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The Reputation System - Good or Bad?
22 November 2006, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
Only if the base is memory foam and the top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose.
Hmmm - does that sound a bit gay?
Hmmm - does that sound a bit gay?
22 November 2006, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sockpuppet
Who is Markuss? I'm starting to feel like Borat now.. help....
Stop being thick
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...tem-works.html <----click on this, you thickie.
22 November 2006, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
I've never solicited a rep point in my whole life, dear old pal. 
Average starting rep power of two points per person, +ve:-ve rep ratio of 4:1 You'd need 20 users to rep you per day. 16 of which will be positive.
It's plausible, But getting 20reps in a day? Takes some going though, unless somebody started off with a higher rep power which got the ball rolling in the chain of increasing others rep power, which they may have inadvertantly known that doing so was causing a skew in the system scale.
COB, I'm starting to sound like UB now
22 November 2006, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
Only if the base is memory foam and the top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose.
Hmmm - does that sound a bit gay?
Hmmm - does that sound a bit gay?
Tomorrow morning's training....
"right folks. Scrap all the other tosh.....this is a dawn of a new era.....from now on you must slip "top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose" into every pitch. OK? Now go sell some beds..................
22 November 2006, 11:46 PM
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That's superb!
Tomorrow morning's training....
"right folks. Scrap all the other tosh.....this is a dawn of a new era.....from now on you must slip "top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose" into every pitch. OK? Now go sell some beds..................
Tomorrow morning's training....
"right folks. Scrap all the other tosh.....this is a dawn of a new era.....from now on you must slip "top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose" into every pitch. OK? Now go sell some beds..................
as long as tarquin and jeremy are your top salesmen....
22 November 2006, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
That's superb!
Tomorrow morning's training....
"right folks. Scrap all the other tosh.....this is a dawn of a new era.....from now on you must slip "top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose" into every pitch. OK? Now go sell some beds..................
Tomorrow morning's training....
"right folks. Scrap all the other tosh.....this is a dawn of a new era.....from now on you must slip "top pillow is the neck down of a snow goose" into every pitch. OK? Now go sell some beds..................
...you think I am joking - John Lewis sale
22 November 2006, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Shark Man
5 days of it going live, 24hours before each user can re-rep you, 10 starting points.
Average starting rep power of two points per person, +ve:-ve rep ratio of 4:1 You'd need 20 users to rep you per day. 16 of which will be positive.
It's plausible, But getting 20reps in a day? Takes some going though, unless somebody started off with a higher rep power which got the ball rolling in the chain of increasing others rep power, which they may have inadvertantly known that doing so was causing a skew in the system scale.
COB, I'm starting to sound like UB now
Average starting rep power of two points per person, +ve:-ve rep ratio of 4:1 You'd need 20 users to rep you per day. 16 of which will be positive.
It's plausible, But getting 20reps in a day? Takes some going though, unless somebody started off with a higher rep power which got the ball rolling in the chain of increasing others rep power, which they may have inadvertantly known that doing so was causing a skew in the system scale.
COB, I'm starting to sound like UB now
22 November 2006, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Shark Man
5 days of it going live, 24hours before each user can re-rep you, 10 starting points.
Average starting rep power of two points per person, +ve:-ve rep ratio of 4:1 You'd need 20 users to rep you per day. 16 of which will be positive.
It's plausible, But getting 20reps in a day? Takes some going though, unless somebody started off with a higher rep power which got the ball rolling in the chain of increasing others rep power, which they may have inadvertantly known that doing so was causing a skew in the system scale.
COB, I'm starting to sound like UB now
Average starting rep power of two points per person, +ve:-ve rep ratio of 4:1 You'd need 20 users to rep you per day. 16 of which will be positive.
It's plausible, But getting 20reps in a day? Takes some going though, unless somebody started off with a higher rep power which got the ball rolling in the chain of increasing others rep power, which they may have inadvertantly known that doing so was causing a skew in the system scale.
COB, I'm starting to sound like UB now
It's a bit like when the Brits got to grips with trains, steam power and industrialisation as a whole. Because we got there first, the rest of the world was powerless to hold us back despite our relatively insignificant population. You see? No? Ok
22 November 2006, 11:59 PM
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I reiterate my suggestion that negs should not be anonymous, but positive ones have the option of being anonymous.
Personally, I think it is rather cowardly to neg someone anonymously. It's even worse to pretend to be someone else when negging.
Personally, I think it is rather cowardly to neg someone anonymously. It's even worse to pretend to be someone else when negging.
23 November 2006, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
Now, stay with me on this.
