Does anyone know what this means?

[Mr_Laurenzano]

I just found out we had rep points.
I swear on both my mothers.
Crash

[polo_pro]

Originally Posted by macgeek

i don't think the thread should be locked

Seconded. No one's been rude, no one's been personally attacked, heck I'm not sure there's even a big debate going on.

ps - jgrohol, thx for stepping in and giving us a peek behind the scenes. It really does help when you bring speculation to an end with cold hard facts.

[Desert_Seg]

Originally Posted by polo

...It really does help when you bring speculation to an end with cold hard facts.

Come on! Since when have let pesky things such as facts get in the way of speculation?

Steven

[BillK]

Facts? Facts? We don' need no steenkin' facts!

I have given up on trying to give out rep points - the system keeps telling me that I have to give other people some points before I can give them to this person again - I have given out LOTS of rep points and now cannot give them to anyone anymore because the system will not let me.

Lets see - we have on average let's say 30 posts per day - of these there are maybe 20 active posters - of these only 5-10 have anything good to say that I think deserves any rep points - and these are the SAME people each time - so I am stuck - I quit trying to give them out anymore.

[polo_pro]

Originally Posted by BillK

Facts? Facts? We don' need no steenkin' facts!

I have given up on trying to give out rep points - the system keeps telling me that I have to give other people some points before I can give them to this person again - I have given out LOTS of rep points and now cannot give them to anyone anymore because the system will not let me.

Lets see - we have on average let's say 30 posts per day - of these there are maybe 20 active posters - of these only 5-10 have anything good to say that I think deserves any rep points - and these are the SAME people each time - so I am stuck - I quit trying to give them out anymore.

How many pos rep are you giving out at a time? I'm giving out a couple each day. And for that reason, I think I spread them pretty evenly. I've only had the "you can't give rep to this person until you spread around more" twice this week.

But hey, I do appreciate you trying!

ps - I do seem to be getting alot pos rep in return, maybe that somehow factors into things?

[nickyboy]

Originally Posted by BillK

Facts? Facts? We don' need no steenkin' facts!

I have given up on trying to give out rep points - the system keeps telling me that I have to give other people some points before I can give them to this person again - I have given out LOTS of rep points and now cannot give them to anyone anymore because the system will not let me.

Lets see - we have on average let's say 30 posts per day - of these there are maybe 20 active posters - of these only 5-10 have anything good to say that I think deserves any rep points - and these are the SAME people each time - so I am stuck - I quit trying to give them out anymore.

Want to trade?

(Its a JOKE everyone, don't got getting all wound up!)

[BillK]

OK - I give up - I have tried and tried - I cannot give anyone any rep points period. (I have not tried on people that I do not agree with what they are saying or are saying mundane things <grin>.)

It never says that I have to GET some rep points before I can give them out - it says that I have to spread them round some more before I can give any more out.

For example - I tried to give some to Nickyboy and it refuses... and POLO as well... and Desert Seg... well you get the idea - it sounds like a good system but in practice it falls over.

Perhaps the moderators could look at who I have tried to give them to and how many I have actually given out and see how close I am to being able to give out more?
Bill

[quade]

Originally Posted by BillK

OK - I give up - I have tried and tried - I cannot give anyone any rep points period.

Face it, the Rep system is simply broken.

I'm not so sure it's even a good idea in the first place. Look at what it's done to poor Karl. He is the proud past President of SegAmerica, but reduced to, well, for lack of a better term, whining about some anonymous person(s) giving him "bad rep" on an internet chat site. I don't really understand why he cares anyway. People that take anonymous snipes are simply cowards. Once you understand that, who give a flying fig?

For the record, I have never given a "bad" rep point to anyone on this web site. Seems rather pointless.

[bentbiker]

Originally Posted by BillK

OK - I give up - I have tried and tried - I cannot give anyone any rep points period. (I have not tried on people that I do not agree with what they are saying or are saying mundane things <grin>.)

It never says that I have to GET some rep points before I can give them out - it says that I have to spread them round some more before I can give any more out.

For example - I tried to give some to Nickyboy and it refuses... and POLO as well... and Desert Seg... well you get the idea - it sounds like a good system but in practice it falls over.

Perhaps the moderators could look at who I have tried to give them to and how many I have actually given out and see how close I am to being able to give out more?
Bill

Bill,
I think it was previously explained that if you give a point to Steve, you cannot give him another point until you have give points to 10 other people.

[BillK]

AHHHH! TEN people - ok - I missed the number part - I knew I had not done it ENOUGH - just was not sure how many enough was.

Thanks - I obviously to not agree with enough DIFFERENT people to be able to make my vote count
Thanks

Bill