[Suggestion] Rep suggestion.

[Paramour]

Before replying on the matter you are about to read, promise me a thing.
Post before posting your opinion and feelings saying the following words:

"I, *insert Your username*, have read and will agree on what Yαsmιne has just suggested."

Alright, good Narutobase-members; behold the text wall no justsu. :3​

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Spoiler

Jk& I lied. This not even close to a text wall no justu, damn you Caliburn !!

Anyway, Dear staff members/admins,

Let's rip off the reputation bars.

After a lot of abuse of this case. I've come up with the following. Remove it, yes remove the reputation bar. It's only a distraction, a lie and not needed.
Truly it has been good in the 'old days' when *cough* there wasn't any abuse *cough*.

I mean I will tell you exactly how this 'winning reputation' goes:

• Post a funny video in General Discussion; + Rep'd and thanked.
• Insulting other member; + Rep'd and thanked.
• Rep whoring, making troll threads, being a badass and getting banned will still lead you to; + Rep'd.

Seriously? The whole reputation bars shitness aren't only highly irritating but also sad. I have nothing against the thank button, imo that is a good thing. Just remove the green/red bars.

Here you have a look on what I have a problem with:
Intrepid replying in an argument with -Shanks- in the open thread of 'Show us yourself thread'.



If we got rip of the reputation system it would less a lot of concerns since users with many green blocks under their name are intimidating users with less.
When seeing a user with less or red (bad) reputation, does that really means he/she is an idiotic person who must not be taken serious? It's a shame really, because those with less or "bad" reputations are the joyful ones, or how I call them; the new legends of NB.

Please remove the reputation bars for the future of Narutobase and replaced then with something new, it can be anything but the rep bars.

Now, read my feelings/thoughts.

I will admit when I joined in mid 2012 I've always looked up to the ones with many rep bars, they were somewhat godlike to me. Lol
I obeyed their wishes and followed their steps, I wanted to make a lot friends like they had. So I made threads, theories. But I wasn't taken serious, so I asked members who I already were friends with to rep me. They did that and I rep'd them back. This was a beginning of the so called 'free reputation circle'. Later I noticed that you could gain many more rep point but in order to do that was by breaking the rules. Chances were that you might would get banned, thus doing so wasn't very smart but troll threads have always been #1 in giving reputation away.
I did so, and got banned twice in a row. My rep though stayed the same. Now that my main is permanently banned but has the second highest title of reputation it was NOT worth it. Trust me, it really wasn't.
I made an alt afterwards and got by many in general overlooked. Suddenly those who joined later than me seems to be ruling the forums as if there were the bosses, I could really reflect myself into them. Arrogance, bullying, it still happens.
If I could I would reset my reputation bar, because there is no such 'reputation' on here.

*cough*

There are a lot of others sites who remove it, so why don't we? I really am against it now since there are a lot of conflicts on this matter. >_>

So.. Coming to the point again. Remove it. Please.






Oh my gosh, Thanks for reading y'all~! :3
Oh and if there are any spelling/grammar mistakes, tell me! I tend to make a lot, so.. Yeah. o_o

 

[Edo Odin]

Re: I cut the "Advertising towards other Manga/anime forum" part.

Skimmed through the thread, couldn't agree more. Rep whoring is one of the main reasons for so many problems on here, despite the reputation system as a whole being utterly pointless.

Funnily enough, a large amount of people on here seem to get a kick out of looking at the pretty green boxes displayed in their profiles on a Manga site.

 

[Nooby Kyuubi]

Re: I cut the "Advertising towards other Manga/anime forum" part.

Rep is nothing but a way to show off your epeen.

Your points are correct, you don't have to have quality posts to get a high rep bar.

 

[AllomnisymbolsparttwoT]

Re: I cut the "Advertising towards other Manga/anime forum" part.

