Reputation - formerly a feature

[Marty]

I hope you guys can handle one more feature! This one is very useful as it will help recognize the knowledgeable and helpful members.

At the top of ever post you will see a scale icon that looks like this . When you come across a particularly useful post, you can click on it and add to that user's reputation. Optionally you can also post a comment. Initially everyone starts at the same level as you post and users find your posts useful they can add to your reputation or if you post complete BS they can take away from your reputation.

Hopefully this feature is used and after some time if a long time member tells you to fert your orchids with mixture of hot coffee and single malt scotch and his reputation reads "-50" you'll think twice about doing it. On the other hand feel free to do it, if they have high reputation


Few features & safeguards are in place:

• You gain one reputation point for every 365 cycle of being registered
• You gain one reputation point for every 50 posts
• For every 100 reputation points you get an extra point
• You may not add or remove user reputation unless you have made at least 50 posts
• You cannot give multiple reputation points to the same user. After you've hit 5 other users you can then give another rep point to the previous user.
• You can give 25 points during a day
• You cannot see who left you reputation (though this may change, not sure which is better)
  

To see the reputations and comments (if left) and for which posts they were received, click on UserCP at the top forum menu. When you scroll down, they will be right under your subscribed threads.

Currently the breakdown is as follows:


99999 User is infamous around these parts
-50 User can only hope to improve
-10 User has a little shameless behaviour in the past
0 User is an unknown quantity at this point
10 User is on a distinguished road
50 User is on a distinguished road
150 User has a spectacular aura about
250 User is a jewel in the rough
350 User is just really nice
450 User is a glorious beacon of light
550 User is a name known to all
650 User is a splendid one to behold
1000 User has much to be proud of
1500 User has a brilliant future
2000 User has a reputation beyond repute