positive rep

[Chippiewill]

Pointless rep is where someone has not done something in that post to earn it, you may like them or even love them but unless there's something specific about that post that you can cite as the reason and not the person itself then that rep is pointless and we return to the old days back in '07 where people sat around in circles repping each other, inflating their rep powers and devaluing it's meaning. Rep may not be an objective measure but darned does it show a correlation in social hierarchy though-out the forum and I'd sure like it to stay that way.

[GommeInc]

Well it might be cheating for some people but they have won that so technically it's somewhat earned.

Depends how you see reputation. The system is constantly tooted as a means for liking what someone has to say, and in turn you +rep them for making a good point (and making them have a positive/good reputation on the forums). Having it as a prize does not mean you have earnt yourself a good reputation. It's like saying someone who has won a cake eating competition at a local fayre makes them more reputable as a person when really you've won a prize and been given rep purely for selfish reasons, rather than the actual use of the system where people like your posts because you've put effort into building the community and contributing, or just genuinely likeable.

It simply doesn't make sense as a prize, it sort of defeats the point of the system. Surely members decide who has a good reputation on the forums? If a forum prize has to be given, give them an Award based on what ever it is they have done.

It's like removing "pointless" plus rep when quite a few people on here have argued the case that rep shouldn't be touched because they must of done something to earn that +rep or -rep for a user to put the effort into it giving it to them. There needs to be an actual reason for earning rep, and giving it out as a prize when the community have no say on it defeats the point of the system. If it wasn't called a reputation system then it would be fine, but it doesn't help that it is often cited as a system that's meant to be used to praise someone for their interesting comments. So why give them official "pointless" rep?

[Inseriousity.]

I don't really think that reputation is only just for posts you like (and -rep for what you don't like). I see it as a more broader sense in that you get +rep if you are active in the community and contribute towards it (and -rep if you are destructive). By entering events and competitions you are showing you're active and getting involved. Might get a bit of stick for saying this but it also helps drive down costs of comps/events when people decide to 'convert' the Habbo value of their prize into rep, which means it can then get put back into the system and used for other prizes (and also lets our events organisers not deplete their limited stock and stay around with us longer).

As for the thread being moved, I can see why it was done cos it is in the rules and wouldn't say that just because it was old (it recently got bumped I believe) doesn't mean it can't be moved when it does get active again and moderators spot it. I wouldn't be too fussed if it was left but that may be due to not really caring much about rep anyway.

[Samantha]

I don't really think that reputation is only just for posts you like (and -rep for what you don't like). I see it as a more broader sense in that you get +rep if you are active in the community and contribute towards it (and -rep if you are destructive). By entering events and competitions you are showing you're active and getting involved. Might get a bit of stick for saying this but it also helps drive down costs of comps/events when people decide to 'convert' the Habbo value of their prize into rep, which means it can then get put back into the system and used for other prizes (and also lets our events organisers not deplete their limited stock and stay around with us longer).

As for the thread being moved, I can see why it was done cos it is in the rules and wouldn't say that just because it was old (it recently got bumped I believe) doesn't mean it can't be moved when it does get active again and moderators spot it. I wouldn't be too fussed if it was left but that may be due to not really caring much about rep anyway.

The latter, I don't mind that it's been removed but I don't think the +rep should be removed for some an not others. It's unfair on those who actually gave good reasons to the person they were repping.

I got a +rep for being in almost every department, for me that shows some commitment and really it wasn't pointless; even if it wasn't my rep I would have said it wasn't pointless too. Some of those were pointless but either remove non, remove all or actually look at the thread and check why it was given as sometimes comments can't tell you why. I repped someone and commented 'hehe' it didn't get removed so I feel that some are being looked at and some aren't.

I think the rep incentive staff have to post is ok, I don't think it's that hard to make 30 posts but 20 rep isn't going to break the system. You need 400 rep for a new rep power so it's not like you can go up say in 3 weeks (depending how close to the next one you are). I post because I want to, not because of an incentive, I think if an award was introduced instead then people would just post for it and as some have said many didn't realise there was a rep prize.