So we've got this fancy-shmancy Reputation metric. Let's talk about it!
Specifically, when do YOU click the (Rate) button to give someone +1 or -1? What drives that decision?
My thinking in starting this thread:
1) We want to use this as a tool to encourage good behavior / discourage bad behavior by linking the Reputation mechanic to what their reputation actually is among the rest of the board. Rather than saying people should chase REP, I want it to be a "guide to how much salt new posters should take their words with".
2) In order to do that I think we should have a coherent approach to what makes other people click the (Rate) button; rather than actual rules, just an awareness of what other people value.
3) All the other forums I've used with Rep systems are software user forums for like EXCEL or Autocad or stuff, so there you get reps for answering question threads. That's not really applicable here, so I personally don't really actually know how I want to hand out rep points.
So yeah!
Tell me what you think the (Rate) button should be about!
Specifically, when do YOU click the (Rate) button to give someone +1 or -1? What drives that decision?
My thinking in starting this thread:
1) We want to use this as a tool to encourage good behavior / discourage bad behavior by linking the Reputation mechanic to what their reputation actually is among the rest of the board. Rather than saying people should chase REP, I want it to be a "guide to how much salt new posters should take their words with".
2) In order to do that I think we should have a coherent approach to what makes other people click the (Rate) button; rather than actual rules, just an awareness of what other people value.
3) All the other forums I've used with Rep systems are software user forums for like EXCEL or Autocad or stuff, so there you get reps for answering question threads. That's not really applicable here, so I personally don't really actually know how I want to hand out rep points.
So yeah!
Tell me what you think the (Rate) button should be about!
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