Reputation - What, When and How

[Bionicle]

Introduction

I'm writing this forum tutorial for a few reasons...first of all a while back, 'random repping' and 'rep parties' were not uncommon. And, yes, I was a part of a few. I realize that Wizzup? made a post about these, but it wasn't that detailed. In fact, in my opinion i think it scared a few people, and now they stay away from reputation in general. (No offence Wizzup, just my opinion :rolleyes:)

What is Reputation?

Reputation is what shows how respected you are in the community. Your reputation level is shown as gray, green or red boxes under your name. They look like this:

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gif

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gif

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gif

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gif


http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_balance.gif


http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gif

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gif

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gif

http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gifhttp://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gif


http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_off.gif

Green is for positive. It means that you have a reputation higher then 1.

Blue is for balanced, it means that you have a reputation of 0.

Red means that you have been 'de-repped'. I will get into this later, and how to do it, but this means that your reputation is under 0.

Gray means that your reputation is disabled. You can do this yourself if you don't want people to see your reputation. Just go to your Edit Options (http://www.villavu.com/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions) section, and uncheck the 'Show Your Reputation Level' box. When you first make your account on Villavu, you start out with one green box.

How do I Give People Reputation?

You give people reputation by clicking this button: http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/buttons/reputation.gif on the top right hand corner of their post. If you want to give or take reputation from them, this is what you click.

A little box will then appear saying, "What do you think of ***'s post?" and two boxes, one asking if you approve, and one asking if you disapprove. Click which one, then make a comment that you want the person to see. This is not mandatory, however it is nice telling them why you repped/de-repped them.

Remember: ALL REPUTATION GIVING/TAKING IS ANONYMOUS! Only admins can see who gave/took reputation to others.

After you give/take their reputation, they will get a notification in their User CP section. It will show what color box (http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_pos.gif for giving reputation, http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_neg.gif for taking reputation, http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_balance.gif this is new, this is if registered users give reputation, it doesn't give or take reputation from you.) and it will show the message you left for them. If you so wish, you can add your name to the end of your message, if you don't want to remain anonymous.

Why Do People Have More Boxes Then Me?

How many boxes depends on how much reputation you have:

-499 to -400: 5 red boxes

-399 to 300: 4 red boxes

-299 to 200: 3 red boxes

-199 to 100: 2 red boxes

-99 to -1: one red box

0: one blue box

1-99: one green box

100-199: 2 green boxes

200-299: 3 green boxes

300-399: 4 green boxes

400-499: 5 green boxes

etc.

Hover Text for Reputation

If you move your mouse over a persons reputation, it will have some text:

One and below red box(s), -51 and below points: "YourName is infamous around these parts"

One red box, -50 - -11 points: "YourName can only hope to improve"

One red box, -10 - -1 points: "YourName has a little shameless behavior in the past"

One blue/green box, 0 - 9 points: "YourName is of an unknown quantity at this point"

One green box, 10 - 49 points: "YourName is on a distinguished road"

One/Two green boxes, 50 - 149 points: "YourName will become famous soon enough"

Two/Three green boxes, 150 - 249 points: "YourName has a spectacular aura about"

Three/Four green boxes, 250 - 349 points: "YourName is a jewel in the rough"

Four/Five green boxes, 350 - 449 points: "YourName is just really nice"

Five/Six green boxes, 450 - 549 points: "YourName is a glorious beacon of light"

Six/Seven green boxes, 550 - 649 points: "YourName is a name known to all"

Seven/Eight/Nine/Ten green boxes, 650 - 999 points: "YourName is a splendid one to behold"

Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen/Fourteen/Fiften/Sixteen green boxes, 1000 - 1499 points: "YourName has much to be proud of"

Seventeen/Eighteen/Nineteen/Twenty/Twenty One green boxes, 1500 - 1999 points: "YourName has a brilliant future"

Twenty Two + green boxes, 2000+ points: "YourName has a reputation beyond repute"

Notes of Reputation

1) DO NOT give it out randomly. This will result in a warning, and then an infraction if continued.

2) ANYTHING that has helped you and/or others is grounds for giving reputation. ANYTHING that is offensive is grounds for taking reputation.

