Rep points...It's not what you think...

flyingwelshman · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009

I've only been active on this board for about a year and a half. I never paid attention to the rep points, I just see that I have a couple.
I just found where I can see who gave me the points and why.
Thanks.
(I'm a quick learner)

scottyt · #2 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

i thought they where REPulsion points and they meant stay away from those with lots of em

quidam1947 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

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Originally Posted by flyingwelshman

I've only been active on this board for about a year and a half. I never paid attention to the rep points, I just see that I have a couple.
I just found where I can see who gave me the points and why.
Thanks.
(I'm a quick learner)

I'm aparently not. So please, do tell... what the heck are REP Points and why do I have 1 ?

flyingwelshman · #4 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

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Originally Posted by quidam1947

I'm aparently not. So please, do tell... what the heck are REP Points and why do I have 1 ?

'Rep' points are a can of worms that gets opened occasionally.

They are 'Reputation' points. Each member can provide another member with a rep point by clicking on the little balance (scales) icon in the top, right-hand corner of the message screen. What I discovered yesterday was that these points can be found on your user CP page. The person who gives you the points can also leave a brief message explaining why they gave you the points. I just found that yesterday as well. It was nice to see some supportive comments from posts that I had made that I thought had been ignored.

The number of rep points on my CP is not reflected by the number I can see in the header for my messages. I think this feature was disconnected because there was some abuse of the system at one time.

At one time a member could give 'negative rep points'. This, as you can imagine, caused a bit of drama.

I'm saving my rep points to buy a new chart plotter.

sailingdog · #5 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

Rep points are affected by how long you've been a member, and how many people click on the scales. Previously they were also affected by the number of posts you had..

They also had negative rep, which has been since disabled, but occasionally, you'll see a member with a red square instead of a green one, which indicates that they have a negative rep overall.

MiVelero · #6 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

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Originally Posted by flyingwelshman

I just found where I can see who gave me the points and why.
Thanks.
(I'm a quick learner)

Ok I'm a slow learner, where did you find that information ?
I see nothing on these on the CP.

quidam1947 · #7 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

Thanks for the explanations, guys.

flyingwelshman · #8 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

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Originally Posted by MiVelero

Ok I'm a slow learner, where did you find that information ?
I see nothing on these on the CP.

I just found them after a year and a half.

I just opened the user CP (a link is found at the left end of the blue line below the main banner) and there they were!

I should really pay more attention.

sailingdog · #9 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

It's at the very bottom of the User CP...

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Originally Posted by MiVelero

Ok I'm a slow learner, where did you find that information ?
I see nothing on these on the CP.

MiVelero · #10 (**permalink**) 04-02-2009

Ok... Now I really feel dumb....(no coments)
Went to cp still see nothing at all re reps
When I click on the balance icon it said I had 10 pts (scared me - more than SD) the post said 2 and nothing on cp.
I am not concerned about the points just the fact I can't see what you guys are talking about...
dazed and confused.............