Alright, here is officially how the rep now works.

Everyone can leave positive rep
Everyone can see who left them rep
Everyone can choose to hide their rep points from others

Only Mods, Super Mods, and Admins can leave negative rep.

If there are still rep issues with your account let me know

Sorry to be nit-picky. I have this one request and then I leave you to it XD Are you able to reset my reputation? A lot of bad rep has been thrown around left, right and center in the past and I'd liked to start anew. Thanks.

did you do something to deserve the negative rep? :D Just kidding...seeing as alot of your rep seems to be personal attacks through the rep system then yes I will reset it. If anyone else has rep they would like me to review just let me know. Your rep will be reset in a sec.

Keep in mind though going forward, it is what it is.

^no, he probably got bad rep with the FAG reason. Just like me ;)

I'm sure that some may disagree but I feel that all members should be allowed to leave negative rep.

The way the system was ensured that no one could pile the neg reps on because you could only leave one a post/to a person before having to spread more rep around.

Honestly, people who have a lot of neg rep earn it by being disrespectful.

I think the rest is fine. If people want to turn off their rep system that's great. But I just think the rest of us should have to freedom to rep negatively as well.

What is the point of having a reputation system if you can only give good rep? It defeats the purpose.

I'm not looking for an argument here. Just an opinion to be considered.

Can you reset my rep on my PS user (x*xPianox*x) please? if you look you'll see the bad rep really wasn't needed :(

I'm sure that some may disagree but I feel that all members should be allowed to leave negative rep.

The way the system was ensured that no one could pile the neg reps on because you could only leave one a post/to a person before having to spread more rep around.

Honestly, people who have a lot of neg rep earn it by being disrespectful.

I think the rest is fine. If people want to turn off their rep system that's great. But I just think the rest of us should have to freedom to rep negatively as well.

What is the point of having a reputation system if you can only give good rep? It defeats the purpose.

I'm not looking for an argument here. Just an opinion to be considered.
thus far from the rep I've looked at there are a select few who loved to personally attack via rep. Thats not going to change if I leave things the way they were. I have to get rid of some of the hate around here. I'm not trying to make everyone love one another, but I do have to make this place somewhere anyone can come and feel semi welcome. It seems alot of people like to begin "breaking down" newbs from the minute they make their first post so as of now the rep will stay as it is. That may change later on but for awhile it will be this way.

Can you reset my rep on my PS user (x*xPianox*x) please? if you look you'll see the bad rep really wasn't needed :(

I'll review the comments on there and get back to you.

^Okay thanks :)

^no, he probably got bad rep with the FAG reason. Just like me ;)

Yes, that was the case. There are/was people on this board that would give bad rep to those that not only supported the band but supported Amy too. And I believe many of us received a 'Fag' comment from Biff who has a nasty habbit of giving bad rep to those he did not like. The bad rep wasn't necessary, it was just a case of they didn't agree with me and so they gave me bad rep.

I personally agree that mods/admins should be the ones to give out negative rep, it will be much fairer that way and people will not have to suffer bad rep simply because they are not liked by another memeber.

alright, katya. it's on like donkey kong. the battle for the highest rep continues. :cool:

^^I agree....
I never argued, but I got a FAG reputation, just because I said I don't hate Amy. Pretty much. 'Cause I never said I love her to death either.

^I got a FAG reputation for asking for a little bit of respect :(

^Okay thanks :)
remind me again why you have two names on here?

^Because for some reason my PS user (x*xPianox*x) doesn't work, or everytime I log in it says the server is too busy.

alright, katya. it's on like donkey kong. the battle for the highest rep continues. :cool:

LOL. I don't remember if I ever beat you. But okay, you're on. ;)

I know some negative rep was left because some people were like"heehee I'm going to be annoying on purpose because some ppl here sling mud" while ppl that didn't sling mud had to sit through it......

Personal attacks suck and are uncalled for, but to some, remember this isn't your personal clubhouse either, you need to live and let live as well

As nice as it will be to not have a billion posts by noobs stating "I agree with this post," (I hate that) it seems pointless to not have both a positive and negative rep. The rep system is a way of quickly expressing one's opinion about your post and there's no way everyone is going to love what you say. It has the chance of saving some useless drama posts (it's evboard, so "some" not all).

Will the reputation system still be affected by how much reputation the rep giver has?

EDIT:
I know some negative rep was left because some people were like"heehee I'm going to be annoying on purpose because some ppl here sling mud" while ppl that didn't sling mud had to sit through it......

It has always been agreed upon that the rep system is NOT for pointless repping, and that users who give out reps (specifically negative ones) for no reason whatsoever (giving someone a negative rep not because of their post, but simply because you don't like the person) is uncalled for and will be dealt with accordingly.

Will the reputation system still be affected by how much reputation the rep giver has?

Through looking at some profiles in the mod panel, it appears to be so. The higher rep you have, the more power you have as far as repping others.

There was a board I was on for a time a few years ago that had a kudos system as opposed to a rep system; points were given to users by other users for exceptional posts, which I think is a great idea for here.

