Rep System instead of 'Thanks'

RugbyFanatic

I think we should add a rep system. I personally find it hilarious when people start getting obsessive over their rep power and love watching the power struggle unfold.

I think it would make this site much more enjoyable

Prof.Badass

no it'd be crap, people would just use it to vote down people they don't like.

there should be a fail button though.....


btw, i had sex with yore ma last night.

ScumLord

reps? The organic farming course?

6th

It was in place before and was just abused. The thanks system is abused a bit too but from what I hear not to the same extent.

aidan_walsh

Complete balls of a disaster the last time we had it. No thanks.

RugbyFanatic

I think it brings out people's true colours

you have those suck ups who agree with everything a poster with high reps say in the hope they will rep

you have those rebels who are in red and just dont care

you can even bully people

oh and we can neg those idiots who still think 'yore ma' is funny

all in all it makes the site hilarious

Slow Motion

I've heard this mentioned before but have no idea what it is or how it works. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Prof.Badass

RugbyFanatic wrote: »

oh and we can neg those idiots who still think 'yore ma' is funny

then

RugbyFanatic wrote: »

you have those rebels who are in red and just dont care

actually i think i'd quite like a rep system.

rep system ftw.

Ruu_Old

No, it was rubbish before.

Steve

/puts "I rep back" in sig.

:rolleyes:

NO NO NO NO NO.

dr.bollocko

Nope.
Plus feedback not AH. They need some lolcatses in there.

stovelid

Wasn't around for the first time, but it always sounded like a sh*t idea. The potential for abuse would be massive. Some posters that I think are great are not so well-known/thanked; likewise, a few of the most popular posters, I just don't get. That's normal and to be expected. With this scenario, bad rep would just stigmatize, whereas thanks is more good-natured. Giving people a 'bad rep' is just bad Karma, and the twats would just take over.

Zascar

How about a thumbs down - or some sort of button to say "You're a complete tool"

aidan_walsh

Zascar wrote: »

How about a thumbs down - or some sort of button to say "You're a complete tool"

CuLT has already said several times that this would not be coming.

themadchef

Enlighten the obviously thick

Wtf is a rep system?

Steve

Zascar wrote: »

How about a thumbs down - or some sort of button to say "You're a complete tool"

negged you 4 that!

Steve

themadchef wrote: »

Enlighten the obviously thick

Wtf is a rep system?

Like the thanks system only there's a negative as well and all users / losers wear their 'rep' score like big green e-penises (or little red twinkies) depending on how popular and cliquey they are.

In other words a complete shitfest and if it ever came back to boards, it would cause thousands of users to stop posting.

stovelid

SteveC wrote: »

Like the thanks system only there's a negative as well and all users / losers wear their 'rep' score like big green e-penises (or little red twinkies) depending on how popular and cliquey they are..

...and the kind of people that so love the idea of giving negative rep would no doubt get a fair bit of negative rep themselves and run off crying.

Slow Motion

SteveC wrote: »

Like the thanks system only there's a negative as well and all users / losers wear their 'rep' score like big green e-penises (or little red twinkies) depending on how popular and cliquey they are.

In other words a complete shitfest and if it ever came back to boards, it would cause thousands of users to stop posting.

Fair enough! Sounds a bit imature, not to mention a very bad idea, some egos are already big enough, they would risk explosion with that kind of system!

4zn76tysfajdxp

Should this not be in Feedback?

Anyway, the reps system would be stupid becuase then it would reinforce the idea that boards is clique based as everyone votes for their friends. Leave it be I say.

brianthebard

RugbyFanatic wrote: »

I think it brings out people's true colours

When has that ever been a good thing?

4zn76tysfajdxp

brianthebard wrote: »

When has that ever been a good thing?

It might offend the racists.

BaconZombie

Goto Digg.com or GTFO

RugbyFanatic wrote: »

I think we should add a rep system. I personally find it hilarious when people start getting obsessive over their rep power and love watching the power struggle unfold.

I think it would make this site much more enjoyable