This feature has been on 95% of the forums I've been on. When I first got on here I was surprised it wasn't implemented. Hey as long as they don't pick out GoA's using the forum rep bar then I think it's cool lol. If I like a post or found it useful then I will give props to the posterit's not like there's a reward, so what'd be the point of boosting really?
In the end of the day, it'll become apparent who boosted and who didn't.
I like how you think (and Gluttony) think. Instead of forum popularityz pointz, howsabout I buy you a tasty adult beverage instead if I ever run into you guys in an airport bar? Now THAT'S real value, lol.Originally Posted by Doubletime
Maybe I should change my sig to say "No thanks neccessary".
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As I said before, I actually hadn't recieved many thanks after putting it in my sig, I think it turns more folks off than on to your thread. I doubt this works very well in getting you "thanks". The easiest way, imo, is to be a contributor and speak your mind, you never know when someone might agree with you. I'd just as well rather it not be there.
For example, I don't need 3 green bars to tell me Elly's post is going to be informative, it's a given. Apollo, you are a mentor with your bird guides, and for some reason you have one bar, yet I enjoy reading your posts, and find 90% of them to be helpful/funny/interesting, and you will always have a 10 bar rep in my eyes. It's just a VERY rough outline for someone new to the forums in my opinion. Veeerry rough.
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Apollo actually has 3 bars now, it happened overnight. On a side note, I do like the illustration that Stomp is making by sharing the wealth.
Lol literally; went from one to three o.O well deserved though!
LMAO @ Stomp! Is this considered "positive" trolling?
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Possibly...
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Dunno about that but it's a lot of clicking!
He's obviously excersising his tapping fingers for pl
Thanks system made most people realize the meaning of rep and the green bar though
That makes sense. I just get a bit touchy on the issue because of the work Elly and Yanis have done and such. Those are the threads in need of a revisit for a thousand thanks :PNon-flame/troll....since when do "we all have something that says 'give us points for help' in our signature?I never will, nor will many others because we believe the whole help and thanks thing is overrated/artificial/kinda funny. Asking for thanks, to me in my opinion and again not trolling, is like liking your own Facebook status or asking people to like your FB status...sure you mighta had a good quality status update, but still (to me, anyway) kind of funny. Agreed on that there is absolutely no harm done, and it may even encourage an overall rise in helpful-type posts, but then you get into the whole quantity-vs-quality issue. And a "guide to help and thanks"? There is no right and wrong answer to how one should use it, other than people abusing it..which Sam has stated there is a background system to prevent that in the first place.
There are tons of dead threads that deserve thanks from users and devs alike. Suggestions/ideas that were implemented, bugs, general information that has lead to the formation of different builds, pvp strategies, the list goes on and on. This new system isn't retroactive and those threads are destined to be thankless; all we can do now is move forward and hope that the new changes are used for good rather than boosting one's rep.
+1 on this. It's the meaningless "lol" threads getting thanked which confuses me.
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Well, reading the quote from MoogerFooger in Wounded's post, I think it's unfair to think that nobody should have it in their signature to thank them. People like to know that they're being helpful. It's not up to us to decide for people what makes them feel good or better about themselves. If they are here and genuinely trying to help people, what's wrong in checking your rep and feeling better about yourself because you helped people out?
Of course there's some people who probably want rep for bragging right, but it's perfectly normal to want to feel good about helping people. And how else do we know we're being helpful besides someone saying thanks to your post? The rep system is there for that purpose. I think some of you are looking too deep into this.
And if you know me by now, you know i'm gonna try to throw you that curve ball. I have to go against the grain. I have to speak my mind. I just don't see what's wrong with the system. Other than what Crimson just said above.
Last edited by Navygreen; 09-29-2011 at 10:38 AM.
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I'm pretty sure whomever just got a bar boost was from Stomp's "Blessing".
Looks like you're destine for a blessing too:P
Stomp single-handedly boosted us all to 2 bars
Stomp stop itttttttt
I dont like being two bars for doing nothing>.<
Right, that's why you're posting that here where the boosting is happening rather than a pm or other form of communication. Reverse psychology ftw! I'm on to you Whirlz...
New blessing: BOS, blessing of the stompartist. Permanently boosts your reputation. Requires 0 mana, but needs to post in a certain somewhere.
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