Admin Rep Power

I totally agree with this, especially as most admins don't use their rep power apart from the three absolute dim-wits whom have minus repped me several times in the past *STARES AT YOUKNOWWHOYOUARE*.

I don't feel it's right they have a rep power, they should earn it.

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Originally Posted by Casanova

I totally agree with this, especially as most admins don't use their rep power apart from the three absolute dim-wits whom have minus repped me several times in the past *STARES AT YOUKNOWWHOYOUARE*.

I don't feel it's right they have a rep power, they should earn it.

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exactly, why should they not have to spread like normal members either? as the rep power is high as it is, just having one or two admins reaping people for good ideas is good enough, that way if an admin needs to spread rep to give out another admin can :S the whole fixed rep power just creates a divide... I'm the same as you, been -repped twice in a row on two occasions by two different admins. I rarely see or hear of admins giving out rep anyway lol.

So anyone remember the thread about the "50 reputation for Admins"? :P

Anyway;

This doesn't really affect me as I have near enough the same rep power If I'm admin or not. But I believe the reasons why Jin set the admin usergroup to have higher reputation was so the Admins could give out reputation to users who posted good suggestions, people who won forum competitions and also to welcome/encourage new users.

I'll go and find out the proper reasons on why it's been set to 20 and then go from there. It is possible that it can be changed so they have no fixed reputation power and what they would have is what they have earned over their time on the forum.

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Originally Posted by Stephen!

tbh I'm not bothered about general and forum management having it but people who just add vip features etc shouldn't have it

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It's based for anyone in the admin usergroup, not specific users.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Agreed with this thread, it also means they get to give out a higher number of - points when -repping people. They're members of the forum as is everyone else and should be treated exactly the same as us, who have to actually earn our rep. :rolleyes:

It's like :Jin: who has 25,000 posts exactly, I know he's the only one and he's the owner, but hell would have frozen over by the time he had even 10,000 posts, let alone 25,000.

@Marketing, what you on about? Either I'm not filled in on this or you're wrong but Mods don't get rep for posting? LOL

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I've never used my rep power to -rep anyone, I'm too nice :(

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Originally Posted by buttons

exactly, why should they not have to spread like normal members either? as the rep power is high as it is, just having one or two admins reaping people for good ideas is good enough, that way if an admin needs to spread rep to give out someone else can :S the whole fixed rep power just creates a divide... I'm the same as you, been -repped twice in a row on two occasions by two different admins. I rarely see or hear of admins giving out rep anyway lol.

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None of them ever do. I've never been repped by an administrator apart from... Jamesy and matt possibly.
I think it's useless if they don't use it but still have it?

For instance, I have gave out over 2.6k worth of rep, and recieved just under 2.1k of rep, i have 10 rep power and used this forum for in total 3 years (minus the years I was perm/IP banned). It's totally unfair they should walk into a job and get something they don't deserve nor use.

This works both ways. Oli has more than 20 rep power and when he became an admin his got set to 20 therefore he lost reputation. I was floating around 20 when I became an admin so eventually if not already I'm experiencing reputation loss as well.

Brandon is someone who's been at Habbox for years and years and who's one of our longest serving and most dedicated staffmembers. He deserves 20 reputation points, hell, he probably even deserves more than 20.

Prior to being 20 Jin had risen it to 50 and that was too high, it was later moved back down to 20. I don't see a problem with 20 rep points because 1) Some admins have that or more without it being set, 2) There's not many forum admins, and you have to remember if we looked at say, a features manager they have AdminCP, (note: if they did any of this without valid reason they'd be screwed) they can edit any user on the forum, they can give any paid subscription, ban any user, change any email, password, account information no matter how tedious, they can view all reputation comments, points, and alter post and reputation amounts. Having a mere 20 reputation points, when other fansites like HFFM give their admins 69 points, doesn't seem like a big thing to me.

They're forum administrators and they're forum administrators for a reason, because their job at Habbox is forum oriented. We wouldn't remove their red colour because it's different from the norm, where as other people have to pay for VIP to get coloured names would we? Surplus of reputation is a fairly generic characteristic of a internet forum administrator, and we only give them modest amounts compared to other forums.

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

This works both ways. Oli has more than 20 rep power and when he became an admin his got set to 20 therefore he lost reputation. I was floating around 20 when I became an admin so eventually if not already I'm experiencing reputation loss as well.

