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[Rob_BCFC]

I have just registered on this forum and it looks great. All the features are phenomenal. I was just wandering how you get your reputations up.

[john_meikle]

When other people press the + button beside Reputation

[NilsC]

Reputation is a way a user can say thank you by raising the reputation with +1 and if he or she thinks you need to improve your posts and stay on topic they can give a negative reputation point.

So it's a way to see who are helping out in the forum and if the individual spent some time on helping you with a problem and even if it wasn't solved to your satisfaction you can grant a postive rep point for the effort.

On the other hand you have an issue and are asking for some help and you get a nonsense post "LOL, I don't think so" or "Read the book" then that person is not helping, just posting to post. so a negative rep "can" be given.

It's all up to the individuals here who you and they give rep to.

Nils

[Dooga]

As NilsC has said, if you help people, they might give you a reputation, or if you posted a very good tutorial. However, it's up to the users to give reputation. I hope you enjoy your day, and I agree that this forum is full of features! For more features, refer to the navigation bar on the top of the forum! You'll find that this forum is more than just chatting... it also has army systems, arcade, and the RPG Kenka game! Good luck with getting reputation too!

[round]

hey, i asked that same question awhile ago. seems really hard to get one i don't think i do cause i gave up checking. This place is great but you have to keep posting posting and more posting just to keep your site. that's not exactly easy sometimes.
round

[elevenmil]

round, I disagree just a little bit about posting. I've gotten to 17 credits and have maintained that amount just by posting once or twice a day, and those aren't to significant of posts (length). Just look to post around 7 - 10 times a week...good posts...and everything should be fine. As for reputation, I'm not too concerned with mine...just as long as it doesn't drop to -10 or somethin...that'd be concerning

[clagnol]

Notice from NilsC:

This ninny tells you to stay on topic or I will give you a warning

NilsC, on Apr 6 2005, 12:51 PM, said:

Reputation is a way a user can say thank you by raising the reputation with +1 and if he or she thinks you need to improve your posts and stay on topic they can give a negative reputation point.

Or it's a way for some ninny to tell you that they don't like you.

The reputation system motivates users to refrain from saying anything controversial, to keep everything very vanilla, and avoid stepping on toes.

"To hell with honesty, I have a reputation to look after!"

I hope that future versions of the Trap17 fora omit reputations.

[no9t9]

Notice from NilsC:

Stay on topic or you will get a warning. Watch the language, the filter does not abolish you from receiving a warning for bad language

ya. many people here are always pretend to be goody two shoes. say something different and you are automatically an *BLEEP*, stupid, and generally of lower class.

Please realize that this forum is not a place for intellectual conversations. If you are looking for that, it will be very one sided. People here prefer to talk about computer games, and making useless polls.

Also, keep in mind that many of the people here are kids. Probably half the people here are under 18 and those that are older than 18 are not that much older either. Most of the "older" people here are still in university.

so, knowing this...you can either join them in their mindless banter or post a more controversial opinion. If you post the opposite of what people "want" to hear, then you can get your post count up because people will try to argue with you. Just don't expect those responses to be very intelligent.

[ill]

Notice from NilsC:

Stay on topic, or create your own topic. All caps are considered shouting and is very rude.

REPUTATION NEEDS TO BE DONE AWAY WITH!

[NilsC]

Looking at the knee jerk reactions here I think one of the reasons you don't like the reputation point is that you received a negative one.

I see some revenge negative points happening and I will suspend the right to give rep when that happens. I use the rep to praise because when you do something I don't like or that are not kosher when it comes to posting I give you a warning. This is a community that is put together with members from all over the world and from all age groups. We have to learn to co exist and respect each other and each other’s opinion. So by ignoring the posts we don’t have anything positive to say we may help in keeping the spirit up. I see a lot of posts that I could comment on but they are nothing but a “flame” invitation and I refrain from answering. If you feel the need to answer such posts you should stay on topic and not try to insult the person who posted it in the first place.

I see some comments here that I take as veiled treats to another member of this community and this is a fact since I have kept an eye on it for the last couple of days. This post started as a question on reputation and reputation points. Some of the answers are nothing but an attempt to intimidate. If you don’t have anything to say that covers the question at hand, create your own topics and don’t hijack someone else’s topic.

Nils