Why no reputation system?

[mainman]

Hi

I'm new here. I was wondering why there is no repuation system (for thanking people for good posts and so on). It's pretty common on boards like this.

Thanks

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[La Parisienne]

There is a reputation system here (other users can give you from 1 to 5 stars), but I don't know how it works.

[mainman]

There is a reputation system here (other users can give you from 1 to 5 stars), but I don't know how it works.

really? But there are no repping buttons anywhere? How do you know there is a system?

...and why are there no mods looking out for newbie questions like this?

[ILUVAdrianaLima]

^ There is no REAL reputation system here. All we have is the 5 star rating system for each individual member (which is easily sabotaged by any free willing rouge member) and if you look above anyone's avatar, there is a member title system that changes according to # of posts, ie: New Comer, Super PIP, and so on and so forth.

But the implementation of rep system would be a great idea for a board like this

[Cult Icon]

^

I would definitely argue against a rep system. It's without any (+)purpose and distorts poster behavior in a frivolous way.

[katchitup]

I agree, I wouldn't like a repuatation system. I don't want this to be Fashionspot 2.0

But it WOULD be nice for other members to thank people for their contributions every once in a while

[straightfashionguy]

yeah, lets not let this newbie rain down our parade...

i don't understand why that is so important as you apparently are a new user to this group.

IMO - List-serves are very awesome - old fashioned email and no ratings BS like modern day boards. So 1990s. Miss them

[ILUVAdrianaLima]

The rep system I was thinking of only had the option of adding a sort of THANK YOU for work one contributes with NO negative feature available. Just a simple 'click and receive point' thank you system

[La Parisienne]

there are no repping buttons anywhere?

Until now I wasn't able to find them. I might be a bit clumsy.

How do you know there is a system?

You can see those stars in your profile.

why are there no mods looking out for newbie questions like this?

I honestly don't know why the Mods didn't explain this to us.

[Michael*]

It's a perfectly valid question but quite honestly, there's not a lot for the mods to explain. I'm not aware of any 'official' BZ line on the issue, so I'd venture a guess that it's simply a personal preference of the boss to not have it.

 

For what it's worth though, reputation systems aren't really my cup of tea either. I'm not saying there's no upside to them, but they seem to encourage an 'I'm better than you' mentality, which for me, we can do without. One of the things I most like about BZ is that it's not elitist.

[mainman]

Yeah, all I was really thinking some kind of "thanks" system so people could feel appreciated for their posts, as I am assuming it's an "image only" board like UMC (ie "comment spam" is discouraged, so simply posting "thank you" isn't really an option

All we have is the 5 star rating system for each individual member (which is easily sabotaged by any free willing rouge member) and if you look above anyone's avatar, there is a member title system that changes according to # of posts, ie: New Comer, Super PIP, and so on and so forth.

[La Parisienne]

How do you get them?

[Mahi]

^ Don't know what,Parisien?

[mainman]

^ Don't know what,Parisien?

[Mahi]

^ Click on the stars of other members profiles(just on one of them) ,on the 5th star or 4th or more down,and then this other member is rated by you.

You can't ofcourse click on stars in your profile.

[mainman]

^ Click on the stars of other members profiles(just on one of them) ,on the 5th star or 4th or more down,and then this other member is rated by you.

You can't ofcourse click on stars in your profile.

[Michael*]

Yeah, all I was really thinking some kind of "thanks" system so people could feel appreciated for their posts, as I am assuming it's an "image only" board like UMC (ie "comment spam" is discouraged, so simply posting "thank you" isn't really an option

In that case, I wouldn't be as opposed to it. I'm afraid I'm not that technically inclined, so whether or not it's a possibility, I couldn't really say. You'd be more than welcome to post the odd quick 'thank you' around the forum, though. It's a nice gesture and the kind souls who post pics appreciate it.

[mainman]

Yeah, all I was really thinking some kind of "thanks" system so people could feel appreciated for their posts, as I am assuming it's an "image only" board like UMC (ie "comment spam" is discouraged, so simply posting "thank you" isn't really an option

In that case, I wouldn't be as opposed to it. I'm afraid I'm not that technically inclined, so whether or not it's a possibility, I couldn't really say. You'd be more than welcome to post the odd quick 'thank you' around the forum, though. It's a nice gesture and the kind souls who post pics appreciate it.

[PinkCouture]

^ You may also post "Thank You's" on member's profile page. It might be better that way.

I think you can rate people multiple times as long as it is different each time (increase or decrease.

[Michael*]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can rate people as often as you like. Only your most recent rating will count towards their overall score, though.