3) Don't be afraid to give/take reputation! If you must, just don't sign your name, that way if you take reputation from someone, they can't get mad at you because they don't know it is you!

4) People with http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/reputation/reputation_off.gif disabled reputation can still be repped!

5) The amount of points given/taken away from people depends on the amount of points that the person giving/taking has. Ergo, if you have a low amount of points, you give a low amount of points.

6) NO giving reputation doesn't reduce yours, and NO taking reputation doesn't give you more.

7) DO NOT make threads specifically made to pass around random reputation. Random reputation is a no-no ;).

8) Some members don't take reputation into account because of all the random reputation that was going on. Lets try to change this around! Rep for the right reason!

9) You can't continuously give/take reputation from someone. The forum won't let you. You will get a message box saying that you need to spread some reputation around before you can add to that persons reputation again.

Conclusion

If you have any more questions about reputation, don't hesitate to post! Any corrections or things that I have forgot, please post them, I won't get offended :).

[Griff]

You might want to add that making threads specifically for random rep is not a great idea. Been there, done that.

[Bionicle]

You might want to add that making threads specifically for random rep is not a great idea. Been there, done that.

Added :)

[NCDS]

You also may want to add that reputation is hardly taken into account by any "true" members. A special thanks to those "random reppers".

[Nava2]

I don't think your numbers are right for the boxes..

[Bionicle]

I don't think your numbers are right for the boxes..

Well the only thing im not sure is the negative, and the starting. Idk how much you start with when you first make an account, i just assumed 0.

[Rick]

You might also want to change Wissup? to Wizzup? :p

[Bionicle]

You might also want to change Wissup? to Wizzup? :p

Woopsies :rolleyes:

[JPHamlett]

nice tut like you usually have lol

[TRiLeZ]

You can get more boxes then just 4 at a time, like Naum for example. Check with him to see what the correct rep is that you have to have in order to get the boxes.

[Bionicle]

You can get more boxes then just 4 at a time, like Naum for example. Check with him to see what the correct rep is that you have to have in order to get the boxes.

Well yea, :p there is an image limit you know..and each single box is an image lol

the highest hover text is still 'is really nice' though, which is four boxes

[TRiLeZ]

Well yea, :p there is an image limit you know..and each single box is an image lol

the highest hover text is still 'is really nice' though, which is four boxes

Naum used to have 5 before he disabled his rep. We was "A shining becon of light."

I am thinking you're correct about how much rep you need for the boxes... Naum has 544.

[Bionicle]

Naum used to have 5 before he disabled his rep. We was "A shining becon of light."

I am thinking you're correct about how much rep you need for the boxes... Naum has 544.

Riiight forgot that one :) thankyee ill add it

[P1nky]

Good Tut, but tbh reps are useless lol... i love reading the flaming that goes on my reps hahah makes me laugh <3 love all yall

[Bionicle]

Good Tut, but tbh reps are useless lol... i love reading the flaming that goes on my reps hahah makes me laugh <3 love all yall

Well thats one of the reason why i wrote this tut, i want to bring back reputation, and lay out kind of things to follow by, so that reputation will be respected once again.

[FEAR]

Good job :D I know I was confused about this reputation thing when I first joined SRL. You might want to change a tiny little thing though...


Your reputation level is sown as gray, green or red boxes under your name.

:p

xD I would rep you for that but again I must spread some around before doing that. Might like to add that part? That you can't continuously rep people and how many people you must rep before coming back to the first person you repped/de-repped (Its different on each forum so you might have to ask a mod/admin) :)

[Bionicle]

Good job :D I know I was confused about this reputation thing when I first joined SRL. You might want to change a tiny little thing though...



:p

xD I would rep you for that but again I must spread some around before doing that. Might like to add that part? That you can't continuously rep people and how many people you must rep before coming back to the first person you repped/de-repped (Its different on each forum so you might have to ask a mod/admin) :)

Aha lol.. good eye :p and yea ill add it, but ill edit the amount of people in later, as I'm currently not sure what it is...thanks :)

[alinajoseph]

hey hi...
your reputation tutorial was very useful for me.....
want to know more about it.....
can u ???
thank you so much....

