Reporting abusive reps
I think there should be an option that you should be able to report reputation comments if they are abusive.
This could work the same way as it is if we report abusive posts. Cept for one difference. You will not know who is the person abusing you, but you could still report it. If the moderators find the rep message abusive it should be removed along with the reppoints lost (or given) and the person who did it should lose the privilige of using the reputation system for a while. This way we weed out the abusive messages that shouldnt really be in there. |
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go to #forums, pm a mod, let them sort it.
i know the mods can delete or edit reps, dunno if it would restore the rep points lost or given tho. as for restricting use of the rep system - dunno if thats possible but an account ban would certainly do it |
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If you really want to stop abusive reps make it so the forumnick of the person giving the rep is automaticly added to it. It will discourage people from sending abusive reps as they are usually not signed ;)
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I don't think that it is a major problem at present, although I don't actually have any problems with neg reps :p.
If your reps are abusive and you feel this to be unacceptable, go to JammyJim (forums admin), JonnyBGood or Wakey (supermods) and they will take appropriate action. You can either board pm them or find them in #forums on Netgamers IRC (this isn't an official channel, mods just happen to live there). |
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Have names appear on both pos and neg rep. If you feel strongly enough to neg rep someone, you should be brave enough to have your name on it.
pos reps appear to be signed anyways |
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The day I start caring about abusive reps is the day Smudge starts talking intelligent.
I was more thinking about alot of the new players who comes here, registers an account. Doesnt know how to make post that are acceptable to the community and gets alot of foul comments in their pm's. I've been told about this by several people, especially from newstarting alliances that they dont understand why the people on the forums really need to write insulting messages behind their little red blobs. Maybe instead of trying to make these people stay away from the forums you might try to tell them in a nice civilized way how to make posts. So can we please do anything about this baboon behaviour and try to get the worst rep trollers to understand that in order for new people to think that this community likes getting new people on the boards and in the game they need to be met with a welcoming hand, not moronic insults and foul behaviour.. |
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Theres a sticky about the rep system at the top of the forums saying what it is. Most new forum members should read that prior to posting - when it was introduced I glanced at it then found out how cool the little blobs were. The point you make about new starting alliances isn't really valid due to the amount of feedback they get is because there threads arn't conducted in a "proper" manner. There is the Alliance HC 101 thread (which I found quite helpful when writing a recruitment thread) which gives new HC's a simple guide to how to write a recruitment thread. Since its inception, I've found that the rep system is used for the philosophy of "e-penis". If it were able to be kept to Suggestions, Stratergy board and/or Ally Discussions then that would be helpful. Yes, I am going to alienate some people, but there is little use for it on some parts of it, ie General Discussion. |
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Censored words are starred out in reps. Comments that might well be considered trolling or flaming on the boards are allowed due to the fact that anti-trolling and anti-flaming rules are there so discussion remains healthy, sensible and on-topic. Reps are not discussions therefore this holds little relevance. Having new people being turned away from the boards would be a problem, much more so of a problem if they're actually being turned away from the game (I severely doubt this is the case though). Possibly new posters can't get repped or give rep until they have fifty posts? I'm not sure what the best approach would be in this area.
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Why was rep made anonymous in the first place?
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To avoid childish rep wars and the like.
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Prevent one problem, create another.....
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You are committing the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. In my considered opinion from well over 20,000 posts on these forums (the database was wiped in case you were wondering), over three and a half years moderating or admining and well over five years of viewing how people act in this community I find it distinctly likely that people would have made abusive rep comments even if the person they gave them to knew who was handing them out.
