The Rep System

Originally Posted by jwhtan

U mean with this system , we cannot move forward ??? Give me a solution to all those challenges that I put forth earlier lor .... stop is easy, so how to stop all those traders out to con, how to stop those that infringe our guidelines ?? ban them ?? no need warning, just ban ... good ??

My opinion:


Infringement of guidelines: Send a PM warning (and ban etc later)
This is as, sometimes I've read people say that reps don't matter to them.

Those traders out to con should either be Pmed 1st, or banned. Why tolerate people like them?

I think he means that with this system, in thread there will be "uppz to you" and "why did I get zapped", unecessary posts in threads. People will moan and groan about reputation points, its a never ending cycle.

If someone chats in forum (non chat-gossip), a pm can be sent out or a mod, or even a member can tell them to stick to the topic itself. Of course reputation points make a difference, comparing this forum to others, it is definately one which stands out, but honestly, confusion arouses when people are zapped "for no reason" (either the guy doesn't know what he did, or people just don't like him), there's a lot of tension, the often newer members like to question the system, etc. When people have high reputation points, its no difference to them. They can abuse this 'authority', zapping people just for fun. Then newer members, those with lower points then feel like they are discriminated, feel this is unfair, until they themselves realise its just a system and there's nothing to moan about.

This system goes well with the guidelines, but if some people don't care about reputation then whats the point?

I guess many members have accepted this system as part of Arofanatics, so it's hard to do away with it.