reputaion marks

[curtnrod19]

whats are they? what do they do? why do you get them? i guess whats the deal with them, i just dont get it i guess. ummm.... well thats all i got.

Curtis Beard

[ZTFab]

Hey Curtis, Check out this thread in the "Site" section....it may help answer your question.

Reputation Marks explained. (http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15437)

[22REKid]

I don't really get it either, but I think that if someone likes what you say they hit the little scale button and say weather they approve or disapprove and then you get a green mark? Or something? And I read that the longer you are a member, the higher the number. I have seen a comment in my user CP from one.

[SpceSpff]

i am also having some trouble understanding. i dont understand how your green dots go up. the explanation klaus posted seems to only explain the "rep power" number. do you get another green dot every time someone "approves" of your post? and i think the most green dots ive seen is 4? haha, good system none the less. i use it

[Dan McMillin]

Its just a way of showing users, or maybe non-users, that with people with more green marks or a bigger number that that person knows what they are talking about and people like what that user has to say or comment on a thread.

[ZTFab]

Speaking of reputation points......why did someone just give me a gray dot for the reputation thread in the Site section??

I tried to be as helpful as possible to Curtis by linking him to a thread about the topic and I get bad feedback?

[curtnrod19]

Speaking of reputation points......why did someone just give me a gray dot for the reputation thread in the Site section??

I tried to be as helpful as possible to Curtis by linking him to a thread about the topic and I get bad feedback?


you were helpful, and i think you very much. if anyone who doesnt understand it, please read the link to the thread posted above. it will tell you all you need to know about it. thanks alot ZTFab.

Curtis Beard

[Brandon_Charley]

What does gray mean? I thought red was bad, I've gotten one of those, and I've gotten a few greys when I was helpful, maybe it is something different?

[ZTFab]

Anytime Curtis. You are very welcome.

In the "Reputation Marks" thread, Klaus said this about the gray marks...

"Users can also collect MINUS points and the green dots turn into grey dots, then red dots."

So, I assume that means that somebody had originally given me positive feedback in that topic. Then somebody else went and gave me negative feedback which turned the green dot to grey. I guess that makes it "neutral"....one good + one bad = neutral rep.

So now if somebody gives me another negative feedback on that topic, it will go to red. Well, at least that's how I see it.

The gray dot really isn't a big deal to me. It's just that I didn't think that I said anything negative or derogatory in that topic....but than again, it is based on people's opinion of what I said.......and i know I'm not known around here for making friends with what I say. :p

[SpceSpff]

where is your grey dot??? i only see 2 green dots. and i dont get how you give dots? when i click the scale button, i just get to choose "approve" or "disapprove" and type why ithink so. i guess im just retarded

[ZTFab]

Hey SpceSpff the grey and red dots I'm referring to are the ones in each persons "User CP".

If you go into your control panel and look under "Latest Reputation Points Received" it will show you how people have voted when they click on the scale in your post.

An "approve" gives the person a green dot.
A "disapprove" gives the person a red dot but only if they don't have any feedback on that post yet.

Now if somebody goes and chooses "disapprove" on the same post that someone already "approved", it will turn the dot grey and another "disapprove" would turn it red.

Speaking of which, I now have two green dots for this topic....Thanks guys!! Ha ha ha

....and your right Bolt...this whole thing is silly!! :D

[Dan McMillin]

Hey SpceSpff the grey and red dots I'm referring to are the ones in each persons "User CP".

If you go into your control panel and look under "Latest Reputation Points Received" it will show you how people have voted when they click on the scale in your post.

An "approve" gives the person a green dot.
A "disapprove" gives the person a red dot but only if they don't have any feedback on that post yet.

Now if somebody goes and chooses "disapprove" on the same post that someone already "approved", it will turn the dot grey and another "disapprove" would turn it red.

Speaking of which, I now have two green dots for this topic....Thanks guys!! Ha ha ha

....and your right Bolt...this whole thing is silly!! :D

I've been on RDC for almost 3 years and never knew how to keep track of that! Thanks for the guidance!! haha

[SpceSpff]

haha, yea. i get it now. makes sense, thanks

[Jarvis]

VERY IMPORTANT POINT

If you want your rep to go up mention Robby Gordon in a favourable context.
If you want your rep to go down mention Robby Gordon in a Non-favourable context.

