Reputation?

madcap_magician

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I was just resetting my password, and I noticed that there was a "Reputation" bar in nearly the middle of my User CP, and that I have a reputation of "8." Then it had a thread that I clicked on, and it took me to some post I made last month or so.

What's this reputation system, and how does it work?

Thx. :)
 
I'm sorry. :(

Though looking through those, most of them are just rants about people asking the question I just did... didn't really understand the official guide thing.
 
That's OK :D

If it really bothered me, I would've just gone on by without answering. We've had a lot of inquiries lately, but of course anyone who asks hasn't seen the others.

What you have to keep in mind is that it is a largely unregulated system, used by a huge variety of personality types, and It Doesn't Really Matter What Other People Think Of You.

Don't take it too seriously: most of us are here to talk about knives, not about each other. :cool:
 
To quote myself, from the second thread:

The system has power over people who believe in it, and only to the extent or for the purpose they believe in it. Sometimes I read a great post, but interjecting a comment in the thread may be beside the point -- the thread has moved way past that post, or it isn't about attaboys. So I give the poster a rep point, with a comment. It's just between us, nobody else cares, but I liked his point of view.

The system doesn't have to be serious, it doesn't have to be about anything that really affects Bladeforums in a big way, as long as it's about what makes those people happy who choose to participate. On some forums, the guys give each other green chiclets for fun, on some nobody cares the system exists. It doesn't have to be the same thing for everybody.

When you get dinged for no substantial reason, by a wienie who won't sign his name or say why he gotcha, laugh and move on to something you care about.
 
Moving this to Service & Support Forum.
 
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