[david85]

I think I just got a neutral rep point. Is that even possible? I only see positive or negative if I try and rep anyone else. Am I missing something?

Is this what happens when some one posts conflicting reps or something?

So much to learn.....

[david85]

OK its been a week and I've got to ask,

Has anyone got a negative rep yet?

[LeTank]

I have a few now. haha

Lexus, you are 100 percent right. We all have the God Given right to the freedom of speech. I hate Obama and I think he is a gay drug addict, but I also think Bush has the oil hose up his rear end. McCain, I like because he is a Veteran and knows what it takes to make a Nation Safe. McCain is Prolife and Obama is ProDeath. McCain is Christian and knows the difference between the New and Old Testaments without getting them mixed up. Obama doesn't know what he believes from the Bible, he just read it and now get confused easy about which is right and wrong. Just some factors that make my vote clear for McCain.

Lexus, I will bring the Brandy and steaks (no msg, additives or preservatives) for that BBQ too.

[LeTank]

Hey, the rep icon is messed up now. I clicked on it to give Lexus a good rep and all I got was a notice that I need to spread more to give him a rep again. I didn't even get to click on good, bad or other kind of rep. Gosh, I hope that went through as a good rep Lexus, if not, I am sorry the rep was messed up.

So now, I want everyone to give Lexus a good rep.

[TX_Dj]

Basically- this is how it works... more of less...

If you don't have "enough rep" or have given "too much rep" recently, you will still get to leave a rep, but it will show as "neutral" regardless of which way you wished to swing the rep points.

I.E. if you have 1 rep point, you might be able to give as much as 1 rep point (pos/neg), but if you gave a rep recently, it may come out as neutral. However, if you have 50 rep points, you might be able to give more rep points each time, and give more rep in general before your rep awards start posting as "neutral".

Like I was trying to explain earlier, this prevents someone who "hates you" from finding all your posts and putting a neg rep on them, and/or signing up extra accounts to give out reputation.

I'm not saying be sparing with the rep awards- if you see something you agree or disagree with, please do click the rep button if you feel strongly enough about it. We really can't get everyone's rep up until everyone starts participating more, regardless of if it hits as a +/-/neutral.

And yeah, David... I've got negative reps on a few. One member went out of his way to dig up a 2-3 month old post he disagreed with to leave me a negative rep.

But- that's what it's there for! If you feel strongly enough about it, drop a rep, whether it's +/-. It's nothing important, and nobody should get bent out of shape if someone gives them a negative rep on something... but once we're really "rolling" with the whole rep thing, it will be an advantage especially to new users.

The reasons why I started this thread in the first place was:
1) There were only 2 users on the forum who had more than "one green block" of rep.
2) Forum users tend to believe that post counts matter, in as much as the legitimacy of the information contained within a user's post.

In the first case, the rep system was mostly useless because nobody really was giving anyone any reps. In the second case, this is tragic, because on so many other forums, I've seen (new users especially) take advice from someone with a high post count and treat it as if it were gospel, not bothering to do any research of their own to confirm or deny the advice, and in some cases they were injured or lost money from following the advice.

As with anything, take anything you read on the internet with a grain of salt and do your own research to back it up.

[david85]

Originally Posted by TX_Dj

And yeah, David... I've got negative reps on a few. One member went out of his way to dig up a 2-3 month old post he disagreed with to leave me a negative rep.

LMAO!! thats funny because I got the same thing. I wonder if its the same guy.

Thanks for the explanation of the rep system, I got a few guys that repped me for the battery testing thread around the same time. That probably explains the "grey" bar.

I never could bring myself to give a negative rep on this or any other forum though. Just a wussy I guess.

[LeTank]

Interesting. I have had 10 rep points since I started. haha

2 bad reps points so far..one was from a very extremely old post that ghottdi blasted me for about Fosh, so I changed the post to make him feel better. haha

Other than that, can we make new accounts and give ourselves more rep points?? haha

Need a thread how to hack our rep. Or not..j/k haha

By the way, that is kind of crazy not able to give rep points at a certain point, because how is anyone going to give rep points when they get stuck in the neutral zone on a good post?? So what happens when everyone is in the black hole of neutral reps? haha

[TX_Dj]

The crazy thing is that there isn't much information on exactly how it works... most of what I've said so far is either based on watching the way it's working here, or how I've seen it work elsewhere.

I would have to speculate that you can only give so many reps in a given time, I.E. if you gave two reps today, you could probably give more reps tomorrow without being neutral... but I don't know that for sure. It definitely seems to depend on how many rep points you have... i.e. those who have more rep points can award more rep points...

but those who have no rep points can't give any rep points (hence why I said you can't register another user and give yourself rep from them).

It'll take time for it to "build up"... but the only way it can build is if we use it.

[Qer]

Originally Posted by david85

LMAO!! thats funny because I got the same thing. I wonder if its the same guy.

How can you tell if you've got a rep and on what post...?

[david85]

Originally Posted by Qer

How can you tell if you've got a rep and on what post...?

Click on your userCP and below the list of subscribed threads (if there are any) there will be your list of reps.

Starting from left to right you will see the following:

1: The thread that the point was applied to will appear in the form of a link, click on that and it will take you to the exact post that was repped.

2: The date that the point was given (to the minute)

3:The person that leaves points can include comment in the entry as well, but its not required and this may also be left blank.

On other forums the user name is also shown next to the rep point, but here that info is hidden except from administrators.