Forum reputation system

[MegaScientifical]

Only reputable people could abuse it, and the point is that they wouldn't.

Ya Tony, only the corrupt politicians can abuse their power! Not the corrupt civilians!

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[yuki]

A simple rating system like FP has wouldn't be too bad. A "reputation" system would be stupid and useless, but the rating system actually has a purpose; it summarizes people's general feel toward a specific post without the need to read every page of posts.

[MegaScientifical]

What I just remembered is this is why Badspot removed ranks by post count. Why would he introduce an even more biases system?

[Mr.Noßody]

Please explain.

Look at Youtube.

[DontCare4Free]

Look at Youtube.

Youtube has no reputation system.

[Mr.Noßody]

Thumbs up/ Thumbs down: Same thing

[DontCare4Free]

Thumbs up/ Thumbs down: Same thing

No. This gives the user extra power based on votes.

[yuki]

No. This gives the user extra power based on votes.

What? That doesn't give the user any power, it just reciprocates people's attitudes toward something.

[Deathwish]

This will result in another Bleh7777 ragequit.

[otto-san]

a system to tell how much the general community likes someone









i dont understand why this is needed

[DontCare4Free]

a system to tell how much the general community likes someone

It's not how much the community likes someone.
It's how much the community trusts someone.

[otto-san]

It's not how much the community likes someone.
It's how much the community trusts someone.

that doesnt even make sense. D:

[MegaScientifical]

It's not how much the community likes someone.
It's how much the community trusts someone.

All the starfishs are going to get high reputation and use it to go "I'm better than you, shut up."

[DontCare4Free]

All the starfishs are going to get high reputation and use it to go "I'm better than you, shut up."

They already do that.

[Lørd Tøny]

No. This gives the user extra power based on votes.

"Thumbs up if you like this comment"

"Dislike this video because it sucks"

"Flag this video because it's totally gay"