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R.I.P Reputation

Are you happy Reputation has been abolished by democratic vote?

  • No I am not Friend.

  • Yes fam.

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Dylan said:
Throughout its history, it has been abused.

But I am not going to get into specifics, but needless to say, the headaches aren't worth it.
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Abused how though?

Not asking for specifics of one case but abused with pile-ons or something similar? People misrepresenting others by using the Anon feature and then signing off as someone else?

If indeed rep does come back at some point in the future then a bit more detail on the actual issues it causes might help partially avoid those issues in the future.
 

ClausThomsen said:
Abused how though?

Not asking for specifics of one case but abused with pile-ons or something similar? People misrepresenting others by using the Anon feature and then signing off as someone else?

If indeed rep does come back at some point in the future then a bit more detail on the actual issues it causes might help partially avoid those issues in the future.
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Previous versions of rep, the system wasn't very good and it was abused a fair bit. We never had visibility over it.

It wasn't too bad this time. We had a chronological log and it was easier to moderate.

Shared my view here;


Within it;

I'm of the view that we shouldn't moderate to a path of least resistance - a few recent reports cause annoyance but that shouldn't dictate our approach. How many *really* abuse the rep system? We could simply revoke their access to rep.

Angst will always exist, whether on an open forum, through reps - its the nature of forums.

We'll always have people crying they are being picked on.
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It's removal was mainly because;

I'm flogging a dead horse though. Rep isn't default software, the software company behind the forum dont think it's needed. Rep is a commercial plug in we buy/config and it's a bit of a time bandit. Whenever I update the forum for compliance, I'm having to patch rep so it's got to be something the community wants.
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Feedback might not be very visible but we'd get a lot of messages saying rep isn't beneficial to the community, as per the poll.

Have to allocate time/effort/cost as best as possible and something that is 50/50 on keep or bin isn't worth it.
 
GrandOldTeam said:
Previous versions of rep, the system wasn't very good and it was abused a fair bit. We never had visibility over it.

It wasn't too bad this time. We had a chronological log and it was easier to moderate.

Shared my view here;


Within it;



It's removal was mainly because;



Feedback might not be very visible but we'd get a lot of messages saying rep isn't beneficial to the community, as per the poll.

Have to allocate time/effort/cost as best as possible and something that is 50/50 on keep or bin isn't worth it.
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Fair enough.

I like it but given the added costs in money and time I can see there is deffo better things to pay attention to given the lack of overall appetite.
 

It is unfortunate that software and cost issues caused the removal of the rep. For me, a newcomer to GOT, the rep was a useful tool to find out more info about some posters and how others felt about them. I also thought it was a unique feature that made this forum stand up against others. I also agree with Death that reaction score doesn't seem like a very accurate way to measure someone if the middle finger is counting towards such score.

Oh well, RIP rep.
 
Sassy Colombian said:
It is unfortunate that software and cost issues caused the removal of the rep. For me, a newcomer to GOT, the rep was a useful tool to find out more info about some posters and how others felt about them. I also thought it was a unique feature that made this forum stand up against others. I also agree with Death that reaction score doesn't seem like a very accurate way to measure someone if the middle finger is counting towards such score.

Oh well, RIP rep.
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I get why some don't like it. But for me you could be talking to a lad and thinking to yourself 'is this lad being unreasonable or is it just me.' You see if they have carved out a wealth of neg rep and you can get a better judgement.

It's Dan's baby tbf and its ultimately up to him.
 
Death said:
I get why some don't like it. But for me you could be talking to a lad and thinking to yourself 'is this lad being unreasonable or is it just me.' You see if they have carved out a wealth of neg rep and you can get a better judgement.

It's Dan's baby tbf and its ultimately up to him.
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You are totally right. Now it will be even harder to tell whether a poster is just having a bad day thus the unreasonable post, or if they are really just pricks.

Hopefully Dan finds a rep baby in the future that is is easier to manage and cost effective.
 

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