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I think it does hold some relevance if the person who gets this negreps actually reads them and feels both hurt and saddend by them. People, we have to understand that there are actual people hiding behind the nick and that people have feelings and that sometimes they can feel themselves unjustly punished for something they didnt comprehend or understand was wrong in their eyes. As I said, i've talked to alot of people who actually HAS stopped posting on the forums because they got so much insults both in messages and in reps that they didnt want to use the forum as a medium for communication between the players as it should be. I advocate for them and feel that they should be accepted with the same sense of maturity and hospitality that you would usually give someone who tries to communicate with you. I hope that maybe atleast someone would try to atleast act more civilized when exposed to these new players instead of just shunning them. There has been enough attempts to kill this community that we dont need to start feeding on our own new players by insults or negrepping with comments like: You are an idiot and will always be etc etc.. I understand that some people might find it amusing to give red and green blobs to whomever they might want to give them to, and they should be allowed, by all means.. But maybe one thing that should be considered is to remove the comments field atleast for the red blobs. We dont need to have people being so much hurt that they dont want to play this game anymore. |
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I think the ways to address this are :
Limit rep to PA Discussions, Suggestions and Stratergy Wipe the current rep and let everyone see who reps are from Keep the current rep and let everyone see who reps them Get rid of rep entirely |
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tbh if you -really- care that much about your rep your going abit deep anyway.
People make retarded replys on some posts and extreemly sensible ones on others, myself very much included. So at the end of the day rep doesn't really show that much, especially as alot of people use it just to give someone a good bitch slapping with out them knowing who it is from. |
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i think the rep system should be removed...
some comments are not nice and really hurtfull.. ppl judge about someone without thinking.. and without knowing that one well.. |
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I very much like knowing who is insulting me.... and why
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Here here Kargool - i know alot of people that refuse to come on the forums because they've recived bd rep for just having a point of view.... including myself. They find it extremly demoralising.
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Getting rep from someone you dont know is good for several reasons. It allows all members of the community to pos/neg rep. I myself sign pos/neg rep, im not scared of hiding it. People neg rep me and its good. I love it when someone reps me and I dont know it, it keeps there thought on that post in private but lets me know, rather than filling up the thread with flames and hatred threads in general and posts are alot better.
I believe there has been a genuine change in the way people post since rep, purely because people can judge them for what they write. IF you are a twat and you write shit, you will get neg repped. Hell im going to get neg repped for this. Hell I should neg rep you all for talking about rep. But at the end of the day rep is good, as alki said its the last bastion of hope on the internet. Quote:
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Fair point pig however, it still stands that people are getting bad rep for simply having a point of view. Just a simple eg - someone gets bad rep for saying ITV is better than BBC1... it's just silly.
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I don't nessicary care, its more the point of the abuse in the comments and scaring of new people to the community.
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I don't sign my reps, and I don't intend to start either. If I want to send someone a message with my name on it then I'll send them a PM.
Also, it was a GD idea which led to the forums having the rep system implemented originally (Tomkat's thread IIRC) so it doesn't really seem fair to remove it there. :( |
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rep is here to stay no point whining about it, instead get used to it and utilise it to its best ability
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Rather childish attitude really, ofc things can, and should be changed if it is determined that a decision made has had a very negative side effect! I see no problem in people having to put their names on a neg rep. Maybe if they had to, they might include a better reason than "OMG WTF, UR SUCH A NOOB. GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF" etc. Although I really dont care what those twits says, others, as kargool and others pointed out, might , and come to shun the forums because of it. This is what I would call a negative side effect, even though the idea was originally positive. |
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Judging from your negrep, you are using it as I suggested. Congratulations, dont get too jealous that I have more rep than you though. Quote:
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Reputations in AD are often based on alliance without any reason given. It allows for group forming and causes useless repwars and people whining about reps in forums. ironically whenever someone gives argumented reasons as to why reputation is to be removed, the commen reply is "if you dont care about rep, just ignore it, its not important anyway" if its not important why should we keep it?
