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    • coliverC
      coliver
      last edited by

      Wait... there was a reputation function on this forum? I thought the up/down vote was just for those posts. Good to know I won't be missing anything.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @coliver
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        @coliver said:

        Wait... there was a reputation function on this forum? I thought the up/down vote was just for those posts. Good to know I won't be missing anything.

        Yes, it meant nothing and everyone realized that. Or nearly so. But until we can make the points not be applied to people, it just can't be there 😞

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        • IRJI
          IRJ
          last edited by

          Was this a personal attack or just a glitch?

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @IRJ
            last edited by

            @IRJ said:

            Was this a personal attack or just a glitch?

            Personal

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            • thanksajdotcomT
              thanksajdotcom @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said:

              The only one that cared about it was AJ.

              Because he had to harp about it so much someone obviously took pains to annoy him about it as much as he was annoying the rest of us.

              Go edit the css or something for the profile page to not show the reputation.

              No, please, tell us all how much you don't like me. Don't hold back now.

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @IRJ
                last edited by

                @IRJ said:

                Was this a personal attack or just a glitch?

                Personal.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                  last edited by

                  @thanksaj said:

                  @JaredBusch said:

                  The only one that cared about it was AJ.

                  Because he had to harp about it so much someone obviously took pains to annoy him about it as much as he was annoying the rest of us.

                  Go edit the css or something for the profile page to not show the reputation.

                  No, please, tell us all how much you don't like me. Don't hold back now.

                  AJ, you are just egging people on. Just let it go.

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @IRJ said:

                    Was this a personal attack or just a glitch?

                    Personal

                    It's too bad. I thought reputation was a really nice idea compared to an actual ranking. Rankings reward numbers of posts, where reputation rewards quality of posts.

                    Has anyone ever been banned from Mangolassi (other than bots)?

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                    • Minion QueenM
                      Minion Queen
                      last edited by

                      Haven't needed to yet. I know that time will come as we grow, but for now bots are the only ones.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @IRJ
                        last edited by

                        @IRJ said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @IRJ said:

                        Was this a personal attack or just a glitch?

                        Personal

                        It's too bad. I thought reputation was a really nice idea compared to an actual ranking. Rankings reward numbers of posts, where reputation rewards quality of posts.

                        Has anyone ever been banned from Mangolassi (other than bots)?

                        Posts at least shows a solid, understood quantity. Reputation is more confusing. It is subjective. You get high rankings for being funny, being technical and, still, for shear volume. So there is actually negative value in it as a metric because it doesn't reflect anything specific so the only way to use it is to infer something to the value that doesn't actually exist. So the metric actually is only misleading, and never useful. Better not to have it.

                        How upvotes on an individual post or thread, totally different. That has value because both there is no real means of gaming that and because people understand what the value is tied to.

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                        • thanksajdotcomT
                          thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @IRJ said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @IRJ said:

                          Was this a personal attack or just a glitch?

                          Personal

                          It's too bad. I thought reputation was a really nice idea compared to an actual ranking. Rankings reward numbers of posts, where reputation rewards quality of posts.

                          Has anyone ever been banned from Mangolassi (other than bots)?

                          Posts at least shows a solid, understood quantity. Reputation is more confusing. It is subjective. You get high rankings for being funny, being technical and, still, for shear volume. So there is actually negative value in it as a metric because it doesn't reflect anything specific so the only way to use it is to infer something to the value that doesn't actually exist. So the metric actually is only misleading, and never useful. Better not to have it.

                          How upvotes on an individual post or thread, totally different. That has value because both there is no real means of gaming that and because people understand what the value is tied to.

                          Yeah, I agree. Someone who posts mostly in Water Closet and posts funny, relatable pictures (like @scottalanmiller ) may have dozens or hundreds in reputation. That doesn't mean that when that person posts in a technical area that they are more credible. Reputation for people becomes almost a popularity contest. Reputation for posts shows validity and value to the thread.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            It is not much of a popularity contest, it is really just about volume with a small variation from there. The more you post, the more chances for reputation.

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                            • art_of_shredA
                              art_of_shred
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                              Not really. Whether my posts generate interest or strike a chord with other members is not a random thing controlled by the laws of probability. I could write 1000 posts that are just dumb and useless, or I could only write works of pure genius that garner many reputation points. It has nothing to do with the law of averages. It has to do with the nature of what I share and how it is reacted to in th ecommunity.

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                              • art_of_shredA
                                art_of_shred
                                last edited by

                                And to be sure, everything I contribute is pure genius, whether any of you dolts get it or not. 😛

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                                • thanksajdotcomT
                                  thanksajdotcom @art_of_shred
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                                  @art_of_shred said:

                                  And to be sure, everything I contribute is pure genius, whether any of you dolts get it or not. 😛

                                  Keep telling yourself that... 😛

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                                  • art_of_shredA
                                    art_of_shred
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                                    there. you've proven my point.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
                                      last edited by

                                      @art_of_shred said:

                                      Not really. Whether my posts generate interest or strike a chord with other members is not a random thing controlled by the laws of probability. I could write 1000 posts that are just dumb and useless, or I could only write works of pure genius that garner many reputation points. It has nothing to do with the law of averages. It has to do with the nature of what I share and how it is reacted to in th ecommunity.

                                      One really good posts only gains a handful of points, though. And would not show up in the charts because the charts are volume, not ratio.

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                                      • art_of_shredA
                                        art_of_shred
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                                        Yeah, but that's only one piece of the puzzle. It's a function of multiple variables, of which one is volume.

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                                        • JoyJ
                                          Joy @art_of_shred
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                                          @art_of_shred said:

                                          And to be sure, everything I contribute is pure genius, whether any of you dolts get it or not. 😛

                                          I want to Upvote this post + 🙂

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                                          • thanksajdotcomT
                                            thanksajdotcom @Joy
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                                            @Joyfano said:

                                            @art_of_shred said:

                                            And to be sure, everything I contribute is pure genius, whether any of you dolts get it or not. 😛

                                            I want to Upvote this post + 🙂

                                            Don't encourage him...

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