Included in the new forum software package was a system to rate posts positively or negatively. Each post rating is reflected by adding or deducting a number of points to or from the poster's tally. More than anything this is intended to get the quality of the posts up.
We have been running this system for a week now and have now set definitive numbers for the various variables.
These variables control who can rate and how many points they can rate with.
Minimum post count to rate: 100
Minimum reputation to rate: 25
Reputation power:
Default reputation power: 1
For every 5000 posts: 1
For every 100 reputation points: 1
For every membership year: 1
So in my case with around 220 posts, 41 reputation and less than a year memebership, every rating I do would add remove 1 point.
It's also important to note that you can only rate 20 times per day and that you have to rate 20 other members' posts to rate the same user's posts again.
Remember: you are rating posts not members! We want to increase the quality of the forums and not start a popularity contest.
Thank you for your time and enjoy your forum vistits,
Wouter Melissen
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