A thank/reputation system on the forum...

peterattheboro · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:39

Would it work?

Sp00n · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:39

Yes, but it would never get implemented.

peterattheboro · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:40

I figured it was a popular addon for vbulletin and could be implemented easily?

I was aware OcUK wouldn't do third party mods?

[TW]Fox · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:40

No, because I'd have a 'Reputation' of -1 billion because every time I said Corsas were not very good all the Corsa owners would negative rep me

4T5 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:40

We have our Trust, I've had somebody post a Thanks helpful guy sort of thing in my Trust which wasn't to do with a sale. :cool:

Edrof · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:41

[TW]Fox;18309858 said:
No, because I'd have a 'Reputation' of -1 billion because every time I said Corsas were not very good all the Corsa owners would negative rep me

I downgraded you in my head.

I don't even have a Corsa.

G-MAN2004 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:41

Rep system = popularity contest

If you want an idea of how it wouldn't work well at all, visit the misc (bodybuilding.com).

Burnsy2023 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:41

4T5 said:
We have our Trust, I've had somebody post a Thanks helpful guy sort of thing in my Trust which wasn't to do with a sale.

That's not what the trust is meant for.

Sp00n · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:41

peterattheboro said:
I figured it was a popular addon for vbulletin and could be implemented easily?

The easiness of it is irrelevant, it just won't happen.

Burnsy2023 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:42

[TW]Fox;18309858 said:
No, because I'd have a 'Reputation' of -1 billion because every time I said Corsas were not very good all the Corsa owners would negative rep me

What if there was a 'Thanks' button that gave a score without a negative option?

peterattheboro · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:42

[TW]Fox;18309858 said:
No, because I'd have a 'Reputation' of -1 billion because every time I said Corsas were not very good all the Corsa owners would negative rep me

Bwahahaha. And my plan was foiled.

The trust system is only really used for the MM though

4T5 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:43

Burnsy2023 said:
That's not what the trust is meant for.

That's a shame as i really appreciated it.

Steedie · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:44

[TW]Fox;18309858 said:
No, because I'd have a 'Reputation' of -1 billion because every time I said Corsas were not very good all the Corsa owners would negative rep me

I agree, Fox would break it with the amount of negative rep he'd get

G-MAN2004 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:45

Burnsy2023 said:
What if there was a 'Thanks' button that gave a score without a negative option?

Still open to lots of abuse.

Everything works fine as it is. If someone has done something helpful, a quick 'thanks' post will suffice.

something daft already!! · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:45

Rep and thanks work really well on quality forums, when implemented and used correctly. I seriously doubt the members here would be able to cope and it would be a shambles here.

sigma · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:45

Burnsy2023 said:
What if there was a 'Thanks' button that gave a score without a negative option?

I feel the counter wouldn't be able to cope with the number of 'Thanks, you're awesome!' points that I would get.

It would be in the zillions!

peterattheboro · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:45

Burnsy2023 said:
What if there was a 'Thanks' button that gave a score without a negative option?

That's what i'm thinking. Only positive points would be recieved. For things like Candyman's epic build thread and easyrider's cinema room thread. These people would recieve massive reputation boosts.

Might encourage people to do more cool stuff :cool:

Cosimo · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:46

I’ve seen it implemented with a thanks meter just below your username on the left which is rather nice. Can’t see it happening but you can always say it in a post.

Deleted member 77746 · 25 Jan 2011 at 12:47

Don't need one, it won't work. Will just get abuse.