REP therefore has nothing to do with what you know or have to say on a subject. :D

Peace

[curtnrod19]

why the hell did i get a gray dot from this thread? they didnt even leave a comment, or a name. stupid @$$ paeople! i never said anything in this thread that would have been bad in any way. that person sucks. next time you leave a bad mark, leave a comment on why, and your name, dont be scared.

Curtis

[Chase 2]

Being one who has stirred the pot a bit, let me say that I currently have red, green and grey dots for the same thread. It appears that the particular post the person chooses to vote on has more to do with the color change than the thread it self. I found it interesting that I got a grey vote but no comments good or bad. I was the recipient of several red dots due to people wrongly mistaking anonymous negative voting to be from me due to my disagreeing with them. Although they would not say who they were, the comments made were clear they had been done for reprisal. I actually enjoy a good heated discussion, if it doesn’t regress into a flame war of insults and name calling, I find the votes both good and bad to be interesting. Too bad more people won’t add a comment to go along with the vote or say who they are.

[curtnrod19]

diddo! leave more comments would ysa, or in my case, leave a comment!

[ShaneR]

Maybe it should be a requirment to leave at least the name of the person who voted and a comment would be nice to?

[curtnrod19]

that would be good, it might stop someone who just wants to do it you know.

[ZTFab]

I feel the same....I have a bunch of rep marks but don't have any idea who submitted them...with the exception of a few.

BTW Curtis, have you checked your rep marks lately??:rolleyes:

[curtnrod19]

thanks bro.

[ZTFab]

Ha ha ha...thanks Curtis. Seriously a good topic to discuss. I think I understand the majority of how it works.

Glad I was able to either help or further confuse some of you. :D

Paul

[aiiraciing]

So does this make any diffrence on your posting abilities?
How many Reputation points do most of you guys have? I have a whooping 14, and no comments were left, but thanks to anyone who approved...Brian

[SpceSpff]

14???? i have 3 lol. 1 is negative, from a pansy

[ZTFab]

Doesn't have anything to do with posting ability.

The higher your number (next to the green dots under your avatar) the more points you can add or subtract from the person you are judging.

I have 2, so if I rate your post, it will either add or subtract 2 points from your current 14.

I have 40 Rep points currently...but a handful are negative from the SCORE tech Inspection thread........I didn't make a lot of friends on that topic.

[SpceSpff]

where exactly do you see the number of rep points? is it what you see when you click user cp? or is there something beyond there.... i thought what you see there was just recent comments

[Brandon_Charley]

Someone gave me a damn red for my one f-ing post in this topic!?!?! That's BS.

[SpceSpff]

ok, i just figured it out. all the puzzle pieces came together, like in a dream lol. i GET IT now. thanks for the love ztfab, i gave you some too

and i think thats lame if someone gives you negative points for no good reason. i dont see what your post deserves negative points craka

[ZTFab]

Someone gave me a damn red for my one f-ing post in this topic!?!?! That's BS.

As previously mentioned, I think that the only problem with the reputation system is the fact that you DON'T HAVE TO post a reason or identity when rating another user.

If somebody disagrees with something that I said, I'd like to know why. Not to start an argument or a PM war but simply to see the opinion that opposes mine. I guess I just want to see some sort of justification for giving negative points.

SpceSpff...glad I could help!!!....and Thanks!!:D

Cracka....that sucks but don't worry, 1 more post and your rep power will increase.
Every 365 days, 500 posts, or 100 reputation points received it goes up.

[curtnrod19]

hope everyone gets it now... i sure do. thanks alot for those of you that helped or left reputation marks. and for those of you that did, piss off. lol

[Dan McMillin]

Klaus and John Bitting both have 10 marks. I'm guessing 10 is the maximum you can have.

[FABRICATOR]

Klaus and John Bitting both have 10 marks. I'm guessing 10 is the maximum you can have.

"Kritter" has 12. Interestingly, his number went from 1 to 11 in one day a while back.

I stiill don't get all of it. Requiring comments or at least multiple choice would be helpful.

I prefer the "Red Flag" method to point out innappropriate posts. You hit the R/F button and state your reasons to the moderators. They either ignore it, or, the post or even the entire thread gets deleted. Anyone can hit the R/F, so in a way, everyone is moderating. It keeps the entire forum very clean and to the point.

