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[tibor75]

Why should a guy like Tibor above have "clout" when half of his posts are an emoticon?

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

some of you crybabies need to get a grip.

That post is worthless in this discussion...

I think you have to keep it weighted towards those with more clout. Certainly we cannot have it where a new flamer has as much weight as a long-time reputable poster.

I agree with this 100%...bucknut11....


My opinion is restore the feature but ensure anonymity is a thing of the past. I believe some posters would be hesitant to ding someone if their name was on the negative ding.

Clarity, hope this helps.

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[AKAK]

You don't get clout form number of posts.

 

[Thump]

You don't get clout form number of posts.

I know AKAK, what I'm saying is that people are more likely to give rep to people who have tons of posts just b/c they think that equals knowledge. Which we all know isn't true.

 

[kippy1040]

: none of us want to see brett or ndchief get positive reps, do we? Didn't think so.[/QUOTE]

Reputations tend to get in the way of certain egos of posters here in BP. That is just the way some people are. To be truly positive or negative on
the topic that is being discussed is only natural. I think brett offers alot of insight on michigan stuff that is used in a soft mild way of jabbing or sarcasm and its sort of funny at time. NDcheif never has offended alot of us buckeye fans but still we like to shoot some barbs at him once in awhile to keep him honest.

I always thought that BuckeyePlanet when it started up would give us a better sense of logical posters in regards to the BuckeyeNation as a whole.
And its okay to agree or disagree on certain threads that would be started.

I am not really familiar with the chicklets and rubys thing and how that all works. I am not a real computer whizkid like alot of you. But I did like the system and thought once you reached the "__________ is a revered BP poster", that was the highest part of the plateau you could reach. I don't know if I ever gave out red rubys or not. I would just select "approve or "dissaprove" if the dissaprove button is selected, is that a red ruby? I don't know. I always wondered with all the red rubys out there, could this poor soul ever have any chance of clearing his reputation and get back on the good side. Anyway it was fun to read in the "CP User" part to see what other posters thought of your comments in the threads. I will miss that part.
I always would send a private e-mail message to a poster and gave him kuddos on the post in the subjected thread. But the reputation part of this system was a much better Idea in my opinion.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

sure what you said here makes sense. but really, who gives a fuck if somebody hit you with a red dot?

Nation27 - Not so much the red dot that pisses me off - its the candy ass anonymous cheap shots that are left in the dialog. I dont mind if you dont agree with me, but at least have the sack to backup what you say with your sig.

 

[Thump]

Nation27 - Not so much the red dot that pisses me off - its the candy ass anonymous cheap shots that are left in the dialog. I dont mind if you dont agree with me, but at least have the sack to backup what you say with your sig.

NYB,

I know that a lot of the anonymous dinging got out of hand on the political board. You get dinged if you were on the other side of the aisle and for no other reason.

 

[AKAK]

I know AKAK, what I'm saying is that people are more likely to give rep to people who have tons of posts just b/c they think that equals knowledge. Which we all know isn't true.

I think that's more of a function of familiarity... there is a tnedency to give positive rep to people you 'know' than ones you don't. I'll be honest... I rarely give positive rep to newer posters for two reasons... first, there seems to be a tendency for other people to do it based on wlecoming them to the site.... I don't have aproblem with that, but at the same time... when I got here (When I started posting a lot), I got rep from some of 'big guys' of the time... but it gave me like one emerald at a time or... two positive reps per emerald... but now... if I give a newbie positive rep...it equals about 6 emeralds... So, that brings me to me second point... where I want to see if they are a really a good contributor first....

That was kind of my point behind having levels of positive and negative... I wouldn't mind giving them positive rep if I knew it wasn't going to amount to a thousand points or whatever. I know its kind of a jackass way to look at stuff...

Hey- Why are we listening to Thump anyway... he's only got like 600 points.

I know that a lot of the anonymous dinging got out of hand on the political board. You get dinged if you were on the other side of the aisle and for no other reason.

Yeah- but that was out of hand... I used to give positive rep for well reasoned argument that I disagreed with... I'd say what I've given negative rep for... but I've only ever done it like 3 times... and it was all for general spewing of crap... and I'm pretty sure I signed it everytime.... sorry Penguin. :)

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Hey- Why are we listening to Thump anyway... he's only got like 600 points.

dammit. the rep system is off so i cant give you props. oh well, ill make it up later by dinging you.

 

[AKAK]

dammit. the rep system is off so i cant give you props. oh well, ill make it up later by dinging you.

I'll be looking forward to it.

