Reputation System Update discussion

[theRKF]

What I find disconcerting is that our reputations are weighted on our tenure here and the number of posts.

Let good, smart, brilliant and necessary comments be judged on their own merit, not some artificial scale.

It is offensive to think that if you post 30,000 posts that your reputation is worth more than someone with 300. It is just too arbitrary.

Or if you were a member at FC's inception, that your reputation is valued more than someone signing up 2 months ago.


To continue on this arbitrary logic, since Ryan lives in Canada he could weight all Canadians comments higher the U.S. participants.

Lets' carry out this logic in a different manner.

How woul you all like rep power based on .....

How about weighting these comments based on gender.

All men comments count for two when all women count for one.

Have I made my point, yet?

Joe,

I love that you're so invested in the rep system, but I am concerned that you're getting way off track and missing the points I keep trying to draw your attention to.

There are 3 and only 3 factors. I've given you the formula. I don't recall seeing race, gender, politics, genetic factors or skull size in the formula I posted.

I can't be any clearer: points (from other users), time of membership and numer of posts. Each is weighted (that's the secret sauce) to influence rep power.

Ryan

 

[Joe Mioux]

Joe,

I love that you're so invested in the rep system, but I am concerned that you're getting way off track and missing the points I keep trying to draw your attention to.

There are 3 and only 3 factors. I've given you the formula. I don't recall seeing race, gender, politics, genetic factors or skull size in the formula I posted.

I can't be any clearer: points (from other users), time of membership and numer of posts. Each is weighted (that's the secret sauce) to influence rep power.

Ryan

Yea I know....

I am making comparisons.

If someone signed up the day you started this forum and just posted 30,000 posts gibberish for 6 years, would that mean their tenure and posts would hold more weight than someone who has been here for 1 year with a few hundred posts, but quality posts?

What matters most, quality or quantity?

joe

yes, I am challenging you because I have just received an additional 300 rep points because I am asking these questions. There are a lot of participants who are also curious and have questions. I am the only one speaking up. Again, Ryan, this is your forum and you can manage it anyway you wish, but there are a lot of people out here that have questions.

Why did the rep power points need adjusting?

 

[MANORVILLE]

Man, you guys are confusing me, I just posted on the Bloomz legend post in response to the dot thing.
Too tired to cut and paste and redirect it.

 

[BOSS]

Why did the rep power points need adjusting?

Simply because every "scale" has a built in finite number at the top end where when reached everything comes to a halt and stops.

The scale 0-XXX was what was "adjusted" not the way in which calculations are made. Nothing was done to make anyone feel like they lost something, because no one did, mine for instance went from 187 to 78...no biggy to me, heck I hardly look at the dang things anyway...because I judge people on their words not their squares...

 

[MANORVILLE]

"............because I judge people on their words not their squares..." . BOSS

Wise words, wiser man !

 

[wildflowerschicago]

Simply because every "scale" has a built in finite number at the top end where when reached everything comes to a halt and stops.

It was like reputation Y2K fears!