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Would you guys like a "rep" or points system or something for this forum?

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kazaam said:
I see this at a lot of other tech forums and deal sites and stuff, and I think it's a good idea. You could earn points/reps/credit/thanks/whatever if another member thinks your post is helpful. This would help people know who really knows what they're talking about and would be a nice way to thank another person for their help.

...if it's even possible.

Thoughts?
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Fuck no. It would only drive the post whores and trolls into a frenzy.
 
Absolutely not. Reddit has it and all people do is whore for upvotes. Leads to small groups of spammers all upvoting each other and downvoting everyone else so they can spam their shit everywhere.
 
Some developer forums I've seen have a per post rep system that prioritizes responses based on people upping or downing the post. I've always liked that system, since the most relevant and useful posts are right after the OP/question.
 
Honestly though, when we did have it, it wasn't even really abused. It was mostly ignored by everyone. I never repped and never received a rep as far as I remember.
 
Anyone remember the member voting thing FuseTalk had? Was easily form-hacked.

Could cast a -1000 star vote for someone, which of course blew their avg away, lol.

Tons of people had start ratings of -50 despite there only being a 1-5 star voting option.

Ya it was dumb.
 
Just check out the abomination that is Tom's Hardware to see what trying to "upgrade" the essential simplicity of online forums can do.

They have a "best answer" feature that has overrun their forums with trolls asking inane questions trying to bait posters into having their post chosen as the "best answer".

That's how it was last time I checked, anyway. I haven't visited that site in a really long time.
 
Via said:
Just check out the abomination that is Tom's Hardware to see what trying to "upgrade" the essential simplicity of online forums can do.

They have a "best answer" feature that has overrun their forums with trolls asking inane questions trying to bait posters into having their post chosen as the "best answer".

That's how it was last time I checked, anyway. I haven't visited that site in a really long time.
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oh my.

i haven't been there for years. The bias on that sight makes the Video card forum look sane.
 
Via said:
They have a "best answer" feature that has overrun their forums with trolls asking inane questions trying to bait posters into having their post chosen as the "best answer".
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Yep, and that's why even the per post/thread voting solutions wouldn't work here either.
a) It interrupts the flow of discussion
b) It doesn't apply for threads not asking for a "best answer"
c) It's ripe for fanboy abuse

Something like that is fine for actual support forums -- forums existing for that singular purpose. Not a "discussion" forum like AT (not just OT).

Tom's used to be a decent forum for tech news and advice. Now it's total shit. The whole site's design is complete shit now, and navigation is a chore. The actual articles still provide some value though.
 
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MotF Bane said:
Some way to auto-ban users with severely negative rep would be pretty nice.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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I can imagine that leading to some sort of Mutually Assured Destruction war, ending in every single forum member being banned.

Actually, that would probably improve ATOT no end.
 
Please no. Rep systems suck and seriously drive down the quality of posts. I like the forums as they are, thank you very much.
 
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