Purple bling. WTF?

**Virago** · 17th December 2007, 18:20

Okay - a contentious suggestion (and off-topic from the original post):

The rep system is now showing signs of a classic inflation scenario. The more rep people have, the more they give to others, who in turn give more etc etc...

Members can now get to "green bling whore" status (a relatively new classification) quite quickly. In two years time, it is conceivable that someone might be a "green bling whore" before they become a senior member - especially now that Rant & Rave posts don't count toward post counts. The whole rep system will become meaningless.

So - how about a mass "devaluation" of rep? Drop everyone's rep points to perhaps 20% of current value, to allow a new gradual build up?

**JimO** · 17th December 2007, 19:34

Originally Posted by Virago

Okay - a contentious suggestion (and off-topic from the original post):

The rep system is now showing signs of a classic inflation scenario. The more rep people have, the more they give to others, who in turn give more etc etc...

Members can now get to "green bling whore" status (a relatively new classification) quite quickly. In two years time, it is conceivable that someone might be a "green bling whore" before they become a senior member - especially now that Rant & Rave posts don't count toward post counts. The whole rep system will become meaningless.

So - how about a mass "devaluation" of rep? Drop everyone's rep points to perhaps 20% of current value, to allow a new gradual build up?

thats easy for you to say because you have more than me

**Jerms** · 17th December 2007, 19:51

Originally Posted by McJim

Asking for green is a red bling offence ....your're new....don't do it again

Is it an offence to ask for red bling? Will that mean they'll give me green bling instead???

I'm goin to get in trouble for that aren't I...?

**jrandom** · 17th December 2007, 20:22

Originally Posted by Virago

So - how about a mass "devaluation" of rep? Drop everyone's rep points to perhaps 20% of current value, to allow a new gradual build up?

I would instead suggest a re-scaling of the rep point indicators and mouse-over descriptions with a logarithmic progression similar to the various grades of flashing post count indicators.