Quote:I haven't been using it casually to punish people who make one bad first post.
I normally see warnings as a better alternative to a wrong first post. Regular users cannot give warnings...but they could report them, in which mods could then give a warning. Warnings go away at some point (assuming the mod that warned them made it that way). Rep does not. This seems like how it should be...as new users wont read the rules and know what to do as a result...but will learn over time here. Warning doesnt have to be a high point value....just enough to get their attention without making a separate post to address the issue. (although that is quite the habit from the old forum ;) ).
I was thinking of changing the wording of "report" to something like "flag". As "report" sounds really bad. Whereas its more of a way to have regular users have a mod address a specific post.
So this seems to make the rep system kind of moot (to me).
The rep system is now in the core of MyBB. I dont think i would of installed it if it was not. The only time i see negative as productive is if a user consistently was aggressive...but not enough to ban him. Another time is those users that you ask to do something repeatedly and they never seem to do it. I do like though the flip side...how you can comment on a post when you know a user put a lot of thought and time into a response to get the answer to the OP.
Quote:On SO, rep is just aggressively painful to deal with as a new personI know. i still cant post a question there because i dont have enough. And the few times i want to up it...when i scan for questions ...tehy usually get answered before i get there. Its a catch 22.
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