View Poll Results: Rep re-set?

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  • Yes: re-set DavidJames' rep only, see how he likes it

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    I wouldn't be opposed to a rep re-set either. It's rather inflated and meaningless really. Nice to get comments about posts but the actuall score means nothing really.

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    I wouldn't be opposed to a rep re-set either. It's rather inflated and meaningless really. Nice to get comments about posts but the actuall score means nothing really.
    Only problem with a rep re-set is that newbies come along and see "DavidJames: 10000 posts over 5 years, but only 27 rep. Obviously rarely posts anything of worth".

    And newbies should have to lurk ages before coming to that conclusion...

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin View Post
    Only problem with a rep re-set is that newbies come along and see "DavidJames: 10000 posts over 5 years, but only 27 rep. Obviously rarely posts anything of worth".

    And newbies should have to lurk ages before coming to that conclusion...
    True. We should probably have a post reset as well. In fact, let's just kill all the stats altogether.

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    If there has to be rep at all (still dont see a need for it) wouldnt it be more accurate if the rep was calculated as a procentage of the amount of posts the individual had made?

    The procentage could then equate to one of 5 levels of rep.......

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Connie View Post
    If there has to be rep at all (still dont see a need for it) wouldnt it be more accurate if the rep was calculated as a procentage of the amount of posts the individual had made?

    The procentage could then equate to one of 5 levels of rep.......
    Sounds like a good idea, assuming you mean percentage (for a moment I thought "procentage" was some esoteric statistical term, but googling it only came up with about 7000 typos for percentage, and no distinct definition).

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Connie View Post
    If there has to be rep at all (still dont see a need for it) wouldnt it be more accurate if the rep was calculated as a procentage of the amount of posts the individual had made?
    Not for everybody- posts are counted since you joined the forum, but rep is only counted since the last rep reset. There wasn't always a rep system either, so any posts I made in 2003, for instance, have no realistic prospect of being "repped".

    My favourite suggestion (can't remember who made it) is to have a system where rep "decays" so the most recent posts count most.

    You could do really complex stuff with "half-life" rules but a simple rule would be to only look back at the last 6 months (on a rolling basis).

    So for instance if you counted "rep points in the last 6 months" (and if you wanted a percentage, "posts made in the last 6 months" as a denominator) then you could have a more realistic count of who's contributed recently.

    I don't know if the forum software allows anything that sophisticated though.
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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidY View Post
    My favourite suggestion (can't remember who made it) is to have a system where rep "decays" so the most recent posts count most.
    That was me! I think - could have been ESG, but I do remember it... I think it was a "1% per week" thing - but I suspect that's practically impossible to implement.

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    I don't want a rep re-set.

    I'm a few days away from my 2nd rep power point and a few more rep points away from my third... So as usual I suspect as soon as I reach one of them, Franck will change everything and I'll get back to 1. So unfair

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    That was me! I think - could have been ESG, but I do remember it... I think it was a "1% per week" thing - but I suspect that's practically impossible to implement.
    I don't see why it would be any significantly harder than any of the other options.

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf1970 View Post
    I wouldn't be opposed to a rep re-set either. It's rather inflated and meaningless really. Nice to get comments about posts but the actuall score means nothing really.
    It kind of suggests how 'impotant' your contribution to the forum has been over the years to me

    wether by joke, fact,help etc etc

    I cant see it being meaningless ?

    A decreasing rep score may create more rep tarts

    I dont give much rep out but when I do I always tend to get some back

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin View Post
    I don't see why it would be any significantly harder than any of the other options.
    Lots of calculation involved - rounding etc. - plus a regular systems admin task to set up.

    Whereas a re-set is simple, and it has precedent.

    Although possibly I'm just motivated by anticipating the howls of anguish coming from people like Caro.

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Lots of calculation involved - rounding etc. - plus a regular systems admin task to set up.
    new_rep = floor(old_rep * .99 +.5) is hardly "lots of calculation". I know that Franck occasionally does a "recalc rep from scratch rather than use running totals", and it would be a little tricky to keep that consistent. But then the whole point of that recalc is to fix errors in the running totals, so if they don't match perfectly it's hardly the end of the world.

    Yeah, you'd have to run it once a week, but I can't see that as much of a problem.

    Whereas a re-set is simple, and it has precedent.
    True. What would be nice (but is probably not simple) is a way of knowing how many posts someone has made since the last reset. Given that we have had certain posters claiming "My posts have more support that yours, because I've got 200 rep in the 3 months I've been here and you only have 2000 rep over 5 years".

    Although possibly I'm just motivated by anticipating the howls of anguish coming from people like Caro.
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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Although possibly I'm just motivated by anticipating the howls of anguish coming from people like Caro.
    yeah, right, like you don't look at your rep score... if I was bored I'd link to all the threads you have created on the subject of rep...

    DJ, rep-obsessed moderator ?

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    yeah, right, like you don't look at your rep score... if I was bored I'd link to all the threads you have created on the subject of rep...

    DJ, rep-obsessed moderator ?
    I'm obsessed with getting rid of it, does that count?

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    I'm obsessed with getting rid of it, does that count?
    Is that an invitation to everyone to neg rep you?

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Caro View Post
    yeah, right, like you don't look at your rep score...
    He probably doesn't

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    He probably doesn't
    clearly not

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by Twirly View Post
    Is that an invitation to everyone to neg rep you?
    Feel free...

    Actually, getting Catbert-y about it, I think the ideal solution is for Franck to re-recalculate the power formula, that could cause more pain...

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    Re: Rep re-set?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    I'm obsessed with getting rid of it, does that count?
    I think you're obsessed with having it all, all I tell you, All, ALL, ALL

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