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This feature adds nothing to nothing. It only seems to force players away from using the forums as they are unduely critisied for having an opinion. Yes "post quality" may reduce in your opinion but isnt the whole idea of the forums to spread ideas and increase the sence of community? I have now stopped using the forums because of this feature and I know many others have as well. Its alright saying "it doesnt matter and ignore it" but, 1) it is call reputation. A neg rep harms my reputation, and by rogue mods like furball who have large pos rep doing it it can vastly affect you. His 1 neg rep dropped me from 39 to -1 and a red square. You can't call it reputation and say it doesnt matter 2) It is just annoying, pure and simple. Remove it and save us from this un needed annoyence. We know who post often and is respected. We don't need this method of measuring it. Cm |
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In fact, over on GD s|k has some sort of method where you can completely ignore the reputation system entirely (i.e. not see neg/pos reps) using some sort of Firefox plugin. |
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Im sure I gain more negrep than you, however im also sure I gain more pos rep on AD than you. Taking GD out of it, I would say that I get a high chunk of rep from AD, ie pos/neg rep. This indicates to me two things. Firstly people take notice of my posts, when they pos rep it, it indicates im doing something correctly. When I get negrepped it indicates some disagree with me or im doing something wrong. I adjust the way I post to concur with these thoughts. I was going to negrep you. And for your mental note, I have 10100 reputation points, 2300 posts and ive been registered here for 4 years. That means I can decrease your rep by 128. I would put you in red. However I shant negrep you because you arent posting shit. However if you did post shit, and decreased by circa 130 rep points, you will know who it is. |
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My 3 green dots dont reflect the amount of pos rep compared to neg rep either. i could post brilliant posts, get 10 random pos reps for it, gain 30 or 40 points with that, then on a totally unrelated issue i could get a random neg rep without any comment or a simple "omg eXilition with a green dot" comment, and those 40 points would be gone. The system isnt fair because it favours elitism. |
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An idea popped into my head the other day that every user would have a number of rep points and rep altering power for each forum depending on their number of posts and reps in and from that individual forum but to be honest I have bugger all clue how I could code that even if it was what people wanted. |
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JBG has a point... while there may to some extent be some circular repping going on... the posters with mucho green are usually quite good at posting well thought-out and worded posts. Whether you agree with them or not is a completely different story...
Example, you get these folks like Yeh and Max {red blobs galore, but just as examples here} who use poorly worded, and poorly reasoned ideas {sometimes even as low-grade flames} whereas you see pig and JBG and others who throw out decent reasoning to back up their points. Whether they are correct or not, they still get credit for adequately defending what they stand for. |
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The rep system is clearly rubbish, when someone like me has Green blobs. Most of my posts are violent. Additionally, the rep system is quite harmless, you DON't have to see the comments. Minimize them. People won't write off your opinion when you post, even if you have 9 red blobs. I can't see the point of complaining.
If it makes you upset, just visualize the person actually taking the time to say a nasty comment to you. Then say these words: Fat, ugly, no girlfriend, weird, nasty, no friends, lame.* I can assure you, one of these fits. And then laugh, like this "hahaahaha". *Therapy |
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The funny thing i noticed is most of people who mentioned about rep system was for critisizing it and when ppl complain about it usually the admin answer is "hey ignore if bother you". So we have a feature who bothers most of the community but instead being removed or put into discussion he is simply kept cos please some admins who obviously have higher than average reputation.
I keep from posting on most forums and some i try to not post at all, since i was neg-repped for saying "welcome" o a forum where ppl thinks only a few old posted can say anything in there. My point of view is admins dont care about having this forums for the community and created this system to keep new users from using it. Many can disagreee with me but experience tells me different. If you want this forum only for you closed club, keep it. feel free to neg rep anonimously me for expessing my oppinion too. :o |
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Surely Max and Yeh are extreems but just because 2 people confirm your logic doesnt mean its right. For the record i just got negative reputation by someone saying "for whining that better posters have more ability to affect rep" since theres no way of replying to that other then in here, i would like to state that people giving negrep on a post where i talk about CD's with the simple statement "omg ex with a green dot" are not considered "better posters" in my opinion. Another thing is that i always sign my reputation because i feel when i critisize people, i feel that they have the right to defend themselfs without going into public about it. they can talk to me in PM on either the forums or irc, yet what i usually see, especially from people you claim are good posters, is negative reputation back saying "you're shit" or something less friendly. The system is flawed. as simple as that. |
