Excellent! Any idea when it's being released?

The only possible problem with the reputation points is that people might start taking them too seriously, and start working by a rule of "the amount of respect I show you is proportional to your reputation score", or worse, "I have a higher score than all these people and so I am better than them".

They shouldn't be used as a rating system for how good a person is or anything, just as a way to make someone feel a sense of achievement. That said, I think it would be a very good thing to try out. If people start getting too elitist about it, then it could just be taken down again, but hopefully that won't happen.

MathsIsFun wrote:

...but that you only have 5 points you can give in any month, and you can't give to the same person twice in a row.

... or yourself, I guess?

Devanté wrote:

This idea is good, but it wouldn't be good as a 'part' of the forum, if anyone gets my drift.

Ummm, I think you drifted past me there ...

You are right, people may just form groups and give all their points to each other.

But then reasons would have to be monitored and argued about. We need something automatic.

We have to find a way to make the thing fa

Yeah, something like 2 per week sounds better. Some members might give out all their points in the first week and find they have no more left for the really useful posts later on.

This is a good idea if you can get it to filter logged IPs. That'll reduce abuse by half.

Devante wrote:

If so, then yes, we do need to find a way to make the system fair. I think five points a month sounds a bit strict, perhaps two (or three?) points a week.

I don't think it really matters how many we have. I know another forum which gives one point a day and people don't abuse it. At the start, I'm sure we'll have fun playing with the feature, but after that, the novelty might wear off and the system will be used sensibly.

Also, are we just having a system where you can only add points, or you can take them away too?

justlookingforthemoment wrote:

I know another forum which gives one point a day and people don't abuse it.

That forum would probably be ProBoards. They allow only one 'Exalt' or 'Smite' per day, each being opposites of one another. It should be obvious what each one does.

And yes, I think we are focusing on taking away points, too. Should the point deduction be introduced to be used in lesser amounts than that of the point addition?

Hmm I don't remember what it was I deleted

Devanté wrote:

Hmm...so it would be like 'karma'? VBulletin have been known to use it in all of their latest versions. If we do introduce this system, we obviously shouldn't open it to guests. I don't think we should open it to members with a Novice rank, either, as people could easily register here at MathsIsFun to just use up their 5 points from the new system and then never return. This may not exactly happen, but something similar may, causing a slight problem.

(similar to what you said )