I agree :I people here on the base thinks that by the amount of REP you have, you're like omniscient , you could never be wrong,.. ever alot of people abuse their reps and think they cant be corrected whether be from the manga/anime or not, its utterly pointless and absurd to think such thoughts and do such stuff

 

[Pavoneo]

While I agree with you, I also don't. Reputation is one of the things that make a forum a forum, sort of. You're only looking at the negatives of what rep does for a forum. It's also one of those things that keep people coming back to the forum, and it's a motive for people to do progressive things for the community, some examples coming to mind would be Negative Knight or Dr Proof making NB theories or detailed debate threads.

One thing that I found to be extremely effective if you want people to take you seriously and not just overlook you is to look and act professional. In other words, get a high quality avatar and signature, it's eye-catching and they may read the first sentence of your post, and if it's mature they could possibly read the rest of it because you seem interesting, especially if they've never heard of you.

 

[ballerjordan]

While I agree with you, I also don't. Reputation is one of the things that make a forum a forum, sort of. You're only looking at the negatives of what rep does for a forum. It's also one of those things that keep people coming back to the forum, and it's a motive for people to do progressive things for the community, some examples coming to mind would be Negative Knight or Dr Proof making NB theories or detailed debate threads.

One thing that I found to be extremely effective if you want people to take you seriously and not just overlook you is to look and act professional. In other words, get a high quality avatar and signature, it's eye-catching and they may read the first sentence of your post, and if it's mature they could possibly read the rest of it because you seem interesting, especially if they've never heard of you.

I agree with this.

 

[Fapulous]

I completely understand what you're saying and I agree, but you know you can turn off reputation in your userCP?

It's not a solution, but you get a single grey bar like me.

 

[Edo Odin]

I completely understand what you're saying and I agree, but you know you can turn off reputation in your userCP?

It's not a solution, but you get a single grey bar like me.

That's a Premium Feature only.

 

[Ōkami]

I completely understand what you're saying and I agree, but you know you can turn off reputation in your userCP?

It's not a solution, but you get a single grey bar like me.

That's only for premiums.

 

[Penguin]

I like reputation, but to each his/her own. There are people that are rep whores and occasionally I do it also, but I am trying to stop. Everyone instead should report rep whores and people that rep abuse.

 

[BazzBee]

While I agree with you, I also don't. Reputation is one of the things that make a forum a forum, sort of. You're only looking at the negatives of what rep does for a forum. It's also one of those things that keep people coming back to the forum, and it's a motive for people to do progressive things for the community, some examples coming to mind would be Negative Knight or Dr Proof making NB theories or detailed debate threads.

One thing that I found to be extremely effective if you want people to take you seriously and not just overlook you is to look and act professional. In other words, get a high quality avatar and signature, it's eye-catching and they may read the first sentence of your post, and if it's mature they could possibly read the rest of it because you seem interesting, especially if they've never heard of you.

Agreed .

 

[Paramour]

While I agree with you, I also don't. Reputation is one of the things that make a forum a forum, sort of. You're only looking at the negatives of what rep does for a forum. It's also one of those things that keep people coming back to the forum, and it's a motive for people to do progressive things for the community, some examples coming to mind would be Negative Knight or Dr Proof making NB theories or detailed debate threads.

One thing that I found to be extremely effective if you want people to take you seriously and not just overlook you is to look and act professional. In other words, get a high quality avatar and signature, it's eye-catching and they may read the first sentence of your post, and if it's mature they could possibly read the rest of it because you seem interesting, especially if they've never heard of you.

So because of my avatar I will not be taken serious? Whaat? You know what I requested and what you have accepted in your GFX shop, right? I'm about to get worse. Please go on google and search other forums up who don't have the reputation thingy. I may not advertise but I know quite lot of forums who are actual forums and still have everyday new members joining up.


Edit: again about the avatar thingy, what about Sasuke fans? Sakura fans etc, I know members who got negative rep'd because of their threads and/or avatars. Um, UchihaMacho is a great example.
Bullying and shit. Just get rip of the bars. >_>
And replace them for something better.

 

[Tingun]

I agree, and think it should be replaced for something new.

 

[Pavoneo]

So because of my avatar I will not be taken serious? Whaat? You know what I requested and what you have accepted in your GFX shop, right? I'm about to get worse. Please go on google and search other forums up who don't have the reputation thingy. I may not advertise but I know quite lot of forums who are actual forums and still have everyday new members joining up.

