Reputation - Updated May, 2012
 

Reputation is a way of thanking people for a nice post, or docking them when they post something that is mean-spirited or completely off base. To be able to give (or take) reputation, you need to actually HAVE reputation first. There are two sides to reputation - your Reputation itself, and your Rep "power". Your Rep power is the amount of Reputation you can give others each click.

Here are some basics:

All new users start with a Reputation of 10, and a Rep power of 0. You can gain Rep power by:

1. Longevity. You gain 1 Rep power each year after you join.

2. Activity. You gain 1 Rep power for each 1000 posts.

3. Reputation. You gain 1 Rep power for each 150 Reputation that you have. *This was changed on May 16, 2012. This number used to be 100. So you may notice a decline in your Rep power.


New Users:

1. Your Rep power can't count until you've written 40 posts. I have reduced this from 100 to make it easier for newcomers to hand out Rep. I think by the 40th post it's safe to assume they're not spammers ;)

2. You won't have your first Rep power until you have 150 Reputation, which you may not have by your 40th post anyway.



Other Rules:

1. There is a limit - you can only give up Rep to people 5 times per day. I raised this from 4 on May 16, 2012 to encourage Rep giving (and to make up for increasing the Rep threshold from 100 to 150)

2. You need to give Rep to 10 different people before you go back to the same person. This is to prevent some people from creating two accounts and handing each other Rep over and over again to pad the Rep power.

b0ndon.........

lmao...zingggggggg

Ha! So he had to create 11 accounts?

ha, i was wondering what happened to my rep power.
i guess my thank you's are a bit less now.lol

This was long overdue, I'm glad it finally happened.

I like to imagine that Reputation is code word for "Pleasure".

Other Rules:
1. There is a limit - you can only give up Pleasure to people 5 times per day. I raised this from 4 on May 16, 2012 to encourage Pleasure giving (and to make up for increasing the Pleasure threshold from 100 to 150)
2. You need to give Pleasure to 10 different people before you go back to the same person. This is to prevent some people from... handing each other Pleasure over and over again to pad the Pleasure power.

Ah... the world is a better place with... "Pleasure".

I think these are good changes.

Just curious what drove the rationale for the 100->150 threshold? Reduce overall rep inflation I take it?

Haha. It would totally change people's offers of rep for helping them out:

Subject: Help me out with this trade, pleasure given!

or

I got negative pleasure! At least leave your name!

Can I just leave cab fare instead?