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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
ahh, I was reading the thread in OT and was thinking about this.
I don't really like the name fame. I really don't have any suggestions. I think the squares speak for themselves though.
could take place of post counts?
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That's a good idea.
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Also what exactly does fame do? I understand that you wouldnt want to get any negative fame. but really why not? does it have any consequences?
Cant post threads in certain forums?
Cant relpy to thread that you received negative fame in?
Banned from forum for a time period? be it night, week, month?
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If someone's fame goes low enough then we may review them as a user and see if we want to limit them or even keep them around.
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Why do I want to receive positive fame?
Is it just another class distinction like some view post count?
I really cant see a true benefit for receiving positive fame. I'm here to discuss hockey, not see how popular I am over the internet.
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It's not really something to work for, it's more a way for us to track people who contribute and for others to get a guage on that. It's not about popularity. Most people if they just post as they normally do most likely their rating will slowly go up over time. For people who constantly derail threads, make stupid threads, etc, their rating will drop over time.
That helps us keep track of things, and it will also help you as a thread reader as you'll be able to more easily skip over posts made by negative posters.
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How will it work, say I receive 1 positive, then 1 negative will I go back to zero? or will the consequences for receiving negative fame (such as above) be ruled upon me? Say I had 2 positive then 1 negative?
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It adds them together, so someone who has lots of positive has a little more room (which makes sense, someone with a good track record and looses it one day gets more leeway than someone who registers to loose it).
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Is it neccessary for everyones fame level to be visible to everyone on their posts?
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That's why it's a general graphic display rather than an absolute rating.. to get a full positive or negative display you'd have to get a LOT of feedback.
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I dunno but on a forum I visit (tottally different type then this though) post counts and such are only visible if you look @ someones profile. Only name and join date is visible. I understand every forum is different, but this works out well because then it seems people are more viewed on their posts then the post count.
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I agree, and so do most of the mods.. so you can probably look for changes in that area soon.
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How exactly will pos/neg fame be given out?
Maybe sample posts you could direct me to?
I'm eager to see how this will work out.
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We want to come up with a set of criteria and put them up before we start handing it out.
I like the addition!
