The Little Green Boxes

[flappist]

I spotted the first "red face" today and I have seen some members already up to 4 or 5 yellows. It seems to be in full swing already.

[jcxr]

Yeh,i only see it as a " pat me on the back " fest, cant see it acheiving much. Just saw 4V mans rating, he has contributed a fair bit, but still a P plater.

[Geez Louise]

It is a new system...give it time. I assume you can go back to a post and give rep points?

There have been more than a few posts in the past that I have thought, what a great post but didn't want to reply in a thread because it was just something I was reading up on but there are alot of people on here that will appreciate the advice and show it by applying a rep point rather than a post saying thanks.

The person that posts up will know that their advice was appreciated at least.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by flappist

I spotted the first "red face" today and I have seen some members already up to 4 or 5 yellows. It seems to be in full swing already.

Mr red face also scored detention!

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by jcxr

Yeh,i only see it as a " pat me on the back " fest, cant see it acheiving much. Just saw 4V mans rating, he has contributed a fair bit, but still a P plater.

..... early days. Give it a bit and the discussions will die down and people will be getting used to it with lots of smileys all over the place. Any sort of recognition I think is healthy! I dont see anything wrong with a little bit of back patting every now and again.

Cant beleive how much discussion this small part of the forums has had! Admin would be thinking .... "Why bother!"

As far as 4V goes ....... IT'S QUALITY ...... NOT QUANTITY~ :



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[Laminge]

Originally Posted by jcxr

Yeh,i only see it as a " pat me on the back " fest, cant see it acheiving much. Just saw 4V mans rating, he has contributed a fair bit, but still a P plater.

Take 2 as my first reply was answered, if I see this I will reset users reputations levels to 0, it might be amusing for some to play games but alas I can smile just as hard!

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by Silver Ghia

I've been doing that for the last 3 years, but that doesnt seem to count at all. Seems all my 'BA How to' threads, advice and help to newcomers guiding them to threads that answer their problems etc. have not been appreciated at all by the forum masters.

Just feel quite deflated really, probably wont be wasting any more time here anymore. Will spend more time on my more productive hobbies now.

wow, life is not over, the system has been going again for how long?

: : :

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by Geez Louise

There have been more than a few posts in the past that I have thought, what a great post but didn't want to reply in a thread because it was just something I was reading up on but there are alot of people on here that will appreciate the advice and show it by applying a rep point rather than a post saying thanks.

The person that posts up will know that their advice was appreciated at least.

Now that IS very well put. Agree whole heartedly!

[flappist]

Originally Posted by Russ

User can only hope to improve -500
User has a little way to go -250
User is an unknown quantity at this point 0
User Still on L plates 10
User P Plater 101
User Advanced Driver - well worthy of respect 301
User is a jewel in the rough 500
User is just really nice 750
User is a beacon of light 1,000
User is a name known to all 1,500
User has much to be proud of 2,500
User has a reputation beyond repute 5,000

The descriptions above 301 are the defaults and not really AFFish so here are a few random ideas for them should you wish to make them more suitable.

User is a Grand Tourer, respected by all 1500
User is a Grand Tourer with Handling Option, most respected 2500
User is the STIG 5000

Just a thought.....

[gcg2503]

Good idea Flappist

However the younger members will kick up a stink with the references to the HO cars!

Also agree with Geez louise's idea of not having to post in the thread but give a pat on the back for a good post

System is working well - 4Vman guruness (sic) has finally been appreciated

[Laminge]

might see if I can get his changed to cast iron heads

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Laminge

might see if I can get his changed to cast iron heads

ROFL...
( Heads, plural....he's from Tassie? )

[Scott]

Originally Posted by Laminge

might see if I can get his changed to cast iron heads

Let the CHI v AFD debates begin :

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by Laminge

might see if I can get his changed to cast iron heads

hey every vehicle i own has alloy heads now!!!

[Laminge]

lol

Wasn't speaking about car bits....

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

System is working well - 4Vman guruness (sic) has finally been appreciated

PLEASE no more smileys! You are only encouraging him!!!! :yeees:



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[gcg2503]

Originally Posted by auslandau

PLEASE no more smileys! You are only encouraging him!!!! :yeees:

Sorry Mark!

We can easily aggrevate 4Vman by some stupid post in the Classic Falcons section and he may just get a warning fron his response. thus curbing the amount of smileys in his User CP and avatar. For example

"What amazing luck!

I have just bought an XA GT and it has a winged sump, disc brake rear end, 780cfm carb, HM headers and 38 previous owners

It hasnt been touched i have been assured. I have also been told it is Phase 4 but didnt get that stamped on the compliance plate.