FWIW, to the world, I have hit "approve" many times and "disapprove" only twice. (and I'm sure they know who they are);)

[aiiraciing]

I have not recieved any new reputaion marks in the last few weeks(27 in total), but I did just send one to someone as a joke, and got a new message when I sent it, and got the impression that we are now going to be able to see who gives us the marks?
Is this the case, or will it still be a secret?
Brian

[choppekx]

I am still not finding my reputation marks how do you find them

[Brandon_Charley]

How do you get a mod to review "offensive" comments?

[ShaneR]

Click the little red and white triangle thing below the members name on their post.

[Brandon_Charley]

I mean for the reputation comments.

Click the little red and white triangle thing below the members name on their post.

I really don't think that this anymous thing is working, I doubt Helton is the one who gave me a bad mark for the above post, I have a good idea who keeps giving me the unjustified ones and leaving rude comments, but since I don't know for sure I don't want to start even more BS by returning the favor.

[ShaneR]

I thought you meant for a post on the open forum, I don't think there is a way to know who is giving you rep comments? Sorry.

[Outcast]

FYI for those of you that have gotten grey dots. They most likely came from someone that did not have any reputation power yet at the time they gave you the feed back. Therefore, there feedback did not add to or subtract from your Rep. points. I.E. I have a grey dot on one of my posts but the comment was positive. When I figured out who gave me the feedback, I noticed that they were a newer forum member without any reputation power yet. So just because you get a grey dot that doesn't necessarily mean that the feedback is negative, it just means it came from someone with no reputation power. You get red (negative feedback) and green (positive feedback) dots from those who have some reputation power.

So to summarize:
Your reputation power is basically a sign of your seniority on the board. Your power increases the longer you are a member and also increases as you make more and more posts.

Your Reputation points are basically a "tally" of feedback that has been given on posts you make. This effects the little phrase that pops up when you place your curser over your the Reputation dot that appears next to your Reputation Power in your information box next to your posts. It also effects the color of the dot.

[Fourstroker]

I thought you meant for a post on the open forum, I don't think there is a way to know who is giving you rep comments? Sorry.

I always put my user name after my comment so people know who it came from

[scottm]

Hmm, on my Cp it shows I have 11 points, but there is only 1 thread listed. Am I supposed to be able to see all the feedbacks?

[Brandon_Charley]

u should be kick off this site for being a complete IDIOT, please go to the Import scene *** and let us dirt men not have to deal with complete pieces of crap like yourself

Import Scene? Kinda random.

[FABRICATOR]

FYI for those of you that have gotten grey dots. They most likely came from someone that did not have any reputation power yet... So just because you get a grey dot that doesn't necessarily mean that the feedback is negative, it just means it came from someone with no reputation power. You get red (negative feedback) and green (positive feedback) dots from those who have some reputation power.

Are you sure about that? I have a few greys and what's really wierd is that at least half came from this very thread. If that's true about the greys it ought to be explained by an admin******** in an effort to avoid animosity.

[curtnrod19]

all they really are is to see you casn get the biggest head around here. just b/c your not Andy M., Robby G., Larry R., or Mario A., doesnt mean you dont know what your talking about. kinda funny how it all works out, goes to show you who is an alright guy, and who isnt. what the best, is when one person says something that is right, know one see's he's post for some reason, IDK. then 3 post later the same thing is posted by another user, he gets replies like he know what he is talking about, but it was already posted by another user. all im saying is the reputation marks are kinds stupid if you aks me ya know. umm, lets see who can get more green dot and add to our reputaion! bull****, thats stupid. most people know what there talking about just as well as the "other" posters on this board ya know. we all **** the same, so get off your high horses and listen more often, instead of just beeing a post whore. just my $0.02. lets see if i get a red dot, lol.

[Brandon_Charley]

I will become famous soon enough!- I just realised that it says stuff when you put your cursor over the dot next to your rep power.

[Outcast]

Are you sure about that? I have a few greys and what's really wierd is that at least half came from this very thread. If that's true about the greys it ought to be explained by an admin******** in an effort to avoid animosity.
Yes I am sure. Who did your grey dots come from, do you know? It looks as though the sender shows up now so you should be able to look and see and determine if they would have had any rep power at the time they gave you the dot. Also, what comments were given, positive negative? When you click the reputation icon you can only approve or dissapprove, there is no middle ground there. So, if you have any rep power your dot that you give someone will either be red or green, I see no way to intentionally give someone a grey dot. You get grey dots from those who don't have any actual rep power yet because they cannot add to or subtract from your points talley so the dot shows grey instead of red or green. That's the way it is in my CP.

