edit MY profile and it says you are trying to edit a proflie and other stuff and yes im trying to edit MY profle any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softweir Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 In what way does it not work for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt'n Skunky Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 how comes i cant get it to work i try to edit MY profile and it says you are trying to edit a proflie and other stuff and yes im trying to edit MY profle any help?You need a minimum of 5 posts and then your account will be upgraded to Member. As a Curious George account, your abilities are limited. This is an effort to control spammers and malcontents. Accounts with 5 or more posts are upgraded once every hour when the script runs.Cheers!Capt'n SkunkyKSP Community Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 So far I have only ever been able to award a given person one point, and then it just keeps telling me to spread the love around. I don't have a problem with that, and I see that it prevents abuse, but I have awarded a number of posts to others and so far still can't give anyone a second point. What's the limit on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Barrett Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 So far I have only ever been able to award a given person one point, and then it just keeps telling me to spread the love around. I don't have a problem with that, and I see that it prevents abuse, but I have awarded a number of posts to others and so far still can't give anyone a second point. What's the limit on that?Well, two people could just keep on giving each other a good reputation forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayneCloud Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 Well, two people could just keep on giving each other a good reputation forever.Which I can see, every day I run a report on several stats on the forums. I know when you're abusing a system, and I will see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrypowers Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The main idea behind reputation is to reward helpful users without cluttering up the forums with "Thanks" posts. I have felt kinda rude by not thanking posters for hints and tips. Now it's time to start repping OPs. http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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