Repileaks - should rep be anonymous?

[TimberWolf]

I seem to have been hit with a 1000 negative rep. It'll slow me down a little but I'll recover.

It's only a flesh wound.

[d000hg]

surely randomly using up rep by +ve ing a poster may result in getting more +ve in return.

But I'd rather I got, or didn't get, rep genuinely... unlike MF I don't dream of topping the chart.

[mudskipper]

But I'd rather I got, or didn't get, rep genuinely... unlike MF I don't dream of topping the chart.

But how can it be genuine, when you have to spread it about? That's where random repping comes in. Unless it's changed it doesn't matter if you wait a day or a week or a month - you have to rep lots (20?) of other people before you can rep the same person again.

[eek]

But I'd rather I got, or didn't get, rep genuinely... unlike MF I don't dream of topping the chart.

it was genuine rep for being honest.

Honest guv

[cojak]

But how can it be genuine, when you have to spread it about? That's where random repping comes in. Unless it's changed it doesn't matter if you wait a day or a week or a month - you have to rep lots (20?) of other people before you can rep the same person again.

But so what? People just have to wait their turn. I'm not going rep randomly just so that 'favourites' get +ve/-ve more often.

[northernladuk]

But how can it be genuine, when you have to spread it about? That's where random repping comes in. Unless it's changed it doesn't matter if you wait a day or a week or a month - you have to rep lots (20?) of other people before you can rep the same person again.

The idea is to stop you repping the same person too often so abusing the rep system.

[mudskipper]

But so what? People just have to wait their turn. I'm not going rep randomly just so that 'favourites' get +ve/-ve more often.

OK - ignoring favourites etc.

If you only rep posts that are genuinely helpful, you very soon find you can't rep because you haven't spread it about enough. So the rep chart is never going to accurately reflect who the most helpful posters are - if that's what they're supposed to do.

[Spacecadet]

Basically we all have pretty much the same rep-giving powers now

Even 1 post sockies?

[mudskipper]

The idea is to stop you repping the same person too often so abusing the rep system.

So put a time limit, rather than a spread it about limit.

[northernladuk]

So put a time limit, rather than a spread it about limit.

That's not a bad idea but still won't stop people just repping one person I guess.