Suggested Reputation Settings?

[Oblivion Knight]

I'm convinced that the default Reputation Settings in vBulletin aren't very newbie friendly..

So alternatively, does anyone have any suggested settings that they have tried and tested? :)


Ok, so I've copied and pasted this from my post at vbulletin.nl - but it's been a couple of days now with no response..

[Tony G]

What exactly do you want to change?

[Oblivion Knight]

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure.. :p
It just appears to be very hard for newbies to have any real input with the Reputation System as it is.


Register Date Factor: 365
They have to be registered 1 year to gain an extra point of reputation altering power.? Hmm.. Few boards live longer than 2 years in my experience.

Post Count Factor: 1000
1000 posts for an extra point of reputation altering power? I only have about 3 or 4 users with higher than 1000 posts after a year of being open!

Reputation User Spread: 20
Seems a bit dodgy to me for smaller boards.. 20 different users before you can give the same person reputation again?


I don't want to make it too easy, so that users could technically get a huge amount of reputation points very quickly. Then again, I want all users to be able to have some kind of input and not just those that have too much time on their hands.. ;)

[Paul M]

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure.. :p
It just appears to be very hard for newbies to have any real input with the Reputation System as it is.


Register Date Factor: 365
They have to be registered 1 year to gain an extra point of reputation altering power.? Hmm.. Few boards live longer than 2 years in my experience.

Post Count Factor: 1000
1000 posts for an extra point of reputation altering power? I only have about 3 or 4 users with higher than 1000 posts after a year of being open!

Reputation User Spread: 20
Seems a bit dodgy to me for smaller boards.. 20 different users before you can give the same person reputation again?

I don't want to make it too easy, so that users could technically get a huge amount of reputation points very quickly. Then again, I want all users to be able to have some kind of input and not just those that have too much time on their hands.. ;)
We have been around more than 2 years and stronger than ever ;)

But for those three, we use 365 days, 250 points and 5 users.

[Oblivion Knight]

Congratulations to you then Paul, you are obviously doing all of the right things if your users keep coming back for more.. :)

Thanks for the suggestions, did you mean 250 posts?