Introducing: The Forum Reputation System

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Originally Posted by XtremeGamer234

I posted a thread on howmuch time does it take to get the GW to max, and a guy downvoted me saying, “look it up yourself lazy".

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This is what I was worried about.

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Originally Posted by xQQx

This is what I was worried about.

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But don't worry. I don't take this seriously as long as I won't be banned by the downvotes lol :D.
Is it possible that I might be banned because of getting downvotes?

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Originally Posted by LachNessMeownster

All the alt accounts would have to have 50 posts each, be undetected by moderators and post great things to maintain a high enough reputation to then vote on the main account. Which they can then only vote on once in 15 people.

Lot of work, lot of risk of being caught and perm banned.

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Let's be honest, if someone can pull that off, then they deserve to upvote themself:smirk:

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Originally Posted by Holps

I understand if you largely only populate that sub but bear in mind this is a Gaming forum so a system where people are able to build up a reputation based on their posts which may be about a thousand things not game related would be a little perverse? It's the same as post count. You could have 2000 posts on the SC forums and never post a comment in a game related sub-forum? OT Is what it is, a brilliantly random and sometimes mystifying crowd, chatting away at the bottom of the garden then vanishing when the big people wander past....

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You have it the other way around Holps. We at OT/FG are the big children. We're just so bright that everyone else gets blinded as they pass

@Bresn I do like the idea of OT Rep but I don't really think we need it since everyone already knows what a worthy post is. My main reason would have to be reading Snooks' narratives so I have a legitimate reason to vote then down for torturing souls:smirk:

Woke up & realized I got put in a popularity contest without my permission😂

Seriously though It'll never work. Haters will always Hate & people will always be willing to do anything for a like. Just like Global I can see people private messaging each other "lets all down vote so & so post"

Was wondering what the green dot was, seems like it shows promise.

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Originally Posted by OnyxDS

I wasn't worried about negatives - I don't make a huge number of posts likely to pick up negatives. I was just musing that my posts that would have picked up points are probably behind me and unlikely to be repeated much.

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Don't worry, I plan on, and have already, made positive reputation contributions based on services past rendered :thumbsup:

Please reply to the above query of mine
Thanks.

I hope this system encourages people to be less toxic. Let's hope that the select few players that troll this forum finally can either stop trolling or their reputation will show that they don't make good contributions. I do think later down rhe road there needs to be a maximum negative value.

I'm mostly on mobile, so unless this is implemented on mobile, I probably won't pay any attention to it. Which is fine, because it doesn't seem like a big deal.

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Originally Posted by XtremeGamer234

Please reply to the above query of mine
Thanks.

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You will not be banned for downvotes. The reputation system is different from the reporting system. One gives or takes rep the other, if enough violations are found, results in a ban.

If you go into sub 10 rep points then the only sanction is not being able to vote on others rep:

"Members must have 10 reputation points to be able to affect other people's reputation. In other words - if you have -200 reputation points, you would have to earn back 210 points before you could vote on anyone"