 

[stagtennis]

To be honest, I think second to the number of quality posters, rep points are the second greatest thing about the planet. I believe that it keeps individuals from post padding with just plain ignorant posts.

In my brief existence on the planet, I've had a great time discussing issues with knowledgeable posters. I know when to expect a strong discussion because I've chosen to debate with highly reputable posters. I've also chosen to refrain from posting because of the history of other posters. I believe it allows posters with limited time on their hands an opportunity to enjoy quality discussions without wasting time discussing with flamers/post padders.

Anyway, whatever comes of this discussion, please keep the planet the #1 Buckeye forum on the web!

 

[OilerBuck]

I know AKAK, what I'm saying is that people are more likely to give rep to people who have tons of posts just b/c they think that equals knowledge. Which we all know isn't true.

I tend to disagree. I am a fairly new poster that jumped into the top 10 in reputation within my first 250 posts...since then I have totally leveled off. Part of this is because my posts have had a decline in substance (due to increased posting) and partly is because I think that people tend to give newbies extra credit for a decent post. I tend to look at someones current rating and decide whether the post they made far exceeded that rating, or whether it was on par for their current rep. There are things that are simply expected out of Mili, 21, Nutty, 86, AKAK, etc. that a newbie would get a rep boost from. On the flip side, newbies are more likely to get dinged because they haven't had a chance to prove themselves. I see a lot of new guys that are in red, but I see the same with the green. It's a great way to promote class and to give flamers a short leash. It is very important to have a weighted system because the ratio of Newbies/Established Veterens increases every day...you can't allow younger and unproven posters to have more power.

EDIT (In response to Nutty's post): It's a darn shame that a few whiners and abusers have to ruin the whole thing for everyone. (I'm hoping I'm not one of the abusers)

 

[BuckNutty]

I cannot think of a modification that could be made that will completely stop the whining and complaining about the rep system that caused Clarity to shut it down in the first place. I find it hard to believe the whole thing is even an issue. No one would believe the petty BS Clarity has to put up with running this site. You wouldn't think something as insignificant as the reputation feature would have so many people up in arms.

I vote to nuke the whole damn thing.


I'm only saying this now because Tibor can't ding me.

 

[AKAK]

I cannot think of a modification that could be made that will completely stop the whining and complaining about the rep system that caused Clarity to shut it down in the first place. I find it hard to believe the whole thing is even an issue. No one would believe the petty BS Clarity has to put up with running this site. You wouldn't think something as insignificant as the reputation feature would have so many people up in arms

It is pretty bad that people would complain about it... the way I see it... its there to encourage a certain type of behavior.. but that behavior isn't to pussify the site.... its to eliminate donnyjrness.... and things of that nature. (Just to be fair...I always liked donny... but the same shit over and over is tiresome)

One interesting thing I've noticed was that some of the newer posters, once in a while, seemed to like to complain about cliques and how the older posters acted when getting in their face... when they don't even understand why people were disagreeing with them.... well... take it like a man (or woman as the case may be)or go somewhere else if you don't like it.

There are also some people who have the strength of their convictions and don't complain... as far as I know anyway... Killernut got dinged about everyday.... most of it due to misunderstandings IMO... about his views on Dustin Fox, or the Offense and whatever else... you didn't see him worrying about it... I think he's a good poster even if I don't agree withhim a lot of the time... and to be honest... I think he got a lot of dings just because of how passionate he was about things... which is too bad... but on theother hand, it didn't get him banned jsut for disagreeing.

Anyway- it also helps the mods keep track of the morons and trouble makers.

 

[tibor75]

I cannot think of a modification that could be made that will completely stop the whining and complaining about the rep system that caused Clarity to shut it down in the first place. I find it hard to believe the whole thing is even an issue. No one would believe the petty BS Clarity has to put up with running this site. You wouldn't think something as insignificant as the reputation feature would have so many people up in arms.

I vote to nuke the whole damn thing.


I'm only saying this now because Tibor can't ding me.

I agree. It's amazing the crap that Clarity has to endure because people in here aren't mature enough to handle it. Case in Point:
One of the mods "dinged" me (he shall remain nameless) anonymously. I asked one of the other mods on the site who it was and he told me. So I dinged this guy back with a comment like "I know it was you". Anyway, I thought he might get a kick out of it or ding me back. Instead, the complete loser sent me a PM saying my behavior was inappropriate and that he would email Clarity to complain. Needless to say, Clarity never said anything about it.

The worst is when you get dinged without a comment. At least try to come up with some creative comment. Of course, you can be like Bucknutty and make a lame goat reference.