[Brandon_Charley]

Very nice with the names of the senders being added, big thank you. Is thier a way to see more than just the last 5 comments?

[RCinqMars]

alright now i am confused.....just checked my CP and i had a grey dot from an old topic. i understand what the dot means, but why does it not show the person that gave the neg. rep??? all i see is the positive dot, that is now grey.

[Bulldozer]

is there any way to see ALL your rep?

[Jessro]

The rep power thing makes me feel needed regardless of the meaning.

[Brandon_Charley]

alright now i am confused.....just checked my CP and i had a grey dot from an old topic. i understand what the dot means, but why does it not show the person that gave the neg. rep??? all i see is the positive dot, that is now grey.

Maybe its someone that's not here anymore.

[ShaneR]

I didn't know about the little post that comes up when you put the cursor on the dot either, pretty cool! I learn something new everyday. I also always left my name after my comment but now it looks like that is automatic, which is great!

[GlamisGurlie]

I was completely clueless about this until I read this thread - thank all of you for shedding much needed light (at least by myself) on this... and I have not spread a negative mark yet, although there is one name I would love to give it to, but I will wait til I see them in person hahaha... they do enuf on their own to others here to get those dreaded red dots from others ;)

You are all green dots to me!! :D

[14802]

You are all green dots to me!! :D[/QUOTE]

Here's a green dot for you Jamie, even though you would rather receive a "pink dot"..(colors in your sig).
You allways have very informative posts Thanks

[GlamisGurlie]

You are all green dots to me!! :D

Here's a green dot for you Jamie, even though you would rather receive a "pink dot"..(colors in your sig).
You allways have very informative posts Thanks[/quote]

Thank you sir for the dot!! I try to be informative and not say what I don't know, but most of em are silly hahaha... Why do it if you can't have a little fun now and then... especially if it's at my own expense hah!

Merry Christmas all....:D

[Bulldozer]

so uhh...

what does a grey dot mean? Is it just a green dot with no comment?

[Bricoop]

so uhh...

what does a grey dot mean? Is it just a green dot with no comment?

Actually it is from a user that didn't have any reputation altering power at the time. Usually a new member.

[klaus]

The http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/firefox/statusicon/user_offline.gif grey and http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/firefox/statusicon/user_online.gif green dots mean user is currently online (green) or not online (grey).

Hint: Mouse over the symbols and a small "bobble" will come on that gives an explanation of each icon.

[Bricoop]

The http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/firefox/statusicon/user_offline.gif grey and http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/firefox/statusicon/user_online.gif green dots mean user is currently online (green) or not online (grey).

Hint: Mouse over the symbols and a small "bobble" will come on that gives an explanation of each icon.

Klaus, I believe he may have been referring to Reputation marks that come up grey.

[Brandon_Charley]

Pretty sure grey ones are just ones by new people who don't have enough points to make a mark, the two I have are both from new members.

[Bulldozer]

Actually it is from a user that didn't have any reputation altering power at the time. Usually a new member.

Yea after I posted this I looked at the person who left me ones profile and realized they had no rep and figured that's what it was. Thanks for the help!:)

I tried giving you some positive rep for the help but I have to spread some more rep around first, haha.

[la2baja]

Here's a question. After a while (no idea how long) some of the comments and marks are no longer listed in my user CP. Is there a way to see the old ones or do they just disa pear for the sake of space?

[DSRacing]

When you check your CP it only displays the last five entries. If you or someone else checks your public profile through your screen name, it will display the last ten.

[klaus]

will investigate that. Might be an issue with the skin we run as its coded for an older version of the forum software....

When you check your CP it only displays the last five entries. If you or someone else checks your public profile through your screen name, it will display the last ten.

[Bulldozer]

Yea like DS said, if you look go to a thread you posted in and view your own profile it shows more then your user CP does.

[la2baja]

huh. strange. OK.

[Desert_Roller]

Is there a way to change reputation after you leave it?

By default the system is set for approval - I wrote a disapproval note but did not change the selection so they got a green dot when it should have been RED!

[SpceSpff]

you can PM Klaus about that. I have had that happen before, and he kindly deleted it. :)

[Mary Kay]

i always wanted to know this information:)

[bajafox]

Mods, a few users were wondering if it was possible to view your entire history of rep marks?

thanks in advance