Is reputation system dying slowly?

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Likes are not always given to the most helpful post, but to the most cheesy and witty post. How is that helping?

The only place where the like system is perfect is The photography thread.
 
I remember suggesting this earlier, I'd suggest so again. Reps shouldn't be static rather they should slowly expire over time.

This way, the rep bar would indicate the 'current' reputation of the member and the 'current' probability of his post being right.
 
superczar said:
The rep system is akin to orkut.. No one uses it anymore :P
Take a look at the list of members sorted by reps here http://www.techenclave.com/members/list/?order=desc&sort=reputation&pp=30
Barely any of these old geezers posts around anymore! :P

3 cheers to the like button! :)
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In the early days in the forum filling up the bar was a motivation of sorts and it was nice when I received reps for Senior Pros in the forum.
I still give out reps and likes. But yeah the reps i have being receiving have dried out a lot after the likes. Instead now there are a lots of likes.
 
Mephistopheles said:
I remember suggesting this earlier, I'd suggest so again. Reps shouldn't be static rather they should slowly expire over time.

This way, the rep bar would indicate the 'current' reputation of the member and the 'current' probability of his post being right.
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^Bad Idea. Believe it or not Reps also indicate the credibility of a member which incase your idea is implemented won't hold for anything.
 
Bluffmaster said:
^Isn't that the whole point of having likes? For helpful posts we still have the "Rep" button, don't we?
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And isnt that the whole point of this thread? People have stopped using the REP button.
 
Bluffmaster said:
^Bad Idea. Believe it or not Reps also indicate the credibility of a member which incase your idea is implemented won't hold for anything.
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What if a person used to be credible, but isn't so much now?

What if the person used to be helpful, used to be very active but isnt very much now? What if a person used to be knowledgeable, but his knowledge is outdated now?

The current reputation system neglects all this.

The expiring reputation system, like I suggested would take into account all this. It will also maybe bring back the rep system to 'life' so to say. It will motivate people to rep more where required.
 
Spacescreamer said:
Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
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Nothing is permanent. Consistency is required to maintain any class or form.

To me its a very plausible and needed idea, I can only hope its implemented. YMMV.
 
@Mephis

Nah.

Basic Knowledge will always hold true. Modifications keep occuring and if you are referring to somebody being abreast with the technology then yes it might be a case but that sort of a loophole will always remain. Already the veterans hardly are posting and your suggestion will start off a mad rush i believe. Wiser ones will still let the reps dwindle away rather than turn a passion/hobby into a full time job.

And honestly If anybody from yesteryears is trying to pull off a fast one then i havent noticed.
 
Spacescreamer said:
@Mephis

Nah.

Basic Knowledge will always hold true. Modifications keep occuring and if you are referring to somebody being abreast with the technology then yes it might be a case but that sort of a loophole will always remain. Already the veterans hardly are posting and your suggestion will start off a mad rush i believe. Wiser ones will still let the reps dwindle away rather than turn a passion/hobby into a full time job.

And honestly If anybody from yesteryears is trying to pull off a fast one then i havent noticed.
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That suggestion was not made while having some example in my mind :P

The expiring reputation system may also have a slight effect on waking some oldies up here. Anyways, its just a suggestion.
 
Mephistopheles said:
What if a person used to be credible, but isn't so much now?
What if the person used to be helpful, used to be very active but isnt very much now? What if a person used to be knowledgeable, but his knowledge is outdated now?

The current reputation system neglects all this.
The expiring reputation system, like I suggested would take into account all this. It will also maybe bring back the rep system to 'life' so to say. It will motivate people to rep more where required.
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It translates as "We appreciate your help, but you are no more required if you can not help anymore. Fired!"

It is a community where members help without any profit; yes charity if you may call it. Your idea holds if they were getting paid for the service. No one can promise to be around forever, and thus no one would care to help if it doesnt matter in the end.

imagine old reputable members going away for a while due to personal problems and returning back to realize that no one acknowledges their past. The people who knew the member would do but for the rest of the member..he is just another noob know joined a few years ago and never cared to earn any reputation...kind of a leech he looks like when he posts a query .. yes..i paint quite a picture :P
 
I wouldn't think that the significance of reps is that high as you say it to be. I maybe wrong in judging its significance for a member perhaps.

If reps are to be taken as a kind of acknowledgement for the work one might have done, then I guess its fine.

But then some might mispercieve reputation to be proportional to tech knowledge, for example a relatively newer member. In that case, it would be unfair to the member with lesser reputation points whose post/solution might be better than the post of a member with higher reputation points (considering this member isn't very consistent and his knowledge is now outdated) but the member who had (supposedly) asked a query chose the latter as the 'better' solution/post on the basis of reps.
 
@ Mephistopheles: So far so good... I agree with every single word in your opinion on the issue. :clap:

@ madnav: If any member cannot help anymore, he is not fired, he is just left alone. His rep drops and he helps for the sake of the reps. In a way this works.

In any case, this is the problem isn't it?? If the members with the long rep bar have gone into hibernation... Now, as such, they are of barely any help as it is. If the rep bar starts dropping, the wake up alarm rings!! :lol:

Yes, I agree that in case of members who don't bother about reps, this is not gonna help. But then, they are not being fired either!!
 
I'm also in favour of expiration for reps. But I would suggest that the green bars turn grey rather than disappear completely, so that it would still indicate the max rep a person has achieved.

It would also be a kind of measure of active-ness in the forums, lesser number of grey bars = more the activeness. Comments?
 
why cant we just refresh it to 1 bar for every member and start from scratch?...then we could see reps downpour :P
 
boogeyman said:
I'm also in favour of expiration for reps. But I would suggest that the green bars turn grey rather than disappear completely, so that it would still indicate the max rep a person has achieved.

It would also be a kind of measure of active-ness in the forums, lesser number of grey bars = more the activeness. Comments?
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^^ Hmmm... Now we are talking!! Seems sensible enough if it is possible, that is!! :)

WingZero said:
why cant we just refresh it to 1 bar for every member and start from scratch?...then we could see reps downpour :P
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^^ How about we start a new forum: Techenclave II...?? :P
 
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