Brandon is someone who's been at Habbox for years and years and who's one of our longest serving and most dedicated staffmembers. He deserves 20 reputation points, hell, he probably even deserves more than 20.

Prior to being 20 Jin had risen it to 50 and that was too high, it was later moved back down to 20. I don't see a problem with 20 rep points because 1) Some admins have that or more without it being set, 2) There's not many forum admins, and you have to remember if we looked at say, a features manager they have AdminCP, (note: if they did any of this without valid reason they'd be screwed) they can edit any user on the forum, they can give any paid subscription, ban any user, change any email, password, account information no matter how tedious, they can view all reputation comments, points, and alter post and reputation amounts. Having a mere 20 reputation points, when other fansites like HFFM give their admins 69 points, doesn't seem like a big thing to me.

They're forum administrators and they're forum administrators for a reason, because their job at Habbox is forum oriented. We wouldn't remove their red colour because it's different from the norm, where as other people have to pay for VIP to get coloured names would we? Surplus of reputation is a fairly generic characteristic of a internet forum administrator, and we only give them modest amounts compared to other forums.

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er my point was brandon/you/matt/catzsy probably more deserve to have their own reputation rather than a fixed amount as they'd have a higher rep power? that's my point really and just because you're admn doesn't mean you deserve higher or lower than you should have:S it's only fair you have your own considering brandon's been here longer and done more than someone who is newly admin and only has 2,000 posts yet they have the same. i'm not picking on cosmic it's just fair....... plus admins will probably get a load of rep regardless of their power from members for just being an admin so the fixed power isn't necessary

hey i'm not even saying it's unfair for us members, i'm saying it's unfair for the admins but please yourself:P

I agree. I mean I know it's only due to the usergroup I'm in, but I have little need for having 20 rep power, however I can see why it is extremely useful for people like Sct who can use it to go towards competitions, etc. In terms of fairness towards people like brandon, I also agree that our rep power shouldn't be static, but should perhaps increase gradually the longer the role is held.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Agreed with this thread, it also means they get to give out a higher number of - points when -repping people. They're members of the forum as is everyone else and should be treated exactly the same as us, who have to actually earn our rep. :rolleyes:

It's like :Jin: who has 25,000 posts exactly, I know he's the only one and he's the owner, but hell would have frozen over by the time he had even 10,000 posts, let alone 25,000.

@Marketing, what you on about? Either I'm not filled in on this or you're wrong but Mods don't get rep for posting? LOL

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I am certain someone said about MOD's getting rep if they post x amount of times a week.

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

This works both ways. Oli has more than 20 rep power and when he became an admin his got set to 20 therefore he lost reputation. I was floating around 20 when I became an admin so eventually if not already I'm experiencing reputation loss as well.

Brandon is someone who's been at Habbox for years and years and who's one of our longest serving and most dedicated staffmembers. He deserves 20 reputation points, hell, he probably even deserves more than 20.

Prior to being 20 Jin had risen it to 50 and that was too high, it was later moved back down to 20. I don't see a problem with 20 rep points because 1) Some admins have that or more without it being set, 2) There's not many forum admins, and you have to remember if we looked at say, a features manager they have AdminCP, (note: if they did any of this without valid reason they'd be screwed) they can edit any user on the forum, they can give any paid subscription, ban any user, change any email, password, account information no matter how tedious, they can view all reputation comments, points, and alter post and reputation amounts. Having a mere 20 reputation points, when other fansites like HFFM give their admins 69 points, doesn't seem like a big thing to me.

They're forum administrators and they're forum administrators for a reason, because their job at Habbox is forum oriented. We wouldn't remove their red colour because it's different from the norm, where as other people have to pay for VIP to get coloured names would we? Surplus of reputation is a fairly generic characteristic of a internet forum administrator, and we only give them modest amounts compared to other forums.

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If it is kept, can I say admins should be fired for abusing their power :L I am fairly certain previous members of management removed every -rep they got lol

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I am certain someone said about MOD's getting rep if they post x amount of times a week.

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When Oli was Forum Manager, he did something like that.

Oli gave you rep for X amount of posts.

JRH2002 admitted openly himself and all other members of forum management changed -rep to plus rep, did it for their friends and hinted it's still done. Now it's more restricted with mod/admin CP logs being continuously monitored.

I agree, static reputation for every admin member. Maybe apart from the forum manager IF he/she gains to LOSE a substantial amount - ie they need it for forum orientation so give them a non-static rep unless it lowers their rep power.

There's just no need for it!?