It's not that you wouldn't be taken seriously, you would just be ignored or people would look over the things you say. You were complaining about people getting overlooked, and I gave an answer to get around that. I don't see reputation getting removed, period. It's something that makes forums that have it addictive, people want to rep ***** and they just keep coming back to the site. If there wasn't rep, there would be a lot less traffic on this site. Frankly, I'm surprised NB got rid of Kumi, because that was another thing that gave this site extra addiction and traffic.

 

[FemmeFatale]

But i worked hard for my rep bar, and I like it.

 

[-S-]

I agree...

B-b-but, if you get rid of it, the admins will get hit by a shitstorm of hate.

 

[Atalaya]

No need to quote other members, that could be considered sniping.
OT: They do not need to get rid of it, the reputation bar is fine...
In fact I think it does good, people can behave less childish and trolling might decrease.
If someone insults or makes rude comments and the victim feels uncomfortable, all they need to do is report it or contact a moderator, +reps are kind of irrelevant.
People can rep them if they want to as long as it's not -repping without a good reason, that should be reported as well.

 

[Penguin]

I agree...

B-b-but, if you get rid of it, the admins will get hit by a shitstorm of hate.

They would. The mods and admins are so under appreciated on this base it is sickening. They try doing good things for the base, and everyone only recognizes the negative actions or faults of their work.

But yes, they would get a lot of hate for this.

 

[Paramour]

It's not that you wouldn't be taken seriously, you would just be ignored or people would look over the things you say. You were complaining about people getting overlooked, and I gave an answer to get around that. I don't see reputation getting removed, period. It's something that makes forums that have it addictive, people want to rep ***** and they just keep coming back to the site. If there wasn't rep, there would be a lot less traffic on this site. Frankly, I'm surprised NB got rid of Kumi, because that was another thing that gave this site extra addiction and traffic.

No, you are not getting it. That was before, have you even read all of what I wrote? My feelings part, etc.
I made the same fault I can really see myself in the new gen members. They are a reflection.
It's just a bothering thing, avatars will not change much as that is a free choice they have to make. Lately when new members make threads like Sage/Rinngan Sasuke or something, THEY still get over looked because they(other members) don't bother reading and are replying towards the thread with a 'funny' image. I dislike that. Though I 've done the same. I just want things to change on here. A lot of threads are not taken serious, and that has nothing to do with 'avatars'.
A long time ago, I disabled signatures and avatars because my mobile was lagging. I talked to members with the shittiest ava/sigs IMO. But I didn't mind back them. I didn't concentrate on that when I enable it. And I still talk to them.

+ I just got rep'd saying "Good thread and I like your avatar, I think its unique." ( '-')

Just saying. ('_' )

 

[ShiningStar]

That is only a few problems in an overall highly efficient system. Yes, there are some cases of members bullying others, but that can be rectified by reporting said members to the staff. Yes, there are people who "rep *****" but the example you used was flawed considering the fact that you took the quote out of context. Members here usually use the reputation system accurately. If they agree with your post, they will up-rep it. If they feel as if your post does more harm than good, they will neg-rep it. If a member has a relatively large reputation bar, despite how you may feel about them, they are generally well liked by the public. If they don't, then you can assume otherwise. Are there some exceptions, of course, but normally what I stated applies.

What I don't understand are those who claim not to care about reputation in general, but always find a reason to complain about it. Reputation is not doing anything to nearly harm the forum in any way, shape, or form. Most members do not pay attention to it at all, rather, they pay attention to the Avatar/Signature and username of the poster. Assumptions are made from that point on. Removing the reputation system will neither hurt or aid the forum, but keeping it won't hurt the forum either. Now what we really should be worrying about are staff-riders who feel the need to be entitled to certain benefits or have a sense of exclusivity simply due to the members they are in contact with. That is much worse than "rep-whoring" you can choose to ignore.

This "issue" is too minute for any staff to deal with at the moment, when the forum still has more pressing issues to deal with.