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Personally, i think the whole reputation system is much better suited to the PD/Suggestions/Strategy section of these forums than for anywhere else - it allows positive reinforcement, general comments, permits people to neg rep those who dont use the forum search tools when they know they should etc etc. Also, the PD et al section seems to have a much friendlier and more tolerant group of people posting there - reducing the need for more harsh measures. THe problem is, afaik (JJ will be able to clarify), i dont think rep can be limited to just a couple of sections of the forum (PD et al), whilst not elsewhere. Also, if forum rep is displayed everywhere, posters who frequent both PD and GD like Furbeh will have lots of green (or red :p) blobs next to their name, and other GD posters would want to have them too, thus trolling forums that they wouldnt otherwise see a need to, and thus creating more work for the mods. Now, as a Strategy moderator, its usually so quiet that deleting trollers in there is actually a highlight, but i imagine on PD and Suggestions it would prove to be a major headache. Thus: rep would have to be limited in receiving and viewing to only a couple of forums, both of which are uncertain (though afaik not able) to do. Anyway, there's my 2 cents. |
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I personally dont see a problem. If you dont want to see abusive rep, dont look at the rep page :)
Believe me when i say ive had some real nasties in my rep before, but do you see me crying about it? that aside, you CAN report abusive reps to the mods and they will take action on it, demanding the whole system be scrapped because you dont like an aspect of it is ... retarded for lack of a better word. the 'solution' which was referred to earlier with firefox extentions is to adblock the rep images for green, grey and red dots so they dont appear. ( and btw, pig got banned for doing that with fake nicks, and revealed it was him so it didnt exactly work now did it ) Not too long ago i neg repped furball for posting something i disagreed with, he messaged me back asking clarification on it so i explained my situation to him. He messaged back saying "fair enough". - this is an example of the rep system working perfectly imo ( incidently later on he posted something i agreed with/found funny so i pos repped him for it ) I could be wrong on this but i do believe rep is weighted to favour green over red anyway, that is your own score gets altered more if you are pos repped then if you are neg repped. to be in the red you need to have done something SERIOUSLY wrong somewhere |
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The only reason i'm in the red is because i'm standing up for something i believe in. Just because that something puts the majority of people with their pretty green blobs at risk, i expect to have at least three red blobs now by the end of the week.
So what you're saying is i'm seriously wrong for seeing a problem with the system that not many others can? I'd like to see how a youngster or a woman would react to some of the neg rep commants i've heard about and some i've had. It seems you need to be in a special club to get good reputation on these forums. "Freedom Of Speech"?, i think not. How can it be when an individual is put down for typing down their point of veiw then being slated for it, in fear of ever posting something again. It seems the only way one is to progress in this community is to brown nose those with green blobs and agree with everything they say, making them full all so more "powerful" in this so called "community" Turn your attention to the replies to the CH in this thread and you'll see a good example of when the ant took on the ant-eater: http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=189583 |
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I can see where you're coming from Phil, and at least you didn't neg rep me for having an oppinion. To be perfectly honest the subject is boring me now, i can see that nothing will change and this discusion is just going around in circles. However, it dosn't change the fact that people are not happy with the rep system and the mods should do something about it. If they don't, well it pretty obvious, they only care about those who don't have a problem... seems like the easy way out for them.
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there are also people who are perfectly happy with it and from what i can tell those who are complaining about it and want it changed are in the minority when you consider the whole forum community as one.
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i agree, it is a minority, but you cannot ignore that people have this problem. However, if this truely is a community the minority should be entitled to have their say and have their oppinions put across without fear. The mods should do something - even if its something so minor...
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Person A gets neg repped by Person B Person A goes to find a random post of Person B to neg rep in retaliation Thats hardly a good system now is it? Reps are given in retaliation instead of for merit Quote:
Those who have been around longest have higher numbers of rep points, and deservedly so for sticking about and helping maintain the forums community Why should a poster who spams utter nonsense get anything other then red ones? Case in point : maxmillan. Why should a new poster who comes along and makes one or two excellent posts have a higher reputation then a veteren who occasionally makes excellent posts but mostly makes good ones? The real issue is about you, having gotten some reps you thought were unfair but not knowing who gave you them - you decide to whine about getting them in the first place and demand the system is changed just for you rather then work out why it is you got them and change your ways. Yes theres always going to be some people who abuse the anonymity to neg rep because they dont like you - but they usually do not have much in the way of rep altering power because they are more often then not - crap posters who rarely get pos repped in the first place. There is no reason to create a rep system where rep-wars are commonplace which is what would happen should the anonymity be removed If you dont like reps you get - report them If the mods see nothing wrong with them - get over it If you still cant take it, ignore the reps altogether |
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