Why have I stopped getting -ve rep?

[hyperD]

I'm with MF as I don't believe I've given an rep to anything that didn't deserve it one way or another (apart from Russell and that really doesn't count).

Would my honourable friend like to reconsider that statement?

[MarillionFan]

I suppose, now it's not anonymous it's more difficult to game it.

Only one thing to do...






























































































Sockies!

[eek]

Would my honourable friend like to reconsider that statement?

No because you question confirms everything.

[OwlHoot]

Haven't had a death threat or vicious hateful rep comment for days now. Is the rep system broken?

TBO, I think outing reppers has been a mixed blessing.

Now our curiosity has been satisfied, I vote Nick tweaks the system to "anonymize" the unique post ID and user ID (i.e. encrypts the rep comment tags reversibly) so these values are still available back on the server but no longer to us.

Also, it would be a challenge to try and crack the system again (not that I was one of those who managed it the first time).

[doodab]

TBO, I think outing reppers has been a mixed blessing.

Now our curiosity has been satisfied, I vote Nick tweaks the system to "anonymize" the unique post ID and user ID (i.e. encrypts the rep comment tags reversibly) so these values are still available back on the server but no longer to us.

Also, it would be a challenge to try and crack the system again (not that I was one of those who managed it the first time).

As far as I can see the only reason the user id appears on the "recent rep" page is to ensure the id of the <li> elements is unique, so it could probably be replaced with a sequence number or loop iteration variable.

[NickFitz]

As far as I can see the only reason the user id appears on the "recent rep" page is to ensure the id of the <li> elements is unique, so it could probably be replaced with a sequence number or loop iteration variable.

Indeed - and, in fact, there doesn't seem to be any good reason for those elements to have an id attribute in the first place

[DaveB]

Indeed - and, in fact, there doesn't seem to be any good reason for those elements to have an id attribute in the first place

Unless there's a way for Admin to see who has repped who then it would be a useful way of being able to track abuse of the system to harrass other users*







*in the kind of forums where insults, threats and sectarian abuse are not regarded as part of the general background noise.

[MarillionFan]

I for one will not be using the rep system until it is made anonymous again and I am able to sign my reps as someone else as it is designed to do without fear of being outed.

You've all spoilt it. :-(

[eek]

Unless there's a way for Admin to see who has repped who then it would be a useful way of being able to track abuse of the system to harrass other users*

I think that data is probably available in the database tables and doesn't need to be displayed in the user markup unless I'm very confused over the purpose of the the MVC pattern.

[doodab]

Unless there's a way for Admin to see who has repped who then it would be a useful way of being able to track abuse of the system to harrass other users*


*in the kind of forums where insults, threats and sectarian abuse are not regarded as part of the general background noise.

The user id would still be in the database, but there is no reason for it to appear in a user visible web page.