It's a bit like when the Brits got to grips with trains, steam power and industrialisation as a whole. Because we got there first, the rest of the world was powerless to hold us back despite our relatively insignificant population. You see? No? Ok
It's a bit like when the Brits got to grips with trains, steam power and industrialisation as a whole. Because we got there first, the rest of the world was powerless to hold us back despite our relatively insignificant population. You see? No? Ok
.Why haven't you got the guts to say it publicly you fanny?
23 November 2006, 12:07 AM
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The fact some users magically had 50+ points from effectively day one is still unexplained.
Quite why these users automatically were granted protection from any of the potential negative implications and given such power through the system does point at some sort of colusion going on behind the scenes.
There is no dening that those in favour thanks to this system now have huge influence and power on the board.
Bubba has made his position on this clear, but others effectively are unchecked and unchallengable.
For the troll and individuals who enjoy abusing others, they now have another mechanism at their disposal.
As a note, how do you think a newbie or someone who minds it, is going to react to offensive comments in their 'User CP'? They are going to decide not to get involved in the community or leave. Not good for SN.
Quite why these users automatically were granted protection from any of the potential negative implications and given such power through the system does point at some sort of colusion going on behind the scenes.
There is no dening that those in favour thanks to this system now have huge influence and power on the board.
Bubba has made his position on this clear, but others effectively are unchecked and unchallengable.
For the troll and individuals who enjoy abusing others, they now have another mechanism at their disposal.
As a note, how do you think a newbie or someone who minds it, is going to react to offensive comments in their 'User CP'? They are going to decide not to get involved in the community or leave. Not good for SN.
23 November 2006, 12:16 AM
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If you get abusive comments, or feel one or more users maliciously giving you negative reputation then complain about it to the mods/admin.
Granted, the system is open to abuse and Jerome's point of neg reps showing who posted them would be a good idea.
I don't think anyone started off with 50+ points. What I think happened is that a bit of back-slapping occurred between users, and some of those users could well have been here for some time, and your reputation power is mainly based on your registration date but also your current reputation level. So a long standing user have positive reputation to another long standing user, who reciprocated, and thier reputation power, being high, gave the people they reputated more points than a user who had been registered later than they.
Repeat this with more users and you can quite quickly build up more points, and more power and you can end up with a lot of points pretty quickly.
From understanding of the system, I do not think that administrators can actually change your points, well, unless they give you positive reputation and they themselves have a a very high reputation power.
Granted, the system is open to abuse and Jerome's point of neg reps showing who posted them would be a good idea.
I don't think anyone started off with 50+ points. What I think happened is that a bit of back-slapping occurred between users, and some of those users could well have been here for some time, and your reputation power is mainly based on your registration date but also your current reputation level. So a long standing user have positive reputation to another long standing user, who reciprocated, and thier reputation power, being high, gave the people they reputated more points than a user who had been registered later than they.
Repeat this with more users and you can quite quickly build up more points, and more power and you can end up with a lot of points pretty quickly.
From understanding of the system, I do not think that administrators can actually change your points, well, unless they give you positive reputation and they themselves have a a very high reputation power.
23 November 2006, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerome
LOL at the blobs I just got:
Red: I'm a coward - sorry
Green: bulls1t - anon
Red: I'm a coward - sorry
Green: bulls1t - anon
23 November 2006, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
Great minds think alike. See if you can work out who did what
Unless you did both...
23 November 2006, 12:56 AM
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I've just done a test, and older user names seem to have more clout...whilst this name only gives 1 point, an old established name gives 2.
I will admit to rating myself, but its for experimental purposes
I will admit to rating myself, but its for experimental purposes
23 November 2006, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerome
I would assume you did the green, but you normally speel kwite well.
Unless you did both...
Unless you did both...
23 November 2006, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
I didn't do both. So it's fifty/fifty
OK, I reckon that you're the green.
If you're not, I might just have to thrash you with nettles....
23 November 2006, 01:28 AM
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If the negs revealed who it was it would just create a continuos tit for tat situation were reps were handed for childish revenge rather than trolling. Either way audi lover will be screwd. I also think that there is no harm in bad reps provided you don't get loads of them and get banned. even a bad rep is better than being ignored completely. (waits for flood of bad reps)
23 November 2006, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ALX
I've just done a test, and older user names seem to have more clout...whilst this name only gives 1 point, an old established name gives 2.
I will admit to rating myself, but its for experimental purposes
I will admit to rating myself, but its for experimental purposes
So for all the paranoia - it is not post count it is the Scoobynet Elders who have the power
When I registered on Snet SEVEN years ago there were 300 members
23 November 2006, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Markus
From understanding of the system, I do not think that administrators can actually change your points, well, unless they give you positive reputation and they themselves have a a very high reputation power.
This is all fine and dandy, but has it not already been demonstrated that the score is meaningless because users have been added to the ignore list with a full complement of points?