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How does it work? I don't see any options anywhere to rate other users, but I see lots of people with large "Rep Power" scores.
 
You can add to someone's rep points by clicking on the little white scale that's at the bottom of the side bar beside the person's post. I think for every rep power unit, it takes 100 rep points, or something like that. There's another thread out there that discusses this better.
 
Rep power is the number next to the green circles. That number is the number of rep points you can give to someone or half the number you can take from someone. You don't get rep power until you have reached your 100th post. You receive more rep power with every 100 rep points you receive from others, with every 100 posts you make and on you anniversary of registering. You can only give rep points if you have made 100 posts and have a number (rep power) by the green circles. Only Participating Members and above can give negative rep points. Everyone can give positive rep points.

I think that about covers it.
 
I think webslave could best answer this one.....

I also noticed some odd changes in the system not too long ago. I'd like to know what changed.
 
WOO HOO!!! I just hit 100 posts and got my Rep Power. It was nice to see it go from 0 to 31.

I rarely posted here although I read almost daily. Didn't realize that it would affect anything. Change is good!

And I want to thank everyone who gave me good rep points! I makes me feel good to know someone appreciates what I have to say!!!!
 
TopShelfExotics said:
I think webslave could best answer this one.....

I also noticed some odd changes in the system not too long ago. I'd like to know what changed.
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How the heck should I know? :rolleyes: I am tweaking things behind the scenes every now and again whenever I feel like digging into something. Seems to me I changed the formula concerning rep power a while back or changed the threshold, I'm not sure. Probably took place around the time when I restricted negative reputation points to Contributors and above.

Sorry, but I just don't keep notes on the stuff I do in the admin area here.
 
Hehe, I have to confess though- after I read that it takes 100 posts to have rep power, I immediately found 7 threads to post my 94th-100th comments on :)
 
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Hehe, I have to confess though- after I read that it takes 100 posts to have rep power, I immediately found 7 threads to post my 94th-100th comments on :)
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Warning points for that Webslave? J/K LMAO
 
guess I don't get it after all

I actually came looking for this thread, because I have been noticing the rep power & points for awhile. I pretty much get the connection with the # of posts, and when people give points, and how the rep power affects that...BUT the numbers just don't make sense to me. For example, I have made 400+posts, not gotten warning points (do they factor in somehow?), and not gotten any negative points that I have seen (I've looked). My rep power is 28, and I have 1673 rep points. But then I look at some others and see people showing more power, with far fewer points, and fewer posts (for example r.power of 52, with 650-699 points, @ 126 posts (almost 2x my rep power, but less than 1/2 my points and 1/3 my posts); r power of 32, with 250-349 pts @ 180 posts, etc
*scratches head and in best Barbarino says* I'm so confused
 
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When someone agrees with a post you have made, when they GIVE you their approval, you get a numerical increase in your reppoints. Were I to give you the nod, you'd increase by 286 points. Were I to give you a kick in the butt, or disagree with you, your total would be lowered by 143 points, half of my total.

So, if lots of folks like what you say, even if you have a low post count, you can have really high rep points.
 
yeah - I got that part...its the ones that have the low post count, and the low rep points, but higher rep power that confuse me
 
This list of admin reputation settings may help explain how it works a little bit better.

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Thanks, Webslave. it clarifies a few things...but not the one question I've been struggling with. I guess it can be broken down to "what is the relationship of Rep Power to Rep Points?". I'm just trying to figure out how people acquire high rep power, without accumulating a mass of rep points or posting a volume of threads (example: the previously mentioned case with r.power of 52, with 650-699 points, @ 126 posts...almost 2x my rep power, but less than 1/2 my points and 1/3 my posts). Again, this is just to satisfy my curiosity - not trying to cause a ruckus
 
I think the formula is pretty much self explanatory. Check the figures that are pertinent to getting a high reputation power. What are they?
  • Length of time being a member
  • Number of posts made
  • Number of reputation points others have given them

Obviously the members who have been around the longest will get a much higher power rating since they get 1 point for every 30 days a member. That can add up to a lot of points, and is actually the most influential factor in the formula. Some people have been here since 2002. If they have also made a lot of posts in that time, that can certainly influence the power factor as well.
 
I guess I was thinking that if the rep Power was higher, the person(s) would have higher accumulated rep Points to go with it (even points that were just added in with time, regardless of those added through posting or by others). The time factor was one I hadn't paid enough attention to, so that may have been the cause for my confusion. Let me ask one more question, and I'll drop it all (even if I am still unsure).
IF a person's "points" are significantly lowered due to negative feedback, does their "power" get affected?
 
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