Reputation

GuD · 04-28-2014, 04:04 AM

Reputation shmeputation.

If you give a damn about what other people think of you... well, you are a bitch.

You live and then you die. Life's too short to give even one one millionth of a **** about what other people think of you. **** um all. Have some ****ing fun.

GuitarBizarre · 04-28-2014, 03:33 PM

I've been on forums with rep systems and they just don't work.

They're a nice idea but they're completely incompatible with the way people in general work on the internet.

For a wider scale application of why this doesn't work, just hang out on ANY subreddit for a week or so and keep an eye on who gets upvoted the most consistently. It's always just whoever posts the most and has the least personality of their own - whoever manages to echo the hivemind consistently.

Why would you want to reward people like that?

Burning Down · 04-28-2014, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

I've been on forums with rep systems and they just don't work.

They're a nice idea but they're completely incompatible with the way people in general work on the internet.

For a wider scale application of why this doesn't work, just hang out on ANY subreddit for a week or so and keep an eye on who gets upvoted the most consistently. It's always just whoever posts the most and has the least personality of their own - whoever manages to echo the hivemind consistently.

Why would you want to reward people like that?

It's a popularity contest for people like that.

The Sane Psycho · 04-28-2014, 05:26 PM

I just think that it could be fun if people don't abuse it. But yeah, I can see what you guys are saying. A lot of people would take it way too seriously and it wouldn't be fun anymore.

Burning Down · 04-28-2014, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by The Sane Psycho

I just think that it could be fun if people don't abuse it. But yeah, I can see what you guys are saying. A lot of people would take it way too seriously and it wouldn't be fun anymore.

People here would definitely abuse it.

YorkeDaddy · 04-30-2014, 07:34 AM

Reputation is stupid but being able to simply "like" a post is a good feature. There are no negatives and it's a good way to let someone know you enjoyed their post without making a pointless post of your own simply saying you liked it. There are so many stupid posts on MusicBanter of people just putting the laughing smiley (

) and nothing else, it's just spam and a like system would get rid of it.

djchameleon · 04-30-2014, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Reputation is stupid but being able to simply "like" a post is a good feature. There are no negatives and it's a good way to let someone know you enjoyed their post without making a pointless post of your own simply saying you liked it. There are so many stupid posts on MusicBanter of people just putting the laughing smiley (

) and nothing else, it's just spam and a like system would get rid of it.

Black Francis · 04-30-2014, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Reputation is stupid but being able to simply "like" a post is a good feature. There are no negatives and it's a good way to let someone know you enjoyed their post without making a pointless post of your own simply saying you liked it. There are so many stupid posts on MusicBanter of people just putting the laughing smiley (

) and nothing else, it's just spam and a like system would get rid of it.

I agree with your "like" idea, to me is the same as a "thanks" Button, for me it's about appreciation not reputation.

regarding the spam issue, i prefer to not judge members for their spam posts but for their collective posts that illustrate their kind of personality.

DJ is not a spammer and neither is Paul, ive seen them having serious convos here but also make a couple of spam posts as a joke, and i don't think there is nothing wrong with that, i do it too, it helps tone down the competitive hipster vibe this place has.

YorkeDaddy · 04-30-2014, 09:33 AM

^ yeah, just like that

Paul Smeenus · 04-30-2014, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

^ yeah, just like that

04-28-2014, 04:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	Reputation shmeputation. If you give a damn about what other people think of you... well, you are a bitch. You live and then you die. Life's too short to give even one one millionth of a ** about what other people think of you. um all. Have some **ing fun. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

04-28-2014, 05:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
The Sane Psycho Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 299	I just think that it could be fun if people don't abuse it. But yeah, I can see what you guys are saying. A lot of people would take it way too seriously and it wouldn't be fun anymore.