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Fish In The Water · 01-02-13, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

A lot of members were put off by the whole thing, I think because they felt it would have an adverse impact of the friendliness of the forum as a whole.

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Users gain and lose reputation based on how their posts are scored by other forum participants. Users with the ability to affect reputation, will either give or take aways points by approving or disapproving with a post's content.

User reputation can be a divisive element of your forum so great care should be taken before a decision is made to enable it.

Ha ha, no kidding!

My biggest concern is with the 'popularity' aspect of the whole idea. Take for example the case of a mod-related post which is fairly technical, and as such may seem a little dry to most members.

The post itself could be incredibly insightful, even detailing a long-sought breakthrough, and yet be largely ignored because it lacks 'street appeal.'

This being the case, I don't think it's a good idea to compare apples and oranges by throwing all types of posts into the same barrel. Especially if it makes someone who's worked hard in a niche area feel overlooked.

Just my two cents.