[Razasharp]

Originally Posted by Ted S

I don't use the rep system much... can you explain the power system (i.e. can one site have rep powers of 5,000 while another has 10 or are they always the same?) and how it's assigned?

Ok....

The rep system in vB allows members to give rep points (positive, or negative if admin enables it for their usergroup) to posters if they make a good/bad post.

As people are given more rep points, their own rep power increases - so when they give positive or negative rep, the number of points they give depend on their own 'power'. There are also other ways which increases members rep power, such as number of posts made, time registered etc (all set in admin cp).

This is great because it gives people the incentive to post good posts, because not only do they get more points but it makes them more influential in rewarding others. This is also a good incentive not to make bad posts - cos they get minus points that subtract from their total.

The rep system can have limits set by admin, eg, you can only give X amount of rep points in a day, or can only give member a member points once per 15 other points you give out. This is to prevent abuse.

However it is also it's downside, as it doesn't tell you whether you can 'not' give someone a rep point until you click on the button to give them one, then a pop up appears to say why (so people get fed up with giving them). Incorporating it into your hack is MUCH better, because it will allow them to give as many as they want, however, to keep from it being abused _and_ to retain value of the rep system, I think it would be wise to make sure that rep points given with your hack are not as much as rep points given through the rep system. So I would suggest that value is halved, or better still let us put a percentage to it. Eg, when a post is rated it only gets 10% of that persons rep power as points. So if I had a rep power of 100 when I rate a post with your hack they only get 10 points (10%) (in contrast if I give someone normal rep they get 100, ie my full power rating).

Does that make it clearer? If not just let me know which points you want me to elaborate on. The rep system is great, but has some flaws in the stock set-up, your hack would make it fifty times better!