Rep messages

[jepzilla]

It stops circle wanking.

[bleckuhffinity]

But no one really pays attention to rep other than in the form of messages from people they know, and it's not like the numbers/bars mean anything really so might as well just get rid of the threshold so I can insult Santa more often.

[Beatnik]

What's worse - circle wanking or leaving arbitrary rep messages to others in order to circle wank?

The rep should be used to reward those who contribute to the forum and/or community. Not for doling out random rep to people so I can tell icky thanks for doing more work on the server settings.

[jepzilla]

Circle wanking... Are there really only three or four people contributing positively to the community? If someone's doing enough that it becomes an issue, perhaps a public appreciation thread would be in order.

[Beatnik]

All I know is I'm trying to leave +rep for at least a few people and still getting that silly message.

I'm aware of how to create threads in the forum. I don't see the need to do that when I just want to say 'thanks' or 'good job' while quickly reading through the forums.

[Bommando]

The threshold is currently 5. That's pretty damn low. The reason it's not at zero is so the same people don't just keep circle-jerking each other over and over.

Considering the last time I lowered it in response to community request, 5 different jokers thanked me by leaving me neg rep, I'm not inclined to further punish myself

[Beatnik]

That sucks.

[Sparda]

is rep the green dots under your post? And if you give someone a rep does that mean you get a rep or ur giving them one?

[Concr3te]

Yeah, rep are the little green 'bubbles' below the 'Posts:' and if you give someone +rep, by pressing the rep button (the colored graph icon next to you online/offline status), he will get a number of rep points (your total of rep points can be viewed in the User CP) and once he reaches a certain number of points, he'll get an additional rep bubble. The amount of rep points the person you +repped gets depends on how much rep power you have. You can view the amount of rep power you have in your mini user CP on the -F- homepage (I hope this was understandable)