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That won't be problem if the mods don't care? It's quite easy to be non-biased, for me, anyway.

HEY how about instead of showing the rep points on the forum posts only show them in the user cp so only the user can see them?

That defeats a part of the true purpose of a reputation system. It's also to show new users who they should model and why and who they shouldn't model and why. It shows people looking for help who to really listen to prior to listening to others etc.

hummmm blast. How about a link then where the reps are shown saying something like View this persons reputation.

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Originally posted by EvilSeph
RE: Reputation System Abuse

That defeats a part of the true purpose of a reputation system. It's also to show new users who they should model and why and who they shouldn't model and why. It shows people looking for help who to really listen to prior to listening to others etc.

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agreed, i think its stupid that its just a small minority who abuse this and jokingly or not, i dont think it should be removed as it is a good way of trusting people by noting their rep. I think something needs to be done though.... maybe the mod idea or lower the max rep you can give in a day ( i think its 10? ) anyone confirm?

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Originally posted by DJeX
hummmm blast. How about a link then where the reps are shown saying something like View this persons reputation.

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Would you really wanna click say 1000 members rep to view it? Especially if you want to see if you can trust them to download a program

(the 1000 was an estimate of how many members you'd click on in say 1 if your method was used)

Giving 10 reputations a day, is already damn alot.

exactly, evil , the reputation system is there to show the people that need help who the best people to turn to are, i'm saying the lower reps are not worth of being asked for help, but the higher reps have been proven reliable, this of course in an ideal world

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Originally posted by mwe99

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Originally posted by EvilSeph
RE: Reputation System Abuse

That defeats a part of the true purpose of a reputation system. It's also to show new users who they should model and why and who they shouldn't model and why. It shows people looking for help who to really listen to prior to listening to others etc.

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agreed, i think its stupid that its just a small minority who abuse this and jokingly or not, i dont think it should be removed as it is a good way of trusting people by noting their rep. I think something needs to be done though.... maybe the mod idea or lower the max rep you can give in a day ( i think its 10? ) anyone confirm?

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Originally posted by DJeX
hummmm blast. How about a link then where the reps are shown saying something like View this persons reputation.

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Would you really wanna click say 1000 members rep to view it? Especially if you want to see if you can trust them to download a program

(the 1000 was an estimate of how many members you'd click on in say 1 if your method was used)

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Well no thats not what I ment. I meant instead of it saying Reputation: ## under your avatar have a link that says 'View this persons rep'. Not 1000 peoples?

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Originally posted by DJeX
Not 1000 peoples?

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I did understand you however, if your idea was used, anytime you wanted to view someones rep you'd have to click, which would be time consuming and pointless. Would you really wanna click lots of members to check their rep each time?

I like the report link idea.

Either way, if the admins really want to keep this system and keep it clean, they will have to moderate it somehow.

They just have to pick a method, and I think people here have thrown good ideas.