How lucky am i?"

Surely his response will invoke a warning? :

[InfernoSR]

what does it mean when you get a neutral face after someone gives you a rep point? you can see who gave you rep point in the user cp, and the user has a neutral face shown... is it just the user themself or did they give you neutral rep??

[RG]

Originally Posted by BLUEPRINT

what does it mean when you get a neutral face after someone gives you a rep point? you can see who gave you rep point in the user cp, and the user has a neutral face shown... is it just the user themself or did they give you neutral rep??

That just means your were given rep by someone with not much (if any) rep power.

[InfernoSR]

Originally Posted by RG

That just means your were given rep by someone with not much (if any) rep power.

Ah... thought that might be the case, thanks

[mcflux]

So really helping out a newbie (ie giving them a quick/simple/cheap solution to something they're stuck on) doesn't give you as much positive rep as say posting something that moderately assists a longtime/senior member?

[gcg2503]

correct Ghia 5L

[mcflux]

I realise my 2c is kind of late gcg2503, but...

Surely # of posts and duration of membership would skew the results for members. And members for themselves can see when other members joined/how many posts they've made.

Yourself for example, your rep power is way below mine due to join date & # of posts, but I'm betting you put far more positive input into these forums. (I tend to read more than post these days)

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

correct Ghia 5L

to a degree

depends if a long term member has already handed out points....

[mcflux]

I guess the best thing to do is see how it all unfolds. Either it takes off quite well and we see more members like gcg2503, who are relatively recent & have low-ish post counts, flourish with this rep/rep power thing, or all the old-time & senior members will have all the rep & all the rep power (due to the system not really being utilised by all).

I've handed out no points so far. But, let's just say I'm searching for answers to 50 questions I have, I find 50 useful posts, all equally useful to my 50 questions. Is it first-in-best-repped?

I fully get the smiley faces and how they work, you can instantly pick out the members who contribute a lot of useful info (other than just having large post counts). The rep power itself though I see as skewed/unfair. The poster who helps out a senior member with something gets more "rep" than the poster who helps out 10 newbies. Theoretically.

[gcg2503]

I take comfort in the fact that my rep power here (22) is much better than what I achieve in the gym (6-10)

[russellw]

That would be correct if we followed the assumption that people are only going to hand out rep points for posts that help them individually - which looking at what has happened so far is not always the case.

Certainly the mods and admins have handed out rep for posts that have been of benefit to others as have some individuals so the theory that helping out newbies is of no benefit falls down somewhat at that point.

People who are helpful by nature will be helpful regardless - whilst earning recognition from your peers in the form of reputation is nice, it should never be the primary reason that you decide to offer some help or advice.

Cheers
Russ

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

I guess the best thing to do is see how it all unfolds. Either it takes off quite well and we see more members like gcg2503, who are relatively recent & have low-ish post counts, flourish with this rep/rep power thing, or all the old-time & senior members will have all the rep & all the rep power (due to the system not really being utilised by all).

I've handed out no points so far. But, let's just say I'm searching for answers to 50 questions I have, I find 50 useful posts, all equally useful to my 50 questions. Is it first-in-best-repped?

I fully get the smiley faces and how they work, you can instantly pick out the members who contribute a lot of useful info (other than just having large post counts). The rep power itself though I see as skewed/unfair. The poster who helps out a senior member with something gets more "rep" than the poster who helps out 10 newbies. Theoretically.

[vztrt]

Russell, just a suggestion. Could you make people start out with at least one rep point?

I know its nothing but 1 rep point might be the difference between an extra smiley face.

[mcflux]

So for a regular member like myself, who only looks at threads on here that interest myself, it's a bit hard to tell if somebody's post in the B-Series section on say flash-tuning was useful. Since I wouldn't be looking in the B-Series section.

The newbies theory still stands, as they don't have their own rep-power to let everyone know that "hey, this person's post really helped me when I was just starting out here!". Maybe it's more of a stumble than somewhat falling down :P

Well, that's all fine (helpful people will help regardless) but that's neither here nor there with respect to this Reputation/Rep Power system.

As I said in my last post, the smiley faces make perfect sense to me, it's just the Rep Power factor seemed skewed due to post count/join date. That's all

[russellw]

Well perhaps you'd care to suggest a better method rather than just being critical of the system - it's not as if it hasn't been the topic of substantial discussion or that there hasn't been plenty of opportunity for suggestions to be made - several of which in this thread have resulted in changes to the system.

Russ