Shoutbox

c'mon guys, be realistic
we cant be voting on each vote everytime.. i mean, after a month we will be tired of it and we will stop rating
So i think that the "vote on user" option is the best one
as long as we can change our vote when we think its necessary

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Originally posted by WDZ
it looks like you need every vote available when you do that calculation... I'm not good at math anyway.

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It always is, ain't it?

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Originally posted by WDZ
How would it update the user's reputation number? It would first have to delete the previous reputation change you made, then add the new one... right?

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No, its the average among all my votes. The overall rating can be stored, but the number of users having voted the user should also be stored.
I suggest doing the following (MySQL):
(each user would need to have a positive votes and negative votes (ie given votes) columns)
(each user needs a column with the rating number)

-I rate post by Tochjo positively [Tochjo's id appears once in my positive column -> this vote counts as (+1)/1 and is added to Tochjos rating. Tochjo's current rating: 1]

-I rate another post by Tochjo positively [Tochjo's id appears now twice in the positive column -> Tochjo's rating is substracted the old rating (+1/1) and added the new one ((+1+1)/2), the same though. Tochjo's current rating: 1]

-I rate Tochjo negatively [Tochjo's id appears twice in my positive column and once in my negative column -> Substract the old rating ((+1+1)/2) and add (+1+1-1)/3=0.33. Tochjo's current rating: 0.33]

-WDZ rates a post by Tochjo positively [WDZ's positive column gets once Tochjo's uid -> Tochjo gets +1/1=1 added to his rating. Tochjo's current rating: 1.33]

And so on...

The more members vote Tochjo POSITIVELY, the higher the rating will be (different user ratings are added). The better I rate Tochjo, the more my rating for him will approach +1, but never surpass it, though (different ratings for one member are averaged).

I think it's a better alternative than the simple adding or the simple averaging -

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
It always is, ain't it?

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No, you just take the existing value and add or subtract some points.

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Tochjo's rating is substracted the old rating (+1/1) and added the new one ((+1+1)/2), the same though. Tochjo's current rating: 1]

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OK, so when you vote, the old rating does have to be deleted first...

I guess I understand your system, and kinda understand the math, but I dunno if I like it...

Well, the value could be calculated each time the profile is called, but that might end up loading the server, probably

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Well, the value could be calculated each time the profile is called, but that might end up loading the server, probably

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Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. Especially if the reputation is shown next to posts. Currently, there's just one reputation number loaded along with all the other info about the poster. No extra queries are needed, and there's no big calculations...

With my suggestion IMHO it would avoid the problem with those haters and would give any member the right to rate someone within 2 points, not more, not less. The votes would be tightly related to posts so the voted member would know which were his/her rated posts. The more people get to vote that member, the higher (or lower) the rating can get (which is very important, imo, to get a real impression out of a number).
What I forgot is that the number of members who voted someone must also be in the table (as it is now, btw).
And I corrected something in the other post: WDZ rates Tochjo positively (not negatively)

Well, I just thought it could help, nevertheless.

Im confused, mine is red.  How is the reputation being changed?  What is changing it?

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Originally posted by eXoenDo
Im confused, mine is red.  How is the reputation being changed?  What is changing it?

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Elite members and staff?

Look at your UserCP, there one ore more posts were rated as Negative, so 1 point Reputation was taken to you by an elite, a mod or an admin (you obviously don't get to know who gave you the reputation).

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Originally posted by eXoenDo
Im confused, mine is red.  How is the reputation being changed?  What is changing it?

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Elite members, super moderators and administrators can give you reputation points:


Someone of the forum team rated you negatively. You can go to your user cp to see for what post, and maybe a comment if one was given. You can not see who rated you.