i've been thinking...

[nvrspk4]

hi

right you'll probally flame me but im postin anyways

can you (management) do something about the rep system.

for months you've been going on about how it's out of control and bad etc, but can you finally act instead of talking about it - unless somethings already going on..

eg; the pointless good rep debate - your removing them, then your allowing people to buy reputation which is basically the same as a pointless good rep (see the contradiction?) you've heard it again and again ino but mad and nvr all think it was a bad idea, things arnt going to change themselves. (could of sworn they do anyways)

eg2: bad reputation - it seems that there is no point to bad rep someone as 10 minutes later they'll check there CP, and report it even if they have been an ***, and it always will be removed (as i've seen multiple times :rolleyes

also those rep titles like habboxforum legend and stuff are wrong because im sure as hell there are some people who dnt deserve that title (and some people who are getting real close to it) and i have no idea how they made there rep unless it was bought.. which brings back to eg1.. lool anyways yh lol

so w/e i'm just venting cos sooo many people are complaining about rep lately and i want management to do something about it.

xxxx toodles

Hey,

We are actually trying to do something about the current system. Among the administrators we had a discussion (prior to that thread, it actually sort of sparked that thread) about fixing pointless -rep and pointless +rep. Also, we are considering removing the feature that allows people to purchase rep, as it is seldom used, and sort of uneeded.

EG1: I agree, buying rep should be removed, we have been looking into it.

EG2: We've recieved this complaint many, many times, and since then the number of bad reps removed has decreased drastically. Now, the only way to really have it removed, is something that would be infracted in terms of rudeness / swearing, or something that is entirely pointless / revenge rep. We are trying to enforce it as best we can, and reduce the use of the report -rep thread so that only the really bad ones are reported.

I've noticed that with how they remove bad rep, just because the person says it's pointless.

They should only remove 'revenge' reps IMO.

That doesn't happen any more. Or at least we are *trying* to make sure that it doesn't. Just because the post was deleted doesn't mean the rep is gone

I said seeing who bad repped you would be good to remove :s
I know vip's pay to see who rep them i did add that feature tyvm.

if you good rep somebody most sign their name in the comment anyway so if vip's lost it then its no big deal i did join as vip once just so i could revenge rep i could have got their bad rep on me removed but i had more rep power and of course you find a bad or stupid thread/post so they cant get the bad rep removed.

I don't believe you can only allow people to see names for one type of reputation, I could be wrong but I'm fairly sure on that one.

If you are going to removed the -rep feature, then you might aswell remove the +rep too.

I agree, -rep is needed to balance out +rep, otherwise the whole idea of rep coming even *close* to trust is out the window, as people can never go backwards if they do something bad, they can only go forwards, and that isn't right when its supposed to show something (although the meaning has been rendered somewhat meaningless over the years )

I think ban removing -rep.

Unless it breaks the rules.

That's basically what we're doing now Swearing / rep / abuse of rules in the rep, or pointless rep are the only things removed.


Thanks

[Leeroy]

stop people from buying rep is my vote

[Eamonn]

Remove the buy reputation feature imo, the actual reputation system wont get removed though because people have actually bought rep so it wouldn't be fair.

[LeftForDead]

Pimping and prostitution is not the way forward :eusa_danc

Norr i mean the user info
Lots of companies buy it like ebay
(altho i doubt they might buy it but i dunno:\)

[darkchicken101]

The one thing which I think is a problem is that if VIPs can see who -repped them, there is nothing stopping them from finding a post from that user which they do not like and -repping them with a legitimate reason to stop it from getting removed. Thus, members do not want to -rep VIPs because they can, and usually will, get it back.

[jrh2002]

if my info was sold without my permission i would be quite annoyed.

I was thinking this over a little more and reviewing my own rep points
It seems that when you take your time to make a thread or post that deserves rep nobody bothers
on the other hand you make a sarcastic comment or joke and you end up getting a lot of rep not sure how you could change that.