Reputation points ?

[Kiwi Kruzer]

What are they and what do they mean ?

[By The Bay]

57 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

What are they and what do they mean ?

If it is to do with CC, here is a previous thread that might answer your question. Reputation Points

 

[MMDown Under]

1 hour ago, By The Bay said:

If it is to do with CC, here is a previous thread that might answer your question. Reputation Points

 

I'm none the wiser. 

[lyndarra]

CC uses a similar platform to another site I frequent. Reputation points are collected whenever someone "reacts" to your post. Presumably, a poster with a lot of Reputation points could be recognised as a contributor who contributes interesting or informative posts.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Except "reacting" isn't as common here as on other forums and social media. We tend to post replies instead.

 

It's a stupid idea. 

[getting older slowly]

I am missing something.... did a search on forum help

 

regarding  the  ""Reputation points""   you talk of...

 

and nothing..........

 

is it meant to be like..... Likes on Social Media

 

I have no idea  but a saw this ""like""  on a movie

""Ralph breaks the internet ""   so it must be true...lol

 

4 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

It's a stupid idea. 

 

I think you have summed it up...

 

Cheers Don

[Docker123]

The software this site uses has lots of facilities that the owners can use, or not.

 

The like option is relatively new here.  But they did not go the next step of some sort of aggregation and allocating points.  
 

Similarly, we see the message thing which is part of the software.  But it does not work on this site because Admin switched it off because of abuse. 
 

[lyndarra]

51 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Except "reacting" isn't as common here as on other forums and social media. We tend to post replies instead.

 

It's a stupid idea. 

I would not call it stupid, it's more like a nothing feature. It's something to use or not use similar to "Like", your choice. Some may like it (pun intended) some may not. A bit like the post count. If you bumped into me in the street and asked me how many posts I have on CC, or the other forums I frequent, I wouldn't have the foggiest. It means little to me but may not to others. Perhaps it is information for the PTB who manage this site?

[OzKiwiJJ]

10 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

I would not call it stupid, it's more like a nothing feature. It's something to use or not use similar to "Like", your choice. Some may like it (pun intended) some may not. A bit like the post count. If you bumped into me in the street and asked me how many posts I have on CC, or the other forums I frequent, I wouldn't have the foggiest. It means little to me but may not to others. Perhaps it is information for the PTB who manage this site?

It's not the Like feature that I think is stupid, that is useful sometimes. It's the Reputation Points, especially as the stand out like a sore thumb and are probably (or should be) irrelevant.

[The_Big_M]

3 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

It's not the Like feature that I think is stupid, that is useful sometimes. It's the Reputation Points, especially as the stand out like a sore thumb and are probably (or should be) irrelevant.

 

I'm confused. I don't even see them appear anywhere, let alone standing out.

 

[OzKiwiJJ]

13 minutes ago, The_Big_M said:

 

I'm confused. I don't even see them appear anywhere, let alone standing out.

 

They show on the topic list entry for each thread, not within the thread.

[Docker123]

I had not seen the reputation points on here, but interested in the comment about thread list.

 

As a researcher, I researched. Stunning findings. Will sell my shares.

 

So, my normal view is this (no points).

 

 

Then I noticed the little boxes to the left of the start new topic button.  My left box was highlighted. To experiment, I highlighted the right box. Wow, now we have points.

 

Quickly turned it off again.

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Great spotting 😀😀

[OzKiwiJJ]

And you can also get rid of the "preview" of each thread. Yay! I'm happy again, except all the little buttons still show as boxes with an X in them on my Android phone.

[ilikeanswers]

9 hours ago, lyndarra said:

CC uses a similar platform to another site I frequent. Reputation points are collected whenever someone "reacts" to your post. Presumably, a poster with a lot of Reputation points could be recognised as a contributor who contributes interesting or informative posts.

 

Well I just learnt something new🤔, didn't even know reputation points existed. But I'm curious if it is the amount of likes a poster gets how come the same posters have different numbers in different threads?

Edited November 12, 2020 by ilikeanswers

[lyndarra]

Ever since the update I have a problem with icons, they're not showing up, instead, I see a little box with two letters and two numbers in it. e.g. the little star for unread post or whatever used to be alongside "Quote" or "Other Media". What's going on?

[getting older slowly]

I think i get it now reputation points has nothing to with reputation.......   there are reaction points

 

to say   Thanks, Ha Ha and Good one

 

So used for a quick thanks etc.... instead of a reply...

 

Wow after reading some other sections on CC

what they need is a What-the and Go away button,   

now that would be interesting

 

Don

 

[By The Bay]

32 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

Ever since the update I have a problem with icons, they're not showing up, instead, I see a little box with two letters and two numbers in it. e.g. the little star for unread post or whatever used to be alongside "Quote" or "Other Media". What's going on?

I see the same when using Firefox, however the Edge browser display is different.

[lyndarra]

1 hour ago, By The Bay said:

I see the same when using Firefox, however the Edge browser display is different.

I'm using Firefox on this and two laptops and both are affected to varying degrees but not all websites or forums.

My Surface had a W10 update and now it wont access any websites.

[ilikeanswers]

I made a comment on another thread about missing post count and someone responded saying that along with post count the issue of graphics not displaying properly are being fixed😳 I guess we will see if that happens.

[OzKiwiJJ]

It all works fine on my laptop using Chrome, but not on my Android phone using Chrome. Annoying because I tend to use my phone more than my laptop these days.

[Blackduck59]

Ah points, I did do the toggle to show them. I'm really not sure how they are assigned or how they matter. Anyone who has been here for a while knows who's who in the zoo. Newcomers are welcomed and either prove to be enjoyable or not. I guess some people need to collect points.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

I switched them off too and find the page loads a bit faster .

[OzKiwiJJ]

I had to switch them off separately on my phone and laptop, it didn't transfer over.

 

Yes, it loads much faster now.

Edited November 15, 2020 by OzKiwiJJ

[GUT2407]

6 hours ago, Blackduck59 said:

Ah points, I did do the toggle to show them. I'm really not sure how they are assigned or how they matter. Anyone who has been here for a while knows who's who in the zoo. Newcomers are welcomed and either prove to be enjoyable or not. I guess some people need to collect points.

A bit like post counts, no idea why they are needed either.