Understanding the INGO "User Reputation System"

[Jack Ryan]

Hey, if clicking some one's button is all it takes to make them happy, why not.

So long as we are actually talking about a real computer and not a euphemism for something else.

 

[Jack Ryan]

What's the "dig this post" mean?

 

[JetGirl]

What's the "dig this post" mean?

Digg.com is a site where you can search for something or submit something that you think others might be looking for. It's kinda useful for research or for gathering info to back up a quick point you want to make.
Some of the stuff you can turn up is kind of obscure, so it's unique in that respect, too.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Thanks. That sounds like it could come in handy.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I added a rep modification to the forum software a while back so that once you hit all the "pips" (green bars) you start from the beginning but you get a star under your profile. Bronze followed by silver and then gold.

We got a long way to go here!

Congrats on

, Mike!

OK, so it's 100 points per

, 200 points for every

. How many points equal a

? Are there five of those, too? And are there any "pips" after the

or is that when it starts over with stars?

TIA for info!

Blessings,
Bill

 

[Fenway]

I think there are 5 of those goldish looking pips just like the dark green and light green. Once you have hit all the pips you get a star and start over with the pips.

 

[rcuhljr]

So does this system have diminishing returns built in? Because I've never received negative feedback except from one user who repeatedly thumbs down anything that he doesn't agree with politically, it doesn't really matter because I get a lot more positive feedback but it might discourage childish behavior if it stopped having an affect after 4-5 times.

 

[Scutter01]

No, the reputation numbers are not on a sliding scale. You'll receive points based on the granter's stats. Your reputation pips are on a scale, however, as described by BoR a couple of posts above. The person who keeps neg. repping you must not have a lot of rep power.

 

[rcuhljr]

Nah it's more just the fact that mostly people are much more positive on these forums so there's a lot of good karma flying around.

 

[JetGirl]

there's a lot of good karma flying around.

I LOVE karma! Especially in those Whitman's Sampler boxes...the square ones are always chocolate covered karma and those are my favorite!

 

[Scutter01]

I LOVE karma! Especially in those Whitman's Sampler boxes...the square ones are always chocolate covered karma and those are my favorite!

I prefer my karma to be bacon-wrapped.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I LOVE karma! Especially in those Whitman's Sampler boxes...the square ones are always chocolate covered karma and those are my favorite!

I know! The rectangle ones, too!

(Actually, I think most chocolate companies have gotten away from it, but when I was a kid, there was a magazine article I saw that explained not only what shape was what, but what the swirls on top meant to tell you what was inside the chocolate. A square piece with a kind of an O shape swirl on top meant it was an orange "karma", for example. I'd love to find that list again.)

Blessings,
B

 

[GetA2J]

I know! The rectangle ones, too!

(Actually, I think most chocolate companies have gotten away from it, but when I was a kid, there was a magazine article I saw that explained not only what shape was what, but what the swirls on top meant to tell you what was inside the chocolate. A square piece with a kind of an O shape swirl on top meant it was an orange "karma", for example. I'd love to find that list again.)

Blessings,
B

I'd love to be a kid again!

 

[Bill of Rights]

I'd love to be a kid again!

I'd go back if I could choose when and if I could come back to my adulthood whenever I chose to. I'd especially go back if I could change a few things I did that I wish I'd done differently. But to go back and be stuck there all over again? NO THANKS!

Blessings,
B

 

[Scutter01]

I know! The rectangle ones, too!

(Actually, I think most chocolate companies have gotten away from it, but when I was a kid, there was a magazine article I saw that explained not only what shape was what, but what the swirls on top meant to tell you what was inside the chocolate. A square piece with a kind of an O shape swirl on top meant it was an orange "karma", for example. I'd love to find that list again.)

Blessings,
B

As far as I recall, each chocolate maker had their own "code", although many of them tended to overlap. I believe they still do it, too.

 

[Turtle]

yum choco-rep...lol kinda weird guys.

 

[Pami]

I'd go back if I could choose when and if I could come back to my adulthood whenever I chose to. I'd especially go back if I could change a few things I did that I wish I'd done differently. But to go back and be stuck there all over again? NO THANKS!

Blessings,
B

I've thought that a few times, but most of the mistakes I've made have helped make me the person that I am. I'm overall pretty satisfied with how my life has turned out, good and bad. The only thing I'd change is where I went to college the first time, and I'd definitely stay until I was completely done (with my first degree).

 

[Benny]

Hey! Looky who has 3 bars now!

Don't get jealous though.

*Also, +1 post boost.*

 

[dburkhead]

I've thought that a few times, but most of the mistakes I've made have helped make me the person that I am. I'm overall pretty satisfied with how my life has turned out, good and bad. The only thing I'd change is where I went to college the first time, and I'd definitely stay until I was completely done (with my first degree).

Oh, Lordy, do I grok that. I ended up in the Air Force (as opposed to another branch of service) and in a very bad "career field" for me due to some serious self confidence issues growing up (which, although it might not show much on this board, still plague me from time to time). The result of that led me step by step through depression, poverty, more depression, and so on. But all that heck I went through ended up with me finally going to college in the early 90's and put me in the position to meet the woman who has since become my wife, to have the wonderful daughter we have and put me where I am now.

If I could go back and change it? I really don't know.

 

[El Cazador]

New question:

Can we turn down rep points? Refuse them?