The Issue With the Rep System

The Issue With the Rep System

As you know, they rep system "isn't working" for some users. The cause of this is rather obvious.

Anyone that joined before the rep system was added had a rep of 0. With that being said, I will explain how the rep system is weighted.

The higher your reputation level, the more reputation someone receives when you "+rep" them. Likewise, the lower your reputation level, the LESS reputation someone receives when you "+rep" them.

If you didn't figure it out by now, what is happening is simple: If you have 0 rep, and +rep someone, you do not change their reputation level at all. You simply add "0" to their reputation.



As you can see in that image, the reputation I received for that post was "even" since Richard, having a reputation of 0, added 0 to my rep, my rep was the same as before.

I hope this is understandable, I tried to make it as un-confusing as possible. This was rather obvious, surprised no one noticed sooner :P

I will talk to Richard about a few ways to fix this. Might come down to Mods getting high rep, so that it can be evenly distributed etc, we will work something out. For the time being, just keep using the Rep system like normal.

Thanks,
RSF Staff and Management Team

EDIT:
Mods are getting REP and are going to be responsible for kick-starting the REP system. Richard has just gone in and fixed this.

MODS: Give rep where rep is due so that we can get this thing off the ground!

i dont get the whole thing anyways so im going to ignore it :P

PS if you noticed on that thread, richard was saying thanks to the other guy for the review not you :P

EDIT: ok, so much for for ignoring it

[Joshua]

Give admin's & mods +1 rep simple fix.

[Aje]

Originally Posted by Brimmy

Give admin's & mods +1 rep simple fix.

thats what they do on other sites, im a team member of another community - Not RS

[Zypur]

Alright, thanks for figuring this out Phae.

Haha, I had to read your post twice, before I understood it.:doh:

[Drag0nSlay3r]

I still have 0 REP. =/

My rep is 0 yet people with 0 posts are 'on a distinguished road'.
Hope this'll be fixed soon enough.

Originally Posted by Drag0nSlay3r

I still have 0 REP. =/

My rep is 0 yet people with 0 posts are 'on a distinguished road'.
Hope this'll be fixed soon enough.

You have some now.

[Chickenultra]

Ahh... thanks for explaining

[Eskimo Bob]

k that explains all of it... cause i know someone repped me but it didn't end up adding up to my rep points