Reputation and Badges [10]

ignatzatsonic said:

...Frankly---I've been on the net for 20 years and have never seen a tech forum with any type of rep system other than this forum.

It's actually fairly common. These do, for starters:

https://discuss.howtogeek.com/

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Lady Fitzgerald said:

That may be true for you but be careful about assuming it is true for others. It isn't for me and there are plenty of others I'm reasonably sure feel the same as I do.

See, we do not always disagree :).

Kari said:

I have a principle never to rep anyone who I have seen begging the rep, be it in a sig, included in a post or in a visitor or private message sent to me.

I thought that begging for Rep was against the forum rules:

7) No Rep begging or abuse of the Rep System.

https://www.sevenforums.com/misc.php?do=showrules

ignatzatsonic said:

A "like" button would be one more sign of the apocalypse. In my opinion. I want fewer signs, not more.

Since I seem to have provoked this discussion, I will just restate that (IMO) the "scales" icon is basically meaningless.
New "whippersnapper" members would understand a "Like" button.

The "Thumbs Up" icon in TenForums is more meaningful. :)

Kari said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

That may be true for you but be careful about assuming it is true for others. It isn't for me and there are plenty of others I'm reasonably sure feel the same as I do.

See, we do not always disagree :).

Never said we did.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

That may be true for you but be careful about assuming it is true for others. It isn't for me and there are plenty of others I'm reasonably sure feel the same as I do.

Well said!

In my more than 5 years of SF life, I have never seen that a person motivated by reps and badges could continue here for long.

There was a like system here for a few days which failed to sustain.

marsmimar said:

But in the end, I find the friendships I've made and the knowledge I've gained to be so much more rewarding than reps or medals.

Extremely well said :).

Kari said:

marsmimar said:

But in the end, I find the friendships I've made and the knowledge I've gained to be so much more rewarding than reps or medals.

Extremely well said :).

marsmimar said:

Just one more opinion, if I may. When I first joined this Forum in Dec 2009 I was a total newbie when it came to Windows 7 having migrated directly from XP. As far as the Forum goes, I didn't even know there was a rep system or that I had been repped for a few answers I gave until a couple of months after the fact. Once I learned about the repping system I said to myself, "That's cool."

Over the years I've seen a lot of people banned from the Forum for various violations, some involving the rep system. I've seen other people who joined the Forum months (and in a few cases years) after me who have achieved more reps, more medals, and more status. But in the end, I find the friendships I've made and the knowledge I've gained to be so much more rewarding than reps or medals.

I think you deserve a Rep for that post.