Moving to Cleveland, Ohio

Firetooth · December 19, 2011, 01:34:17 PM

I like rep systems, but they can be (and usually are, to an extent) horribly abused. On one forum somebody had likely -987 rep (it didn't even have a quarter that many active members) a few days after the feature got added. Plus some groups of people just vote each other up, or vote people up if they share their view, not on the quality of the post.

I was one of the top 5 most repped people on the west forums...sign of abuse? :P

It can also be used as a bit of a sign of status, too. I still think it's a good idea, though. For example, if volk has 6 bars of green and Muse has 1 bar of green, in UMD you can get a good idea of who's posts are more valid.

Shadow · December 19, 2011, 01:35:55 PM

Echoing volkov, I don't think RWLers are mature enough to make that system work. Also, does that functionality come with SMF?

Firetooth · December 19, 2011, 01:36:37 PM

Don't think so, or at least the forums I've used with it haven't been SMF.

Shadow · December 19, 2011, 01:38:04 PM

It does, actually. "Karma" mode, currently off, obviously. I learned something new today.

Kilkenne · December 19, 2011, 01:38:16 PM

You can add rep into smf but it is different than the ipboard version that they are talking about.

Muse · December 20, 2011, 02:58:28 PM

I'm sorry, was brain dead when making that post. Mid-terms and Christmas baking for family and like twenty family Christmas parties and Christmas pictures and History Day project and my book and my poetry contest and my school funeral (don't ask) and.....you get the idea.

Honestly, why do we count posts? Isn't it enough for the admin to know?

cloud · December 20, 2011, 07:29:19 PM

aren't you in like 5th grade? School gets much harder, trust me.

Muse · December 20, 2011, 07:39:18 PM

I'm in 9th grade, thanks. 5th grade?

Moose · December 20, 2011, 08:04:07 PM

where I come from there aren't grades we just show up to whatever class we feel like and my favorite class to go to is writing class we often learn about how to not write run-on sentences and I do very well in that class.

Tonight we ate baked potatoes and it burned my mouth.

Firetooth · December 21, 2011, 06:34:01 AM

Quote from: Moose on December 20, 2011, 08:04:07 PM
where I come from there aren't grades we just show up to whatever class we feel like and my favorite class to go to is writing class we often learn about how to not write run-on sentences and I do very well in that class.

Tonight we ate baked potatoes and it burned my mouth.

You truly are an inspirational fellow. :)

Shadow · December 21, 2011, 08:37:40 AM

Stop spamming Muse. I deleted that post, and I'll be deleting more like it.

Muse · December 21, 2011, 09:16:00 AM

Wait, so what is Moose doing?

Shadow · December 21, 2011, 09:20:56 AM

Moose's posts at least contain more than the letter "m". Moose is also trying to make a point about your spamming, which you've either been ignoring or missed entirely.

Muse · December 21, 2011, 12:46:26 PM

Um, m and h, thank you.

Shadow · December 21, 2011, 01:23:55 PM

^ this is a good example of a post not worth posting. You aren't arguing your case, you are just saying words that are vaguely related to the post immediately prior to yours.

Please start putting some effort in outside of spa...