Reputation Explained

[TG]

This post is an attempt to explain the site reputation system.

You have reputation points and reputation power.

Reputation points are indicated by green bars on your postbit.

All users are assigned 10 reputation points on registration.

For every 30 days that you've been registered on the site, you gain 1 power point.

For every 100 posts, you gain another power point.

For every 100 points of reputation you have, you gain another power point.

If you have LESS than 100 posts, any reputation you assign or remove from someone will NOT have an effect. This essentially makes your reputation power 0. As soon as you hit 100 posts, the other factors that contribute to your reputation power will take effect.

You ALSO need to have a minimum reputation of 10 points before your reputation power applies. You will only have less than 10 points if you have LOST reputation, as the default value is 10.

You may only assign 10 reputation points per day. Administrators are exempted.

You need to "spread" your reputation to 5 other users before you can assign reputation to the same person again. Administrators are exempted.

Reputation power indicates how much reputation you can assign at a time.

[rainy]

That clears up some things. Thanks.

[Megnut3025]

@TG...do your power points go up automatically because I went over 4oo posts this morning but I dont think my rep power went up??
And thank you very much for all your effort.. I definately understand it all a lot better now!

[Albereth]

Oh slappage with a large wet fish
How many minuses will you dish
For people not posting in rhyme
Or are they exempt this time?

[Megnut3025]

Ok...now I have confused myself a little more.
1.) When I look at my user cp page.There is that table that shows where u have received per points..right. Why on the top of that table does it say total points 45? What points are those?
2.) Now...I take it that 1 little green bar represents 10 points right?!
Ok... I need to do this:
We have Rep points and Rep power
This is what I dont understand:
When we vote for a person(a good post, so we give them a +1)
Will it go to their point or their power?
I get the part about us getting a Rep POWER point for every 30 days & for the 100 posts. but how do we improve our normla rep points? Is this by the quality of our posts? And just one last thing... If that is right then will it mean that the more points we receive the more green bars we get and the more respected we are.... boy this is funny.
Ok....if you cant explain this to me.. I really do understand
I think I do understand it...but I might be confused!

[Megnut3025]

Please oh please Alb give me a break
I am so confuzzled a mistake I did make

[TG]

Due to the complex reputation issue,
posting in rhyme will require a tissue,
to clean up the mess that will appear
as my brain leaks out of my ear.

[Megnut3025]

Oh dear TG that is no good to me
a stopper for your ear would be
I will however take a tissue
since this has become quite an issue
Peeps are going to think I'm a tard
when actually this is all damn hard!

[TG]

Ok...now I have confused myself a little more.
1.) When I look at my user cp page.There is that table that shows where u have received per points..right. Why on the top of that table does it say total points 45? What points are those?
2.) Now...I take it that 1 little green bar represents 10 points right?!
Ok... I need to do this:
We have Rep points and Rep power
This is what I dont understand:
When we vote for a person(a good post, so we give them a +1)
Will it go to their point or their power?
I get the part about us getting a Rep POWER point for every 30 days & for the 100 posts. but how do we improve our normla rep points? Is this by the quality of our posts? And just one last thing... If that is right then will it mean that the more points we receive the more green bars we get and the more respected we are.... boy this is funny.
Ok....if you cant explain this to me.. I really do understand
I think I do understand it...but I might be confused!

1) Your reputation points. NOT power.
2) No. I don't know what scale is used. I've got over 100 points, so there would be 10 bars. I think it's just a representative scale. Prolly REP/10 or something like that.
When you vote for a person, you give them rep POINTS, not power.
Power is calculated, it is not assigned.
Your reputation is improved by others. Ie, you make a good post, peeps like it, and give you + reputation. And for the remainder of what you said, yes.

[Megnut3025]

THANK YOU TG!!
I'm sure it will grow on me!