[idiit]

I think it should be called "thumbs up" instead of rep. I consider my rep points to be thumbs up points. the whole rep thang opens up a can of worms imo......

[Natural high]

I have a few more questions about how reputation works.

1) If I click yes to the "Did you find this post helpful?", is that the same as adding to the users reputation via the balance symbol on the left hand side of the post? In other words, does it appear in their latest reputation received list as a "Helpful Answer Positive Rating" ?

2) What do the green and yellow boxes mean below the post count of a users post? Does the yellow have a different value to the green, and is there other colours possible?

Thanks

[BadTicket]

Originally Posted by Natural high

I have a few more questions about how reputation works.

1) If I click yes to the "Did you find this post helpful?", is that the same as adding to the users reputation via the balance symbol on the left hand side of the post? In other words, does it appear in their latest reputation received list as a "Helpful Answer Positive Rating" ?

2) What do the green and yellow boxes mean below the post count of a users post? Does the yellow have a different value to the green, and is there other colours possible?

Thanks

When you give rep to someone, or find their post helpful, you will add points to their reputation, which count towards the green and yellow boxes. More points = more boxes. They start green, and when you get enough points, the yellows will start to come. 5 green and 6 yellow is max boxes.
Different colors, i think, are just a way to see the difference. Would be hard to make out if a guy has nine or ten boxes if they were all one color. Not that internet rep matters much, but there u go..

Anyways, if u'r a new member with few posts, your rep and/or helpful post thingy will show up grey on the receiving end, and will not give or take out any points. This changes after you reach a certain amount of posts and time as a member of the forum. Until then it's more of a "it's the thought that counts" thing.

Could be wrong, but i at some point i think it was a year of membership and a whopping thousand posts before your rep actually turns green/red and gives or deducts points from the dude u'r giving it to. Also the points you give when doling out rep increase with time and by your rep-points. So someone who registered on day 1 and has like a million rep points, will give out more points repping, than a dude who registered in 2015 and has 3000 points.

As far as i know, only other option besides green and yellow, is red. But if u go red, u'r a bad bad boy, and u'r getting more negative rep than positive. Most of those guys don't last long, unless u'r Clarence.

Hope this helps and wasn't too rambly, been a long day and need some sleep

One thing i like about leaving actual rep instead of the helpful post thingy, is that you can leave a little message for the receiver to read

[Natural high]

Originally Posted by BadTicket

Hope this helps and wasn't too rambly, been a long day and need some sleep

Thanks, you have been a big help.

Cheers

[Whoscottgreen]

Thanks, very helpful

[Skip]

Could be wrong, but i at some point i think it was a year of membership and a whopping thousand posts before your rep actually turns green/red and gives or deducts points from the dude u'r giving it to.

That gets you senior membership, nothing to do with rep points. Rep points don't affect your usergroup.

More info here

[Whoscottgreen]

I'll be here for a decade or more trying to get to 1000 posts!

[Saibai]

I'm trying to find that post/thread that detailed the rep "titles" that show when you hover over a user's rep icons.
Like mine: "Saibai is just really nice", "X has a long way to go", "X is a survivor" etc.
I always dug that extra touch.