rep

[Naryar]

racecarlock

[Reier]

exactly
its pointless

[Mr. AS]

Reputation is probably the most worthless thing on the site apart from gigafrost's fear/respect rating hogwash (that nobody's bothered updating for years btw).

If you look at the most recent upreps/downreps on the first 10 or so pages, half of them are just sh**posts, and the other half are MNB's (which are also sh**posts).

Some gems include:

pizza toppings

I DEFY YOU HEART MAN (<--- this one's mine btw)

gf93 pt cassius 2

me

know yourself

koll dod

squirrels

probably has had sex with a possum before (<--- also mine)

ayy lmao son

because he's a cuck

he just triggers me i guess   

40

ban when

insulting a family man

he has gameranger now

along with pretty much every rep MNB has given, like I said earlier

plus if we get rid of it, it'll stop arbitrary "why did u guise downvote me!!!1" GF-esque situations.

and opening it to everyone would be pretty cool. I don't think a week trial of whatever system would hurt either

Fun fact: it was originally open to everybody to use, but people abused it and it was restricted to AUs/vets/mod/admin only.

[yugitom]

It does allow new users to quickly point out those they should probably be listening to over others. It's also a nice, little incentive to those that do good stuff. It doesn't mean much but when it accumulates, like in Craaig's case, he knows that what he does/did is/was appreciated. Also, because it's pointless, it's also harmless, so there's no point in getting rid of it, surely.

And, for what AS pointed out, I get that MNB has been going off on people's rep lately but that's why a very simple solution is to ban a few people from repping others. The entire, harmless system doesn't have to go just because a few people abuse it.

[Reier]

It does allow new users to quickly point out those they should probably be listening to over others.
Also, because it's pointless, it's also harmless, so there's no point in getting rid of it, surely.

[...] but that's why a very simple solution is to ban a few people from repping others.

that's what the colored names are for tbh. what i'm saying is the system doesn't do its job because its so dang easy to exploit and doesn't really give an accurate image for the newbs- the only ones who would in theory benefit from the system.
thing is that its too easy to care about your rep. i know it means nothing but its still annoying to see permanent pointless insults on your userpage or "compliments" that mean squat. it's just dumb and i'm of the mindset that "if it's useless then get rid of it" as opposed to "if it's not harmful it's helpful"
besides like i said a few posts back you'll have to constantly be monitoring who gives rep "correctly" (and have to constantly be sifting through the rep logs ) and having to ban and unban people from giving rep and listen to people whining about being banned and yadda yadda and it'll get obnoxious really fast.

[yugitom]

All you'd have to do for monitoring is to see someone's rep and think "ooh, that's not what it is usually, let's see what happened to it." It won't be a hassle to monitor and if someone is abusing the system, people will kick off, kind of like how this is cropping up due to MNB's antics. Also, you're saying that it doesn't give an accurate representation for the newbies, but, like I said, I can find a lot more instances in which rep is accurate and has not been exploited to the point of being inaccurate than not. All I can find is HA and Racecarlock. The only reason Racecarlock has a lot of rep is because you spearheaded a craze to get his rep up to 100. From what I have read from the op, I can only guess you did this to prove a point but for what cause? Before him, it was only HA and that's only because he and MNB have a gay relationship or something.

[Meganerdbomb]

I've only been repping HA for like the past 3 weeks. Racecarlock came first actually. Also, besides Reir and HA my reps are mostly legit, even if the reason given isn't. Also Reier is now getting downrepped for caring about rep.

[Reier]

this is the kind of stuff i'm talking about. it's all pointless, so why have it?

[yugitom]

Because, it has a point! Even if it's minor, such as allowing noobs to determine who to turn to for help or justify a response to, it serves at least some purpose. It's a divide between those without coloured names because, otherwise, new members may not listen to those without coloured names because they don't know how to distinguish playzooki from Geice. It's also a nice and quick way to scold those in the community who are not following rules or just not being a nice guy in general.

When thinking about this, disregard what is currently happening and think of what purpose the system actually serves. After that, we can see if we can fix what is currently happening to the system.

[The Red Blur]

I've only been repping HA for like the past 3 weeks. Racecarlock came first actually. Also, besides Reir and HA my reps are mostly legit, even if the reason given isn't. Also Reier is now getting downrepped for caring about rep.

Oh? So "enjoyed daddies cummies" and "gives better head than Reier " are legit reasons?

[Sage]

it has no point, no matter what anyone says. Noobs don't look at rep.

it's like, kinda fun, but that's it. it would be (and was) way more fun if everyone could vote. either do that or get rid of it. the elitism of rep is the dumbest part of it

[The Red Blur]

it has no point, no matter what anyone says. Noobs don't look at rep.

it's like, kinda fun, but that's it. it would be (and was) way more fun if everyone could vote. either do that or get rid of it. the elitism of rep is the dumbest part of it

Quoted for truth. Thus could not be any less accurate.

[Meganerdbomb]

I've only been repping HA for like the past 3 weeks. Racecarlock came first actually. Also, besides Reir and HA my reps are mostly legit, even if the reason given isn't. Also Reier is now getting downrepped for caring about rep.

Oh? So "enjoyed daddies cummies" and "gives better head than Reier " are legit reasons?

Nope, you just didn't deserve to have -25 rep anymore.

[yugitom]

Allowing everyone to affect rep wouldn't be a good idea. I wouldn't like to think that deciding whether or not someone is reputable is down to those who are not reputable themselves. Rep, to me, allows those who are reputable in the community to stand out, at least somewhat, without having to give everyone a yellow name. I think the principle of rep still stands and it allows others to see how reputable you actually are in the eyes of those that have been granted coloured names for being reputable and good members of the community themselves.

[Badger]

it has no point, no matter what anyone says. Noobs don't look at rep.

it's like, kinda fun, but that's it. it would be (and was) way more fun if everyone could vote. either do that or get rid of it. the elitism of rep is the dumbest part of it

This, it's just a fun part of the forum. I was disappointed when it was made AU-only and I'd be disappointed if it was removed

Allowing everyone to affect rep wouldn't be a good idea. I wouldn't like to think that deciding whether or not someone is reputable is down to those who are not reputable themselves. Rep, to me, allows those who are reputable in the community to stand out, at least somewhat, without having to give everyone a yellow name. I think the principle of rep still stands and it allows others to see how reputable you actually are in the eyes of those that have been granted coloured names for being reputable and good members of the community themselves.

Make it so you can only -rep people with less rap than you. Noobs should be able to show appreciation for help given.

[yugitom]

Allowing everyone to affect rep wouldn't be a good idea. I wouldn't like to think that deciding whether or not someone is reputable is down to those who are not reputable themselves. Rep, to me, allows those who are reputable in the community to stand out, at least somewhat, without having to give everyone a yellow name. I think the principle of rep still stands and it allows others to see how reputable you actually are in the eyes of those that have been granted coloured names for being reputable and good members of the community themselves.

Make it so you can only -rep people with less rap than you. Noobs should be able to show appreciation for help given.

Well, that's also in the hands of AU's and up because, if they see that someone's been helping out the noobs lately, they can reward that person. It's not a bad idea, but I think it'd be much easier for Trov to implement if those without coloured names could simply not affect rep at all.

[Badnik96]

what happened to roboteers being able to rep

seriously

[090901]

who cares

[Sircreepalot2]

i used the rep and the names to see who is cool here on the forums when i made bots just starting out.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

I haven't been repped since last year. I don't think it tells you that much about a member tbh.