Rep thing

[GoldenMerc]

Hi,

Okay this rep thing is getting a bit silly, Who ever reports a -rep it just seems to get removed, no matter if i write until their is no space more to do, its absolutely pointless. Is any of the Senior Management (AGM's or FMs) going to actually tell me whats acceptable as a -rep, as no matter how many times i write why im giving the -rep it gets removed.
Ross

Moved by Lee (Forum Super Moderator): From 'Habbox Feedback' as this is a forum issue.

Thread moved back to 'Habbox Feedback' from 'Forum and Moderation' by Martin (Forum Manager) So discussion can take place on this issue.

[the.games]

Well according to the FAQ's, it's this:
When you do something bad you will most likely receive -Rep. You may receive a -Rep for the following reasons:

• Pointless Posting
• Being rude
• Breaking the forum rules

But you may want @Martin; to clarify things as by what your saying it seems that your rep is being removed wrongly.

[GoldenMerc]

Well according to the FAQ's, it's this:
When you do something bad you will most likely receive -Rep. You may receive a -Rep for the following reasons:

• Pointless Posting
• Being rude
• Breaking the forum rules

But you may want @Martin; to clarify things as by what your saying it seems that your rep is being removed wrongly.

All of them i keep to, i explain clearly why im -repping them, one thing i'd like to ask. If i have a arguement with someone on Habbo is it acceptable to -rep them for it?

[the.games]

All of them i keep to, i explain clearly why im -repping them, one thing i'd like to ask. If i have a arguement with someone on Habbo is it acceptable to -rep them for it?

That really depends. I personally would say that it probably isn't the best idea as it may be appealed successfully, but as long as your not -repping out of revenge I don't see why there is a problem with it. So I would say you are able to -rep them for it, but:
a) This may result in them doing the same to you and;
b) Your -rep may be removed if the Admin team believe that it was not given fairly.
so be careful

You still might want to get @brandon; or @Martin;s take on this as this may be incorrect.

Hope this helps

[GoldenMerc]

Spoke to Brandon about this previously, maybe have to speak to Martin

[Samantha]

Well really it shouldn't be removed if it occurred on Habbo, members +rep a cnb post/competitions etc on the forum, maybe because they like them? If you didn't like the event then you should rightly be entitled to -rep them.

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm just going to come in to this thread and see what people think about this:

If people give -rep for stuff that hasn't happened on the forum and has happened on other services such as Habbo - How do we take judgement whether it is breaking the reputation rules? Or do you feel we should just leave them be...

[Kyle]

From what I can tell it would seem that, because the argument is one-sided, every -rep reported gets removed. The idea of +/-repping a cnb post seems a little too far... I don't think it's fair to -rep someone's post based on something that has happened elsewhere just because you're a bit butthurt, you should deal with the issue on the service that it happened. It seems that some people like to use their big rep power on the forum as a weapon against people that may have annoyed them elsewhere and it really isn't very fair. It's forum reputation, not reputation everywhere else.

[Martin]

From what I can see, its always been a very hard thing to judge, and the people I've spoke to don't really have an answer at the moment either really which is the same position I am in.

We cannot monitor what happens in the outside world/on other services and so people having a personal issue with someone because of something else they have done doesn't need to be brought to the forum I think. It is really hard for us to know what happened, whether it is justified and whether people are telling the truth and that itself could lead to big arguments.

We are talking about 2 -reps in a couple of days based on an opinion of an events organisers event. I don't think reputation should be used as a punishment for mistakes (if there was any) a staff member makes whilst doing something voluntary for habbox, and this could have been resolved in much better ways than via the reputation system I think.


When it is based on posts its easy for us to work out if it is a genuine rep, however when it goes further and is based on someones opinion of someone it makes it harder to draw a line.


I am glad Matt has put this to the public and I think collectively we need to try and discuss what really is fair to use the reputation system for, or whether we should be relaxed on it and let people potentially use it for other means, that are not really forum based, and kinda using it against people.

[GoldenMerc]

I feel -rep's shouldn't be removed at all, considering its always an opinion and a opinion is always a valid opinion.