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[atheium]

it seems to me, that very few people actually use the rep system properly. not to say abuse but rather just ignoring it.

i think a solution could be adding a value to each users posts that says how many +/- reps they have given. this could be a bar or just a number.. another option would be to give a small amount of rep for using the rep system itself! as in every time you rep someone you yourself get a small amount of rep. (like 1.. or 2)

personally i think the better option is a Independent value recording the number of reps. this hopefully would make users more aware of the system, and perhaps notice when others are doing their part more then them causing them to try harder.

just an idea. comments?

[zeroradius]

well the problem to your second suggestion would be every one would start repping just to gain rep themselves which kind of ruins the whole point of rep. I think the reason people don't rep often is because of our geeky nature. Think about it; the majority of programmer for a long time (not as much any more but still a bit) were people who did not care what others thought about them. If they had cared they would have worked to be "cool" rather then fiddling with computers. I think that translates to these forums as well after all rep is a way of showing how other people feel about that person (are they helpful, are they liked, etc.). I personally don't give that much rep nor do I care about getting rep.

[lor]

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another option would be to give a small amount of rep for using the rep system itself! as in every time you rep someone you yourself get a small amount of rep. (like 1.. or 2)

I agree with zeroradius on his response to this, but still - props for the idea.

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I think the reason people don't rep often is because of our geeky nature. Think about it; the majority of programmer for a long time (not as much any more but still a bit) were people who did not care what others thought about them. If they had cared they would have worked to be "cool" rather then fiddling with computers.

Personally, I don't think it has anything to do with that - I think that a lot of the newbies here may not be aware that they can rep someone if they had help from another member - they usually stay to ask a question and then head off. With the more active members... well I can't speak for anyone else but I don't ask for a lot of help so I hardly rep.

I think that it would be a nice idea to make the reputations viewable to the public instead of just the user. I've been on another forum like that and the reputation points are hugely used. Just an idea. :)

[BlaineSch]

Also notice new users may have the ability to rep but it does not count for anything. So even if they rep it won't change a thing. There are very few people who have over 10 posts and stay around.

[cdg10620]

You could apply this to users who have proven themselves. Currently your "title", like mine for instance is "programming professional", is controlled by the number of posts that have been posted. Why can't the administrators also give "honorable titles" to users who have been around a while and proven themselves useful to the community? Then you could apply the REP rewards to users who use it and meet a certain criteria.

What do you guys think about that?

[wim DC]

I think the reputation button is too well hidden. Just put the text "Was this person helpful?" there.

[zeroradius]

cdg10620 said:

You could apply this to users who have proven themselves. Currently your "title", like mine for instance is "programming professional", is controlled by the number of posts that have been posted. Why can't the administrators also give "honorable titles" to users who have been around a while and proven themselves useful to the community? Then you could apply the REP rewards to users who use it and meet a certain criteria.

What do you guys think about that?

They have that .... sort of. Things such as CodeSlinger and Guru require both a certain number of post and a certain amount of rep

[lor]

oxano said:

I think the reputation button is too well hidden. Just put the text "Was this person helpful?" there.

Yeah it doesn't stand out and you can't automatically tell "oh yep - this is definitely the rep button".

[Vswe]

You guys means something like this?

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[lor]

I've never seen that before on CodeCall

[PsychoCoder]

Vswe said:

You guys means something like this?

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I think that would be a great addition to CC

[Roger]

Just my $0.02 on this.. to me, this is a question of motivation. I've only been here for a few months, but have noticed that most of the top contributors on CC don't really care much about rep points. They just like to help out and answer questions and know that they're being useful. This leads to my next point.. I saw this the other day on @ericschmidt: The science of motivation; explained on a whiteboard, on youtube. Absolutely fascinating YouTube - RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us