Reputation

[SkiTower]

I thought about throwing this onto a couple of different threads, but felt it deserved it's own.

1: can you give yourself reputation?
2: how does someone with one post with no real info in it get a rep mark? I've seen it several times.

[wake_fun]

Does anyone even click the star button to give rep
If I click on the star for my own post it says I have a whopping 1 rep.

[AirTool]

Does anyone even click the star button to give rep
If I click on the star for my own post it says I have a whopping 1 rep.

I have been. I've also been told others have clicked for me but I'm stuck at 6.

Maybe some are giving me negative marks. I'll have to check my hate file.

[SkiTower]

I hit it when I see a good post. Problem is it's the same people with good posts and you're supposed to 'spread the love'

AT: hit up wake_fun for the secret. He's got us both beat.

[AirTool]

AT: hit up wake_fun for the secret. He's got us both beat.

The secret is two login accounts. One to post...and one to make yourself look good.

[wake_fun]

The secret is two login accounts. One to post...and one to make yourself look good.

I only have one account just to set the record straight. When Jeff first started that reputation thing, mine started out high. Maybe because I've been here since the beginning, I don't know.

[wake_fun]

If you guys click on the star of your own post, what does it say?

Mine says, "This post has not received any reputation. You currently have 1 reputation point(s)."

[wake_fun]

I found some interesting things while doing some searches. Here is a thread from way back in July 2003.

http://www.planetnautique.com/vb3/sh...&p=126#post126

The original poster has only one (1) post on this site and has a rep power of 8. If you look down that list of people in that thread, we are all high numbers. I believe that rep power number got set by how long you've been a member on this site. Only Jeff knows the answer to that one.

Hey Jeff, you out there?

[SkiTower]

If you guys click on the star of your own post, what does it say?

Mine says, "This post has not received any reputation. You currently have 1 reputation point(s)."

Huh. Mine says 26 points. But my 'Rep Power' is 5.

The original poster has only one (1) post on this site and has a rep power of 8. If you look down that list of people in that thread, we are all high numbers. I believe that rep power number got set by how long you've been a member on this site. Only Jeff knows the answer to that one.

Maybe that's it. I came in right behind AT. But I guess the original question may not actually be about 'Rep Power' but that those with one post have a gold (yellow?) icon indicating 'they are on a distinguished road' meaning someone hit them with a rep point.

[NautiqueJeff]

I seem to remember that users who have over a certain number of posts give more reputation points when they click on the star. I will have to look into it further.

I can say that wake_fun does only have one account. He's been around forever, and has a ton of posts. He is not helping himself out here...

I did adjust mine manually through the site administrative software when I was doing some testing for this contest, so that's why mine are displaying so high.

[SkiTower]

ah, so Rep Power is a way of weighing the 'graybeards' opinions. Cool!

[Chris4x4Gill2]

I hit it when I see a good post. Problem is it's the same people with good posts and you're supposed to 'spread the love'

AT: hit up wake_fun for the secret. He's got us both beat.

I try to add a rep point whenever someone posts some good info or really made an effort to share some info with the forum. It may not mean much but I think it lets the poster know their effort was recognized.