Rep Power

[marc5180]

Hi Guys, iv been reading through the posts and have noticed that the peeps on here have different numbers of rep pwer assigned to their profile...Not sure what they mean... Mine says i have a rep power of 2... what does this mean?

[rdocwra]

Hi Guys, iv been reading through the posts and have noticed that the peeps on here have different numbers of rep pwer assigned to their profile...Not sure what they mean... Mine says i have a rep power of 2... what does this mean?

Marc,

On each post you will see some scales, If someone has given you a good/correct/detailed explanation of a problem you can give them a rep point. You will see that the guys who have been on a long time and moderators will have a higher rep power as obviously they have helped answer more questions

hope this helps

Raymond

[marc5180]

Thanks for the reply, up until now i didnt know that you could give or receive rep points for helping others out.
Thanks again

[lana]

Hi there,

Can one of the moderators or the WebRam explain this "rep power" more clearly?

Appreciate your reply.
Regards
LANA

[chillin out]

I will try Lana.

Everybody starts off with a reputation power of 0. If after posting some helpful information another member may feel the need to 'thank' you. This can be done by adding to your 'rep' number (I think it only moves one number at a time).

The higher the number, the more helpful you have been.

Although I just added to your rep and your number didn't move so I could be wrong. In this case the 'rep' numbers are linked to your post count.

Chillin:) :)

[Brian_UK]

Hi Lana,

"Rep Power" is just a means of people saying 'thanks' to each other for some useful answers etc. (Rep is short for reputation.)

For example if you thought that Ray, rdocwra, had given you some excellent advice and you wanted to thank him for that you have two ways open to you.

The first is of course to say thank you publicly by way of another post within the thread.

The second is for you to click on the 'scales of justice' icon to increase his rep power.

I hope that this helps you understand it a little more. As far as I know it has no other function apart from what I have described above.

Secretly though, I understand that the first one to 20 has to buy doughnuts (donuts) for everyone on the forum:D

[rdocwra]

Thats sorted then Brian, I am going to search youre replies and get you to 20 :D

regards

Raymond

[lana]

Thanks everybody for the reply.

Cheers

[WebRam]

one other thing. I have it set so that you have to SPREAD your reputation points among members so you can not keep giving one member rep :)

[slingblade]

one other thing. I have it set so that you have to SPREAD your reputation points among members so you can not keep giving one member rep :)

So let that be a lesson to everyone who has tried to give me "rep" on multiple occasions.;)

Seriously, ive only got 2 and one of those was Dan (i think) pressing the wrong button at the time. ill just have to try harder.:)

[djbe]

So wheres the donuts then Webram:D :D :D

[chillin out]

I don't think it works that well. I done Lana yesterday and I also done Sling a few months ago, and there must have been hundreds who have done me.
So why don't the numbers go up?

Chillin:) :)

[lana]

I think when rep is given to someone then some points are added to the reputation. After some certain points the "rep power" goes up.

[Dan]

Seriously, ive only got 2 and one of those was Dan (i think) pressing the wrong button at the time. ill just have to try harder.

Haha! Actually I DID press the button for you, and it was on purpose. But how would you have known? Frankly, I don't understand the rep power thing. But I occasionally feel inspired by a message that makes me want to cast a favorable ballot.

[WebRam]

its a relative thing. If your rep power and post count is low then the points you can give are minimal. As you gain rep power your point power increases.

[Brian_UK]

It's a Zen thing methinks ;)

[botrous]

hi Webram , brian , chillin and all the others that I still didn't get the honor to know, webram thanks for the automated message send to my email saying that the forum misses me , that made me happy although i knpw it's automated....
anyways I'm back and miss you all .

Best regards
Botrous

[Abe]

hi Webram , brian , chillin and all the others that I still didn't get the honor to know, webram thanks for the automated message send to my email saying that the forum misses me , that made me happy although i knpw it's automated....
anyways I'm back and miss you all .

Best regards
Botrous

Boutros

Welcome back to RE
Happy to have you back

Abe

[BigJon3475]

Reputation / Comments System
Many of you will be aware of the new reputation system that has been implemented by the administrators to the forums. Information about the vBulletin reputation system can be found here:

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/main/reputation

At the top right of every post you will see a new icon (http://forums.aspfree.com/images/buttons/reputation.gif) which allows you to provide reputation for that user's post. Clicking the icon allows you to post a comment and state whether you approve or disapprove. As long as you are a full user (i.e. you have 30 posts and have been a member for 30 days), this will then be publicly available for everyone to see and will appear directly underneath the post as a comment. A box titled "Comments on this post" will appear, with a list of users who agree/disagree.

All full users have a certain reputation power. This depends on the number of posts they have, the reputation they have received themselves and how long they have been a member etc. When you approve of a post, you increase the poster's reputation by the number of reputation points you have. If you disagree with their post, their reputation points will decrease by the number of reputation points you have.

If you are not yet a full user (i.e. you do not have 30 posts and have not been a member for 30 days) you do not have any reputation power. While you can still comment on posts, you will not alter the poster's reputation points.

Every time you agree or disagree with a post, your comment will appear in their user control panel. Each comment will either have a green icon (to show that the user agreed with your post), a red icon (to show that the user disagreed with your post) or a grey icon (where the user has no reputation power so is not a full member).

Everyone starts with 10 points and one green icon associated with their profile. As they gain (or lose) points, their total increases or decreases and the number of green icons next to their profile changes. The more green icons there are, the more the user is respected in the forum.

You can find out your current reputation level from your Control Panel (http://forums.aspfree.com/usercp.php?). If you scroll to the bottom, you will see a "Latest Reputation Received" section, where you can find out your current reputation level and view the most recent comments posted about you.

[suny]

Thanks Chiilin & Brian for giving detailed explanation about reputation power (rep power).

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody in this forum who has helped & advised me on the problems I have posted in the past. Further I am very much thankful for the moderators who have awarded me with 1 rep power after becoming a member of this prestigious forum with in just two months.

Moreover please explain about the green rectangle under the rep power.

Suny

[WebRam]

see the post directly above yours.

[marc5180]

Reputation / Comments System

You can find out your current reputation level from your Control Panel (http://forums.aspfree.com/usercp.php?). If you scroll to the bottom, you will see a "Latest Reputation Received" section, where you can find out your current reputation level and view the most recent comments posted about you.
I dont have " latest reputation received" just Edit Email & Password
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[BigJon3475]

What you have and don't have is left up to the admin. That would be a question for them I was just responding to the what is question.

[WebRam]

I dont have " latest reputation received" just Edit Email & Password
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If you dont have it, its because you have not been given any.

[marc5180]

If you dont have it, its because you have not been given any.

:(:( but my rep power says 2?

[WebRam]

thats because you have been posting, its a combination of things. Now watch it or I will magicly change your green thingie to a red thingie :)

[US Iceman]

Now watch it or I will magicly change your green thingie to a red thingie :)


Ahhh, but you have to love a Scot with a sense of humor.:D

[taz24]

Ahhh, but you have to love a Scot with a sense of humor.:D

Especially if he can change your thingy to a different colour.

taz.

[slingblade]

speaking of green thingies mine appears to say slingblade will be famous soon enough as opposed to is on a distinguished road
Beat that!!!!
:confused:

[WebRam]

finger hovers over name change thingie button ........