[Laur€ns]

http://i48.tinypic.com/21osqc8.png

All reputation levels :)

EDIT: I believe I fucked the layout and the pic is weird at the topright :/

[Sex]

hey hi...
your reputation tutorial was very useful for me.....
want to know more about it.....
can u ???
thank you so much....
What's up with your signature?
Seems like a bot or spam..

[Bionicle]

[IMG]All reputation levels :)

EDIT: I believe I fucked the layout and the pic is weird at the topright :/

Thank you :) ill add them in right away, nice to see you back :p

[Cigue]

I'd like you to add something about frivolous repping - the following picture speaks for itself. thread can be found here. (http://www.villavu.com/forum/showthread.php?p=669830)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5264/muchappreciated.jpg

Much appreciated.

[Sex]

I'd like you to add something about frivolous repping - the following picture speaks for itself. thread can be found here. (http://www.villavu.com/forum/showthread.php?p=669830)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5264/muchappreciated.jpg

Much appreciated.
Don't bitch about -rep.
Reputation doesn't even matter really.

[royalsymbol]

this guide is terrific lol coz i cant find the rep button

[Floor66]

It's the blue tick sign opposite to the date and time of a post.

[Sex]

this guide is terrific lol coz i cant find the rep button
It looks like http://villavu.com/vb/images/satellite/buttons/reputation.gif.
But I really think that you're just spamming..

[z92]

GRAVEDIG!

How do I view my reputation?

I thought asking in this useful topic was better than making a throwaway. ;)

[Er1k]

GRAVEDIG!

How do I view my reputation?

I thought asking in this useful topic was better than making a throwaway. ;)

http://villavu.com/forum/usercp.php

[[XoL]]

This topic came back from the grave at a good time, with the surge of new registered members :)

[Austin]

Sorry for the gravedig, this is an informative thread anyways, but how comes we can't de-rep people anymore? Or at least I can't.. does anybody else have this problem or is it just me? There were some posts I really wanted to de-rep in the past month, but I couldn't :I.
Here's a pic of my "add to reputation" bar:

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8334/121104195213ae.png

I've tried looking at it on different browsers also. I've seen no one else mention it which I find odd, which makes me think it might just be me..

[Ian]

Not just you, me as well. Not that I need to De-Rep people though lol. :D

[Sin]

Members can only derep now.

[Silentcore]

^^ people were abusing the derep system and now you can't. Only members +.

[Ian]

Fine with me :), didn't know there was a problem though.

[Sin]

*cough* Olly *cough*

[Ian]

*cough* Olly *cough*

He'll probably be a member soon though, no?

[Olly]

*cough* Olly *cough*

Excuse me? Accusing me of something I have never done? It's an outrage to see someone do this, even more your a member , Such a shame.


He'll probably be a member soon though, no?

Uhm well that may happen when I apply who knows when that willl be :p

[Sin]

Excuse me? Accusing me of something I have never done? It's an outrage to see someone do this, even more your a member , Such a shame.



Uhm well that may happen when I apply who knows when that willl be :p


Lolol.

[Rezozo]

Hmm, I guess itll take some time for me to exact my revenge, I mean uh *Cough* de-rep for justified reasons of course!

Pfft...He...He...no other reason... :garfield:

[Austin]

So junior members can derep? I'll be one in 18 days so I can wait until then ;)

[Sin]

No, only Members+

[Austin]

Oh, ok...

[Rezozo]

Yea, I meant I will be applying for Mem's soon.
Probably gonna use the script that I am submitting to the Junior Mem's Comp.

[Ian]

Yea, I meant I will be applying for Mem's soon.
Probably gonna use the script that I am submitting to the Junior Mem's Comp.

I still need to submit mine, should I take out my name from proggy and title ect. or would a mod/admin do that?

[The Killer]

So junior members can derep? I'll be one in 18 days so I can wait until then ;)

nope we lost the abilty too :( only mems+ can.

[Sabzi]

nope we lost the abilty too :( only mems+ can.

Haha, when did that happen? (I didn't know)
Although I am quiet happy with that change. Should reduce misusing.

[Jake]

Haha, when did that happen? (I didn't know)
Although I am quiet happy with that change. Should reduce misusing.
Since I just found this out as well, and no admin or mod has mentioned anything, I could only think of two situations.
One was where a user made other accounts to mass de rep other users. That user was banned.
The other situation was one which happened not too long ago, which dealt with some drama from a srl member between another member. Silly, long, complaining story about internet points which have little to no value.

