negative reputation problem

[LuisManson]

some of my users can asing at once thing like "-1000 points" is the reputation power?
how can i limit this and makeit more fair for everyone...? since i get users with negative rep. :S

[CarolSEL]

Settings for user reputation can be found in the admin cp at settings/options/user reputation options Depending on how busy your members are, you should adjust the number of posts needed before adding a point. (If yours can give/take 1000 points, your settings look like they need to be altered!)

[LuisManson]

thanks, can you share a reasonable setting for this?

[CarolSEL]

Ours are set to add one point for each of: 365 days, 1000 posts, 100 rep points received. Users must have at least 50 posts to give/take points. (We get a number of newbs who like to bash people since ours is a religious board, so we make sure they're going to stick around before they can spread rep.) You can leave out any field you choose (like rep points received.) User reps can only be viewed by Staff; all the public sees are the lights.

If you reset your options, the rep power will change on anything new, but not on old reps. But you can manually edit problem members in the Admin CP. (Search for users with </> than x number of points.) You can then delete the outrageous reps.