Forum Reputation System Poll

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Originally Posted by MasterCal

Could a mod possibly answer this question? Is it possible to program negative rep sp that a mod has to approve it before it shows up on someone's profile?

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I think that would just over burden mod staff already doing a volunteer service.

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Originally Posted by Warios

I think that would just over burden mod staff already doing a volunteer service.

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I thought of that, I just wanted to know if it was possible to do so on vBulletin

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Originally Posted by 842

I voted for the downvote option - however I think it might be good to tweak it so that the post count restriction for giving/taking rep is higher - last thing we need is a bunch of burner accounts just pushing up to 50 and then abusing it.

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They won't need burner accounts, they have off-topic. Those guys will just find an irrelevant post elsewhere and up vote each other for a pure nonsense post.

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Originally Posted by Martvol

They won't need burner accounts, they have off-topic. Those guys will just find an irrelevant post elsewhere and up vote each other for a pure nonsense post.

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Off-topic doesn't have the up/down vote option & probably for this reason

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Originally Posted by Martvol

They won't need burner accounts, they have off-topic. Those guys will just find an irrelevant post elsewhere and up vote each other for a pure nonsense post.

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Originally Posted by Saleh47

Off-topic doesn't have the up/down vote option & probably for this reason

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That is why they go to regular forum and give an irrelevant post an up vote.

I vote for the downvote option to be brought back.

Looks like the majority wants the downvote back. Super majority wants at least the upvote to stay.

Hi gets a little explanation about the update manager

Yes, it does look that way until one looks at the standard error and margin of error (95%). Still the mods will need to verify poll results , specially for duplicates/triplicates.

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Originally Posted by AresMars

calling ppl names, spamming , etc deserves reporting with further banning, no downvote needed
agreeing /disagreeing? just quote and discuss
some people think it is fair to get upvotes for agreeing, but it is not fair to get downvotes for disagreeing...isn't it the 2 sides of the same medal?
also it was said that the valuable posts should be upvoted. i see few of really valuable posts, but still some people keep collecting upvotes only because they feel to post in every thread and several times in the same thread, repeating the same things, not really adding something new or important. while some good stuff posted by unknown member passes unnoticed, not even 1 upvote. seems popular people here keep collecting upvotes just because, just because, just because
so do we really face downvoting bullies here? i don't think we do
but i think there is a tendency to upvote some people , especially mods, whatever they say, even if they just make a comment of routine.

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Yes in a world full of cupcakes and rainbows you would have people up-voting the same as down-voting on an equal level. However, once you have grey hairs and are wiser you realise there are more people out there that are not positive and will only focus on the negative. When is the last time you were complemented by some random person? Downvotes are just simply going to create drama in our forums. We don't need people giving a down-vote for simply expressing their opinion. Its nonsense we don't need it. If someone is going to be a troll or what have you on the forums, simply report. I don't think people need to be walking on pins and needle. As I mentioned before, without downvotes, people will feel that have the freedom of writing without having John Smith on their back downvoting because they have a difference in opinion.

If they do make down-votes happen. There should be a report frivolous down-vote/up-vote so a moderator can see what occurred. If the perp had repeated frivolous down-votes they get an infraction.