I'm on a distinguished road!!

[Goose]

I'm not a happy bunny my reputation points have just dropped and i can't work out what I've done to upset anybody i hope you guys get the feed back bit working soon so i can see what i've done. dont like this

How much did you drink at MM?

 

[jdlenton]

has that got anything to do with the quality of my posts?

 

[maverick]

slightly confussed!!
I also have a unknown quantity and I have not posted since the new system came onboard. infact I have only posted once since the moot due to work commitments. I am feeling paraniod and unloved

 

[Stuart]

Ah there appears to be a glitch somwhere, some of the newer members seem to have started with 0 rep points rather than +5

dont worry about it no one has given you bad reputation we will have a look and see if we can find the problem

 

[maverick]

Thanks Stuart,
I thought perhaps it had to do with not being a paid up member. Actually this post has prompted me and I am of to paypal now

PS Brilliant work on the new look site guys well done!!

 

[bothyman]

Thanks Stuart,
I thought perhaps it had to do with not being a paid up member. Actually this post has prompted me and I am of to paypal now

PS Brilliant work on the new look site guys well done!!

Its nothing to do with paying look at mine

plus how do you find out why you have been doomed??

 

[Goose]

has that got anything to do with the quality of my posts?

No, but if you drank all the spiced cider............

 

[Stuart]

Thanks Stuart,
I thought perhaps it had to do with not being a paid up member. Actually this post has prompted me and I am of to paypal now

PS Brilliant work on the new look site guys well done!!

the reputation system has nothing to do with whether your a paying member or not, they dont effect each other at all

 

[Rod]

No, but if you drank all the spiced cider............

I take it JD as been on the sauce - again...

 

[jdlenton]

No it wasn't me on the cider I dont drink the stuff blahhh I think you'll find that was womble and he didn't have that much.

I drink beer and I did have a couple at mm wouldn't you if you had a six month old baby and you only get let out once in a while?

now can we stop talking about how much i had to drink and get this thread back on topic please

 

[ScottC]

I think it's doubtful that the reputation system will be used only for the quality of someone's posts for example I haven't posted much in the way of stuff that could be construed as false or inaccurate but it appears someone/people aren't happy with me!! whatever will I do?!

 

[arctic hobo]

Surely it would be better to start people on zero, as then they would be an unknown quantity - as indeed they are. And then getting say one point would put them on a distinguished road. Seems silly to give people who've never posted a good reputation - even less so people like those morons that invaded the forum a few months back. Just an idea

 

[ScottC]

Well yes that does seem logical, but I don't think we should even have the system it doesn't really offer anything. You should never trust advice you read on the internet anyway as you never know whether it comes from a reliable source and should check it out properly if you're concerned.

 

[rich59]

I have to say I can't see how this system works. I don't know how to give someone a + or a -. I don't know if someone has done this for me. How do I find out? It seems a bit creepy if I cannot see what is going on.

I do like the member/ tenderfoot/ settler/ native system as it at least measures something objective - how many times I have posted. It's a bit like being a scout again - attendance points!

 

[Ed]

I don't know how to give someone a + or a -. I don't know if someone has done this for me. How do I find out?

Don't worry.... it'll take some time for people to get used to it.

Along the top of each post is a set of icons.... the one you want is the one which looks like a set of justice scales.... clicking these scales on someone elses post will allow you to add or subtract from their reputation..... If you click the scales on one of your own posts you should see your own score.

Also in your user control panel, there should be details of recent feedback....

Hope this helps


Ed

 

[Tony]

Over the next while I'll have some more time to get up some details on how it works etc. There's a few glitches at the moment but they'll get ironed out so no one should worry about the reputation points they have at the moment, it will take some time to settle in.

 

[Stuart]

will you guys stop fretting about the reputation system its not even fully working yet!! there is still more work to be done before we even decide if we are going to keep it.

I haven't posted much in the way of stuff that could be construed as false or inaccurate but it appears someone/people aren't happy with me!! whatever will I do?!

no Scott it doesn’t mean people aren’t happy with you, no one has given you bad reputation as my earlier posts mentions there are some glitches with the system at the moment.

Surely it would be better to start people on zero, as then they would be an unknown quantity - as indeed they are. And then getting say one point would put them on a distinguished road. Seems silly to give people who've never posted a good reputation

the reason it starts on +5 is so that it takes 5 consecutive people to be unhappy with what you have posted before you hit negative figures.

if everyone started on 0 it would only take the opinion of one person to give you a negative reading

reputation systems can be very useful, how many people here use e-bay? don’t you find it useful to see how many other people were happy with the seller in the past?

remember that the system is not fully running, this is a trial, there are further modifications to be made or it may be scraped entirely.

it is by this process of trying different ideas and systems that BCUK continually improves its service, all we ask is that you bear with us whilst we do it

 

[ScottC]

Oh sorry.. you said there were glitches with new members but I'm not a new member so assumed I had been given bad reputation not that I'm particuarly bothered if I had been I was just using that as an example.

 

[Stuart]

the glitches appear to effect people who have signed up since the last time we had the reputation system running before we changed servers about a year ago

I believe ScottC that you changed your username or signed up under a new name during that period which is why I think it may be affecting you

if someone has given you positive or negative reputation it will appear under the title 'Latest Reputation Received' in the user CP area (the button for this area is in the top left of the screen) along with the username of the person who left the reputation, the date they left it and any comment they made on why

 

[ScottC]

Well I did change my username so your right and I was wrong sorry about that!