Reputation

[Solkern]

Since someone suggested it, let's do it.

[Deathravin]

For you all bitching about the anonymity part. Why not just add a button where you can 'sign' the rep comment. It can leave a username tag that can't be duplicated on the comment.

People that sign comments are happy. People that don't want to sign comments are happy. People that sign comments as others are stopped. And the people that don't care just keep on not caring.

C Thread                            Date                   User         Comment 
G FOX pwns Joe the Plumber          10-30-2008 10:02 AM    Anonymous    Keep on keepin on

[Moist Happenings]

For you all bitching about the anonymity part. Why not just add a button where you can 'sign' the rep comment. It can leave a username tag that can't be duplicated on the comment.

That'd at least make it so you can't sign rep as somebody else. It'd take the annoyance factor down for a lot of people. Personally I've not had any negative rep signed, so it hasn't really affected me, nor would it really if somebody did sign negative rep as anyone else because I don't immediately go and negative rep people back unless they say something worth it. However, I could see it as a nuisance.

I think forcing a signature though would keep a lot of the really retarded comments down. How many people just use it as a way to take an anonymous shot at somebody they don't like instead of using it to make a genuine comment about a post? By the look of my own negative rep anyway, I'd say not a huge number, but a significant enough amount.

Take away the anonymity altogether, and the few people being douche bags would at least end up with a closer eye on their own posts with less tolerance for stupidity than might normally be given.

[Audriana]

I used to read and post on Allakhazam a lot for FFXI. Their reputation was completely anonymous, but there weren't comments attached to it.

Rep doesn't matter anyway, do away with it or keep it, doesn't matter to me in the slightest. It just shows yourself and others how popular (or unpopular) you are. Unless we can just hide the posts from anybody with two or more red squares, I don't see the problem either way.


I say don't add a signature, but take out the comments.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I used to read and post on Allakhazam a lot for FFXI. Their reputation was completely anonymous, but there weren't comments attached to it.

Rep doesn't matter anyway, do away with it or keep it, doesn't matter to me in the slightest. It just shows yourself and others how popular (or unpopular) you are. Unless we can just hide the posts from anybody with two or more red squares, I don't see the problem either way.


I say don't add a signature, but take out the comments.

As someone has pointed out, for people who merchant it could present a problem to have negative rep (red squares).

[AestheticDeath]

In my case it's my fault. I should have made two accounts and separated the personality from the merchant like a lot of other people do. I just hate having to deal with two names.

If I come back to gemstone again later, I may do that though.

[Nieninque]

omg ohnoez...someone gave me a red button!!!!!!111111

[Moist Happenings]

Actually, what would be nice, though it would be a pain in the ass to code, is if the rep system had a function where if you have X amount of rep, you can set an option on a thread you create to prevent anyone with less than 0 or less than some amount of rep from posting there.

It would at least give some consequence to acting like a douche bag aside from having a little red button instead of having a little green one.

[FNLN]

Or just allow a bunch of people to get together and red pen a poster they don't like.

[Moist Happenings]

Or just allow a bunch of people to get together and red pen a poster they don't like.

Yeah. If something like that were to be implemented it would have to be pretty heavily regulated. If that were the case it would be cool, but it's not really a viable route for this forum.