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Old 09-21-2007, 01:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I have seen some great questions raised in the PDFSP Forums, with some even greater answers given, yet hardly anybody has reputation beyond “a distinguished road”.

With over 110,000 posts, this forum is already well-established and a great community to join and provide value for others.

Not that it makes a big difference to me, because there are some of the smartest people on the net around here, helping others, etc. Just curious as to why we don’t really use the system.
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Old 09-21-2007, 01:50 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I use it when i see a post that i feel is awesome

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Old 09-21-2007, 02:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Somehow, marking a post is a bit impersonal. When I have something to add I usually post in the thread or write a PM to the person.
I don't know of any forum that activly uses the reputation function.
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Old 09-21-2007, 08:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks for the rep, whoever it was
(It doesn't say who gave it to me, not on the actual post nor in my user cp)
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Old 09-22-2007, 07:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Is there any way to see who's giving out reputation? Where would I look to find that sort of thing?
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Old 09-22-2007, 08:00 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Yes, on your User CP panel.
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Old 09-22-2007, 08:10 PM   #7 (permalink)
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It doesn't say WHO gave me the rep on the User CP, just the comment, what thread it came from, and the date it was received.
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Old 09-23-2007, 12:01 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Thanks for the rep, whoever it was
(It doesn't say who gave it to me, not on the actual post nor in my user cp)
I gave you the rep just to see if the reputation function actually worked. I guess it does!
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Thanks for the thought, Zukin, but it says I didn't receive any rep from you (or anyone today, *timewise* on the user cp), I'll see about giving you some
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I'm not here for reputation points or anything like that... I'm here to learn and grow and to help others grow. I'm also not forum or computer savvy, so at first I didn't have any clue that I could do that sort of thing. Yet, I believe learning and helping is/should be the goal of this forum. I thank those who give reps, and now that I know the function I may give some too, but I think our goal should reach beyond this.
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I'm not here for reputation points or anything like that... I'm here to learn and grow and to help others grow. I'm also not forum or computer savvy, so at first I didn't have any clue that I could do that sort of thing. Yet, I believe learning and helping is/should be the goal of this forum. I thank those who give reps, and now that I know the function I may give some too, but I think our goal should reach beyond this.
I would prefer that reputation not be enabled. I believe the number associated with reputation would become the focus for a small minority and distract from the conversations here in the same manner the number of posts for each user have been for some in the past.
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I would prefer that reputation not be enabled. I believe the number associated with reputation would become the focus for a small minority and distract from the conversations here in the same manner the number of posts for each user have been for some in the past.
That's entirely up to Steve (or Erin). It's not a big deal to me if it's kept or not either. I just found it odd that the function is enabled, yet no seems to use it. Do you think the community would be better off if it were to be disabled?
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It's not a big deal to me if it's kept or not either. I just found it odd that the function is enabled, yet no seems to use it. Do you think the community would be better off if it were to be disabled?
My intuition says that the reputation feature could be distracting from the content of the forums. I do not feel strongly against or for the feature. If I had to make the decision to leave it enabled or disable it I would probably disable it.
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I do give out reputation, 'cause it's fun to do. I had never checked before now to see if I had received any - I did, about a month ago. AND it was in reference to a post that I've since doubted, wondering if I said something "the wrong way". Nice to get that "outside" confirmation.

I'm glad the reputation thing has never been a focus here, though.
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