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It is. You simply weren't looking very hard for it.
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eameece
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See: TOL Feedback and Information Center. The link is at the top of your TOL home page, just under Newbie Central.
It is. You simply weren't looking very hard for it.
It shouldn't be that hard to find. Perhaps someone will answer my question?
I just did. If you're too lazy to click onto the opening page and look up at the heading I gave you then you probably need to look into blogging...this isn't an auspicious beginning for you.
eameece
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Anyone out there able to answer this question? What is Rep. Power, with the numbers? I would think someone might be curious, since it appears in all our profile listings on the side of our posts, and noone explains what it is. It isn't reputation; that's the little display at the bottom.
Go and see.
I'd think you'd be curious enough to go and see.
Everyone else went and saw.
lain:Perhaps an illustration then...tempting. :think: :chuckle:
eameece
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Go and see.
I'd think you'd be curious enough to go and see.
You just pointed me to the forum where I already am. There's nothing there.
I'd think you would want to spend your time helping, not knocking people. Go away.
There is. Or you have a peculiar browser. Your reputation is shown at the bottom with a general visual aid and your rep power relates to it, is a reflection of the positive numerical good or damage you can inflict on those whose posts you find worthy or irksome. The larger the rep power the more good and damage you can do. That number is generated by the number and quality of pos or neg reps your posts receive.
I do and did. You decided that instead of asking for additional particular clarification the thing to do would be post my answer and then dismiss/ignore it. So I had a little fun with you. If I was actually being mean spirited I'd have given you a neg rep, something I rarely do and didn't.
I'm beginning to suspect you won't be on my Secret Santa list. :think:
eameece
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Thanks for finally answering my question.
Rep Power seems unfair to me. Oh well. This does seem to be a religious-right dominated site, after all. But it does have some excellent threads.
Samstarrett
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First: Rep is largely a meaningless system. Some of the worst posters have great rep.
Second: How is the system inherently unfair?
The rep system is merely a way to comment "behind the scenes" on other peoples posts. I wouldn't put much more thought into it than that.
I wouldn't sweat the rep thing. Like I've said long since, it's a popularity contest of sorts and if that was the distinction of quality then McDonalds would be where we ate our anniversary meals.
It's a fun way to have a side bar and pat someone on the back without taking up the thread with it. I liken it to liner notes and enjoy them singularly for that...and you'd be surprised. I'm a moderate, lightly left leaning fellow and a great deal of my rep has come from people at either end of the political line. It's a generally fair and good group here, with many willing to note a sound argument or pithy line even while taking exception to its point.
Once you get to 50 posts and a couple of weeks you'll have more options and feel free to drop a line at my profile page if you have a quick question about some particular mechanism. I'm here frequently and less busy than our illustrious host.
Oh, and have you started a hello thread in the newbie section? It's good form to do that at some point.
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eameece
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I'm sure you're right.
It seems unfair for some posters to have way more power to make a reputation than others.
Samstarrett
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That's because those posters themselves are more respected in the community and their opinions are thus considered more valuable. It's not perfect in practice(I won't name names, but some pretty obnoxious individuals have a lot of rep power), but the principle makes sense; the opinion of an experienced and respected poster is worth more than that of a newbie(a mostly unknown quantity) or a known troll, that sort of thing.
eameece
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I disagree. Just because someone is new to a forum does not reflect on their ability to tell a good from a bad post. Do people here really think that this is the only forum?
Of course, I'm a left winger and you're a right winger. Equality is more esteemed by folks like me; tradition and the power of entrenched authority is what right-wingers protect first and above-all, and always (however disguised in forms such as "free" market trickle-down economics). And so it is on this forum.
But it's a good forum anyway. Like you say, the reputation is a minor thing.
Samstarrett
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No, of course not. You misunderstand. I'm not saying that because you're new means you can't tell a good from a bad post. However, it does mean you haven't made a name for yourself and it's quite possible that you can't tell a good post from a bad one. You're not given power all at once when you're an unknown quantity, just like you wouldn't(hopefully) vote for a man for President about whom you knew nothing, on the grounds that you didn't know he couldn't run the country.
Yep.
And this discussion is a perfect example of how the left-wing ideal of equality is absurd.
That may be a bit of an exaggeration.
The ownership is of the Christian Right. What did you expect? :idunno:
Glad to hear it, and I hope you stick around. If what you have to say is well-reasoned, your rep will come up in time. Meanwhile, don't worry about it too much.
God Bless,
Sam
Thank you for the kind comments. You might want to read the page about membership levels. :up:
freelight
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Rule # 8 Modications.........
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Hello Knight,
I'd like to propose or suggest a modification or amendment of Rule #8 for your consideration -
I just alerted a fellow poster about this rule. From my understanding it is more specifically about posting to other discussion forums in particular. Otherwise,...it appears sharing links(websites/blogs/article resources) in the discussion threads that are pertinent and 'related' to the subject are permissible. Is this acceptable? - in which case only other discussion forums are not allowed to be linked. I'd ask here why this is proposed in the first place, which would factor in the rule's existence.
I've honored this rule, but do often post links to sites (not other discussion forums though) that are helpful in relating more info. about the subject being discussed, which I assume is acceptable since such has been allowed. So if you'd like to revise or modify this rule for better clarification, that would be great
As far as PM's go, I'd hold the same rule about linking to other discussion groups yet allow 'legitimate links' to be shared in private that do not violate any other rules for the board. - thoughts?
pj
Rule # 8 Modications.........
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Hello Knight,
I'd like to propose or suggest a modification or amendment of Rule #8 for your consideration -
I just alerted a fellow poster about this rule. From my understanding it is more specifically about posting to other discussion forums in particular. Otherwise,...it appears sharing links(websites/blogs/article resources) in the discussion threads that are pertinent and 'related' to the subject are permissible. Is this acceptable? - in which case only other discussion forums are not allowed to be linked. I'd ask here why this is proposed in the first place, which would factor in the rule's existence.
I've honored this rule, but do often post links to sites (not other discussion forums though) that are helpful in relating more info. about the subject being discussed, which I assume is acceptable since such has been allowed. So if you'd like to revise or modify this rule for better clarification, that would be great
As far as PM's go, I'd hold the same rule about linking to other discussion groups yet allow 'legitimate links' to be shared in private that do not violate any other rules for the board. - thoughts?
pj
some other dude
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Can we start a fund to collect money to bribe Greenie's librarian to let him stay on the computer longer?
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