[Austin]

Also, OT of this thread, does anybody know how much rep power the different ranks have? Or if you can gain rep power beside from getting a higher rank? So I know that registered users have a rep power of 1, and I think members have a power of 10? Are Junior members 5? I haven't seen this listed anywhere and I think it would be interesting to see :D.

[Sin]

Since I just found this out as well, and no admin or mod has mentioned anything, I could only think of two situations.
One was where a user made other accounts to mass de rep other users. That user was banned.
The other situation was one which happened not too long ago, which dealt with some drama from a srl member between another member. Silly, long, complaining story about internet points which have little to no value.

Neither actually :)

[Brandon]

You missed one i think. The blue can also be like a milestone rep. When you get a blue one on the CP, you reached the nearest 50 or something. Every 50 I seem to get a blue one :S.

[masterBB]

Also, OT of this thread, does anybody know how much rep power the different ranks have? Or if you can gain rep power beside from getting a higher rank? So I know that registered users have a rep power of 1, and I think members have a power of 10? Are Junior members 5? I haven't seen this listed anywhere and I think it would be interesting to see :D.

Go to http://villavu.com/forum/misc.php?do=cybstats

Change results to view to 200

Change the top right list to Top reputations.

Name : Amount of times repped : reputation : rep power


You missed one i think. The blue can also be like a milestone rep. When you get a blue one on the CP, you reached the nearest 50 or something. Every 50 I seem to get a blue one :S.

I only know blue ones on your cp at the reputation received list. That is just a sign somebody with 0 rep power tried to rep you or somebody with less then 2 rep power tried to de-rep you.

[Le Jingle]

Go to http://villavu.com/forum/misc.php?do=cybstats

Change results to view to 200

Change the top right list to Top reputations.

Name : Amount of times repped : reputation : rep power


I don't think I've that option to view, let alone registered users. :/

[masterBB]

I don't think I've that option to view, let alone registered users. :/

hmm... I see no reason why you shouldn't. afaik it was always there. Checked it by logging out, and it seems that you need to have a certain rank for it. Don't you have that block with stats and such at the bottom of the front page?


Admin - 10 rep power max
Post divided by 1000 - 1 rep power
green boxes - 2 rep power


So I got 7 boxes and more then 2000 posts -> 16 rep power.

[Le Jingle]

hmm... I see no reason why you shouldn't. afaik it was always there. Checked it by logging out, and it seems that you need to have a certain rank for it. Don't you have that block with stats and such at the bottom of the front page?


Admin - 10 rep power max
Post divided by 1000 - 1 rep power
green boxes - 2 rep power


So I got 7 boxes and more then 2000 posts -> 16 rep power.

I've a drop down that says 'turn off stats' only on the left + on the right one that contains many links, but in the site area's part, none pertaining to anything that shows a list as you've posted, afaik.

[masterBB]

hmm... I see no reason why you shouldn't. afaik it was always there. Checked it by logging out, and it seems that you need to have a certain rank for it. Don't you have that block with stats and such at the bottom of the front page?


Admin - 10 rep power max
Post divided by 1000 - 1 rep power
green boxes - 2 rep power


So I got 7 boxes and more then 2000 posts -> 16 rep power.

That formula seems to be wrong. It fits everyone of the top, but people below it... hmmm......

[Footy]

That would mean members could have a higher rep power then admins. I somehow doubt my rep power is 8...

E: Just checked, I have a rep power of 5.

[NKN]

I got a rep power of 4 cuz I don't got that 2k posts

[Rezozo]

Oh yea, it adds one rep power per 1k right?

Damn Coh3n...

[Austin]

That would mean members could have a higher rep power then admins. I somehow doubt my rep power is 8...

E: Just checked, I have a rep power of 5.
Gratz on 2k posts! Anyways, I remember seeing my rep power before (it's 1 >.>), but I forget where you can see it at? Someone remind me please? Anyways, so I'm guessing then that for every 1k posts you have it's +1 rep power added onto you? And every rank up you get is +1 also? That's what it seems to be so far. And MasterBB, did you calculate your rep power to be 16 by that table you posted or is that what yours actually is?