Should Mental Pants reset everyone's rep points?

**Quasievil** · 2nd April 2008, 18:30

I say get rid of Rep all together, so many threads are started as obvious Rep gatherers and it would reduce the amount of dribble posted.
as well as reduce the agro from when someone gets red repped, its a pointless exercise.
that other site doesnt have it, and that makes it clear to me its not needed.
Thats my pennies worth

**sAsLEX** · 2nd April 2008, 20:03

I raise your set to zero with a more complex but ultimately more fair system.

A rep point has a limited life, say 1 year, so at any time your total is only from the last years reps? That way you loose all your old points and it wont need resetting periodically like your solution.

Go forth and programme.

**Kickaha** · 2nd April 2008, 20:05

get rid of it altogether would be my vote if someone had thought to include it in the poll

**mstriumph** · 2nd April 2008, 20:17

Originally Posted by Mental-Trousers

I'd really love to reset everyones bling count to 0. The fun thing about that is that not one single person would ever be able to send a red or green. They'd all be blue/grey. Now that sort of thing appeals to me lol.

Being realistic (unfortunately) I'd reset to 10, the absolute minimum for handing out green.

but if THAT's the case

how did the system ever get started in the FIRST place??

**mstriumph** · 2nd April 2008, 20:19

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

I raise your set to zero with a more complex but ultimately more fair system.

A rep point has a limited life, say 1 year, so at any time your total is only from the last years reps? That way you loose all your old points and it wont need resetting periodically like your solution.

Go forth and programme.

you mean - a bit like demerit points, only different and without the fine?

**Swoop** · 2nd April 2008, 20:21

Originally Posted by maha man

Personally I think the top five should have their slate cleaned and start all over then this subject will not reappear for at least.....four years.

An excellent idea!!!

Originally Posted by Mom

Lets get a new poll up, should "infractions be visible to all members?"

A superb idea!!!

You two should get together sometime and have a brainstorming session!

**FROSTY:Me** · 2nd April 2008, 20:45

I like the idea of rep having an age limit. so ya rep is only rep gathered in the last 12 months

**Trudes** · 2nd April 2008, 20:50

So it would be like Flybuys?? Cool, I need a new grill.

**Usarka** · 2nd April 2008, 20:53

i love your work mr trousers

**terbang** · 2nd April 2008, 20:57

Really it makes no difference to me whether we have rep or not. No problem with a red along with a comment as to why its there and some of them are quite witty and deserved. Often makes me take a look at my own writers voice as I may have been misunderstood. But there are those (slackjaws) that just type unintelligent abuse in atttempts to harass. I suspect this is not the intention of the Rep system.
Conversely the green is often an acknowledgemt of agreement, and I cannot imagine much abuse in that area except for it possibly giving the odd one (slackjaws again) the perception of superiority over other contributors. Hence the often hail of abuse over some debated subject.
If your gonna wipe it yearly or similar then my view is to wipe out the lot.

**mynameis** · 2nd April 2008, 21:01

Originally Posted by jrandom

Should everyones rep

be reset??

The Bling Thing's out of hand.

The Rarefied Strata inhabited by the Ancient Worthies is all but inaccessible to new forum users.

The Rank Members List By Rep Points page may or may not have anything to do with how much each of the said members is truly loved by the masses.

Is my 33,000-odd rep point ascendancy deserved, or a simple product of the fact that I've hung around these parts whoring it up for nigh on five years?

Should cowpoos even be on that list?

These matters of mystery shall remain forever unanswered, unless drastic action is taken!

I hereby call for the immediate resetting of every forum user's reputation points to 0 (or, perhaps, to 1, for matters of 'senior member' expediency).

KB is, of course, Not A Democracy, but who knows; mayhap the plea of the masses shall sway Mr Trousers as he sits on high?

Brothers and sisters, let us vote.

Edit: ATTENTION ALL NUMBSKULLS WITH SHORT ATTENTION SPANS - THIS WILL NOT REMOVE ANY EXISTING REP COMMENTS, IT WILL JUST RESET THE TOTAL.

Perhaps only reset those peoples reps who have been repping each other everyday?

Half of them will fall off the hall of fame rep 1st page.