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Rep System Change

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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1049038; said:
Now you're all mopey? This aint soccer, friend.
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Soccer makes OCBW scared.

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OCBucksFan;1048872; said:
I try to layoff dinging the LSU fans at all, I mean, they have Les Miles as their head coach, isn't that punishment enough?
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Ahh but having The Hat as their coach is one of the reasons why I'll rep the good LSU posters (and we have a few) when I come across their posts as well :wink:

I feel sorry for them :biggrin:
 
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Deety;1048792; said:
Please note that this is NOT an invitation to start discussing reps on the forums or to start reporting every nasty comment received. Reps are considered private between members unless they get blatantly abusive, threatening, or excessive, and it is expected that adults should be able to shake off the occasional negative comment without making a fuss.

That's for the 1% of the BP membership who need the reminder... Thanks and appreciation for the 99% who don't need to do anything other than what they're already doing. :)
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Quick question-- As far as when someone gives you rep, is it a courtesy, or somewhat expected that you give them rep in return in the near future?? That's just what I've always assumed.

Next-- There are a handful of members on BP who happen to be quite witty and funny. These same people also tend to post rather frequently on a regular basis. Those people usually get rep from me several times a week, it's not ment to be a rep ring. There's no planned rep given or received. Is this something I need watch. I don't want it to appear as though I'm in a "rep ring".

Can you help me out, here??

Thanks :biggrin:
 
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LadyBuckeye;1049223; said:
Quick question-- As far as when someone gives you rep, is it a courtesy, or somewhat expected that you give them rep in return in the near future?? That's just what I've always assumed.

Next-- There are a handful of members on BP who happen to be quite witty and funny. These same people also tend to post rather frequently on a regular basis. Those people usually get rep from me several times a week, it's not ment to be a rep ring. There's no planned rep given or received. Is this something I need watch. I don't want it to appear as though I'm in a "rep ring".

Can you help me out, here??

Thanks :biggrin:
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Nobody expects the Rep Ring Inquisition!!!
 
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Rep is intended to be given for good posts. 'Good' is up to the giver (funny, helpful, well-stated, etc), much like 'bad' (trolling, poor logic, etc).

Inflating someone's reputation just because they helped your rep circumvents this system. At what point do these reps stop? Extend this over a number of months and suddenly you've got a slew of golden leaves from the exchange circle.

If a particular poster constantly has 'good' posts, there's nothing wrong with rewarding them with green chiclets. This could be the OCBW/ubet/ODboard humor or 86/Junkie/BPRT's hardwork in the recruiting forum.

But rep them on the merit of their post, not what rep they sent you. If you must, go to facebook.com and poke each other endlessly to your delight.
 
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Had a couple of PM'd questions about rep circles and return reps that seemed best answered here. This is my take; others may vary.

Rep Circles
Unless you actually have an agreement with people to inflate each other's rep, forget about it; you don't even need to read this. However, if there seems to be a pattern of reps almost always to the same small group, and if a bunch of them seem to be random (say, repping someone on posts that are just smilies), if there's rarely a missed day repping the same people, and if you actually mention trying to inflate each other's rep, there might be an issue. We're talking about very blatant stuff... for example, the posters who used to register multiple accounts just to rep each other. That's just silly... at least invent pretend friends on MySpace where everyone can see the self-congratulatory messages. Here, all it takes is a few good posts and converse with the people you like... voila!

If you think certain people make a bunch of good posts, rep them for it. If they post something you find especially funny, rep them for that. No big deal if the same names come up repeatedly. But we're really looking to recognize good posts and not just the posts of our cliques. Spread out the rep, find posts you like and rep them regardless of whether you normally interact with the poster. Every now and then I'll rep someone and get a PM that it's the first rep they've received - and I'll be shocked that someone who has been a good poster for ages never gets recognized because maybe they don't goof around in OD so much and they get taken for granted. Be on the lookout for those people and green 'em up.

The Etiquette of Reciprocal Reps
Personally, I rarely return a rep just because I received one, and I don't expect a return rep when I give one. It happens, particularly if I'm having fun interacting with someone on the board, but IMO there is no obligation. If someone writes an especially thoughtful message rather than just a smilie or something, the conversation might continue in PMs.

The thing I don't like about reciprocal reps is that it turns the system into not a way to recognize good posts, but a barter system. With reps limited per day, if every rep required a return rep, then only half the reps on the board would be for quality posts, and the other half would be reciprocal.

Actually, any mindset that makes a big deal of rep seems pretty silly to me... above thesis notwithstanding. It's fun to get messages about posts, but who cares about the points? Heck, I'm up there but it's almost entirely due to silly posts and much too much time online... not hours of updates or working up statistics or writing game previews or building relationships that bring us fantastic recruiting info. Have to take this system with a gigantic grain of salt... which would pretty much solve the issues we've had with it lately.
 
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