-Demosthenes- Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 I'm pretty sure it's me, negative 94. Yes it's true, and so very, very, sad. -2
Dave Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 No, I think there's a couple people got lower, can't remember who though.
AntiMagicMan Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 Hmm, I have a low repuatation because someone thought I was wrong when I wasn't. Oh well, just shows the system isn't infallible. 1
Dave Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 No, but it can quite easily be brought up. No reputation system can be completely foolproof, but it is pretty good. -1
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 Maybe you should do something to get better...
-Demosthenes- Posted April 20, 2004 Author Posted April 20, 2004 Tried, only gets worse. If I never posted I would probably keep losing points. sigh. 1
Crash Posted April 20, 2004 Posted April 20, 2004 Oh man it just dosent stop getting lower......maybe its automated;)
KHinfcube22 Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 and I thought I had it low with neg 23. You must be either really annoying to people, [thouht not at all to I] or you stick out a lot so people vote on yours more than mine. But hey, if it is the second, then you should have a high chance of raising it quickly. 1
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 You are by far the lowest. Post something that's actually GOOD. [edit] For the record, you had three red blobs at the time of writing. Presumably people have bumped you up because you're agonising over it, which defeats the object of the system a bit.
Radical Edward Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 mod tools, -Demosthenes-, set rep to -1000 just kidding
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 You are by far the lowest. Post something that's actually GOOD. That's probably the best bit of advice I've read on here
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 the self damning part is that it`s been said before: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3461&page=2&pp=50 in post #96. and I`m sure several PMs to the same effect have also been sent by many of us. and yet no heed is paid, (think TTTTTTTTT drum roll in the "beautiful number" thread) and yet the complaints continue?
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 It basically boils down to: unless you're going to post some good quality posts, you're going to continue to be brought down. I'm sure people on here are more than willing to give good rep points to you if you're prepared to post properly - and I really don't think there's anything else anyone can say on the matter to be quite honest.
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Personally, since I affect people's reputation so much, I am reserving donations for extremely offensive or super informative posts (at least until more people have a respectable number of points and therefore a fighting chance
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 oddly enough, I gave points for that post too, having actualy read the book mentioned some 15+ years ago, what he said is perfectly true! as for points, I`ve no idea what points I give or take, it seems to be a random thing at face value, but I`m in agreement with your idea, it would be to easy to get "hung up" on the points level (as some do), I`ve come to the conclusion and implemented the idea that if I give or take points from now on, I`ll sign them, that way if they disgree, they can PM me about it, and keep it off the forums, I hate clutter!
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 It would be very nice if there were some kind of way to get rid of bad or good reputation given to someone within a certain time constraint (perhaps 12 hrs) - in a sort of similar way to eBay's mutual retraction system with posting comments about a particular bidder. This way it makes it possible to get rid of points that were wrongly given out for either bad or good. I definately think that we should be able to see who has given us reputation. It would, as YT said, stop clutter on the forums to a certain extent (although it won't eliminate it completely). It also complements my idea above to a certain extent.
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 A system of metamoderation would be the best approach, as it would directly discourage misuse of the rep system.
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 No, but it can quite easily be brought up. No reputation system can be completely foolproof, but it is pretty good. I think a perfect example would be this; I have no idea who gave me negative rep for this post (although I could easily find out) - with the really appropriate comment 'bull'. That's really, really, useful.
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Well, I just looked. Someone is doing themself a dis-service methinks.
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 I had a look too, he`s really shot himself in the foot this time! "there`s non so blind as those that refuse to see!"
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 I don't know why he's bothering; it's not like he shifts any serious points. You'd think he'd at least want to provide a useful comment.
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 once in a while anyway! all I can think it might be, is Bordom? as we know, there`s been one or 2 others who`s posts have deteriorated over time (as some started off poor and have begun to shine). I think it`s all par for the course to be honest, but I certainly can`t see any reason WHY they feel justified in complaining about a low rep when they perform stooopid stunts like that!
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