For us to get rid of some of the "hate" that's been going around, I really think we should stop pushing the idea that you can be punished by other users. If someone is being flat-out disrespectful, I think enough of us will say enough to them that an admin will ban them.

Of course, this whole idea is based on the idea that we'll have relatively stable admins now.

The only reason people were getting so much negative rep as of late was because, let's face it, we all thought EvBoard was dead and didn't really care to follow the rules; ToB didn't care what we did, so it didn't matter. However, now this is a public forum again, I seriously think a rep system is pointless without neg reps (a mod could just send a warning, why would they need to neg rep a post?) because it's supposed to be there to let people know what's acceptable and what's not, and if there's only positive reps, how are we supposed to do just that?

Just stating my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I'm as glad as everyone else to see EvBoard back :)

Um.. I'm not sure how I really feel about this but when I try to give rep or other people give me rep it just comes up as instead of green grey. Can anyone help me out with this?

I am able to rep people. Comes up as what?

Anyone who has a low reputation score (ie hasn't done enough to be reputable) gives only gray dots. It's to keep people from creating 10 bazillion new accounts just to rep themselves to get a higher reputation.

Oh okay, thanks for the explanation :)

Oh I get it! LOL I thought she forgot a word :) "instead of green gray" needed a ,... lol

^Oh yeah it could have done with an a XD sorry :p

There's no point in even having the rep system if the member's themselves can't neg rep anyone. People are going to start shit over rep. It's going to happen, and it means absolutely nothing. If someone is going to start something over a rep point or whatever, then they obviously need a little reality check. And if someone is attacked via rep, then that's what the mod team is for.

well would be good for people to leave neg rep . but how bout we see how it goes. if it's not any good then should open it up for discussion again...


deano

I don't see a problem in not being able to give people bad reputation. Sadly enough, there's a bunch of immature people in every board, who always are to make problems, and that's when measurements like this one have to take place ;)

weird i thought only mods can give neg rep, i just did

ah, you snuck one by me...PS group had not been changed but it has now ;)

I think of that way was very better \o/

I think of that way was very better \o/

Agreed. It used to be kinda of confusing sometimes. Now is just much easier.

i had gotten some neg rep because of the way i typed, like i used to just start a new line instead of putting commas, and people gave me neg reps for it...some people suck

i had gotten some neg rep because of the way i typed, like i used to just start a new line instead of putting commas, and people gave me neg reps for it...some people suck
Oh noes. Like, once, I got neg repped too. I cried for a month, I was so upset. :(

^^well i never cried i just think its stupid to be able to neg rep people for stupid things, like the way they type

I'm not sure if it's the same here, but on another forum I go on - you can't just give loads of good rep to those that are your friends, because it asks you to spread some more good rep around before you can do so. I found that out when I went to rep a post and found out I'd already repped that person.

So I was wondering, wouldn't it be the same here? If so, I have no problem with that because it prevents people from constantly giving their friends good rep.

I have a feeling though, that neg rep has more of an affect than good rep and that some people on here are more likely to throw around neg rep than good. And so I'm glad it's been left to mods and admins, because now we'll have an idea of those that really deserve it.

ah, you snuck one by me...PS group had not been changed but it has now ;)

Curses!
I'm not sure if it's the same here, but on another forum I go on - you can't just give loads of good rep to those that are your friends, because it asks you to spread some more good rep around before you can do so. I found that out when I went to rep a post and found out I'd already repped that person.

That's already in place here, unless it's been changed.

I have a feeling though, that neg rep has more of an affect than good rep and that some people on here are more likely to throw around neg rep than good. And so I'm glad it's been left to mods and admins, because now we'll have an idea of those that really deserve it.

I disagree. I would say people are more prone to positive rep. And it beats the trillion noobish posts that only say IAW^.

*sighs* I guess I'll never understand having an unbalanced reputation system (which is what the lack of negative rep does). There will always be cases with abuse (since there will always be someone that abuses whatever privilege and leeway is given to them) that the mods can take care of, but if we are so childish that we cannot handle an internet neg rep and it has to be taken down, we shouldn't have any part of the system up at all.

PaleIsBeautiful, maybe some other options are these:

If you can't give someone a negative reputation for, let's say, the way they type, you can try to ignore it and move on, or tell them if it's really bugging you. If they're reasonable enough they might change it, if not, again, move on. They won't get positive reputation either for the way they type. And if any of the mods would see it, and they're bugged by it, they can hand out a negative rep.

All the time I see this thread up and I first read it as "Reputation chaos" or "Reputation is chaos" -_-;;

^Good point! I agree, we don't need neg rep and I can see why its been taken away, because before Chirs came along rneg rep was flying round everywhere just because people didn't agree with each other. I think it was the people who were giving neg rep just cause they disagreed with someone who were childish.
But anyway, its up to Chirs. I personally think for now he's made the right move so really this thread ought to be closed to prevent any arguments. But again its up to Chris ;)