Replying to Be sure to use the reputation system

I was intending on posting some of my ideas for the reputation system on IPS after 3.0 was final (as its feature locked as you know) , but here are some of my ideas that may be worth considering...


Limitation of duplication / reputation spread

Ideally you should not be able to constantly negative (or positive possibly) the same member repeatedly) , I'd guess this was why IPS switched off giving negative rep totally as people were searching for posts by certain people and neg'ing them all.

I think a small addition (from memory VB actually does this anyway) , you should not be able to rep the same person again within either x hours and / or before giving rep to others. Let me go into a bit more detail with this one.

User "Joe" gives "Bob" a neg rep for something. "Joe" now cannot give another of "Bobs" posts a neg rep till either x hours have passed and / or he (Joe) has given reputation to others.


Appreciation (Perhaps that's not the best word for it)

Rather than a massive query in a members user CP to see who gave what, I think for each post you should be able to click on the rep number and see who gave you points just for that post.

Going into more detail on this: Should work the same way as the public poll pop-up ideally. Perhaps an ACP option to only show positive points or both, and each member should (maybe) have an option to turn this on and off (ie: keep my reputation private from other members)





EDIT... And keeping in with this topic, please consider (everyone who reads it) give this post a + or - (I don't mind) if you like or dislike my ideas

Right now, I have the reputation system set up so that both negative and positive responses can be given to individual posts, and that you can't give yourself reputation for any of your own posts. Members can give out 25 positive reps per day, and 10 negatives, and Premium Members get double both of those. Do you think this is the right setup? Should I change anything with it?

I'd also like to encourage folks to use this system. I'd like to see what effect it can have on the site and how people use it. If you see a helpful post, give it a +1 rep! If you see someone being difficult or rude, give them -1! As IP.Board 3 matures, there will certainly be a call for mods dealing with the reputation system. Let's have some data that we can base such a mod on!