An idea for identifying credible posters

[fortdick]

I see so many threads here turn into personal pissing matches and become just trash talking. One recently departed poster (I won't mention Phillo Beddoe by name) shot himself ion the foot everytime he posted and then argued when folks pointed that out.

I was wondering if we could have a poster scoring system. Not just so and so has 5000 posts, so he must know what he is talking about (Nors, where are you?), but some kind of system where if the Mods or other posters feel soemone has made a good point, they get a gold star or soemthing.

This would help identify the knowledgeable posters from the, maybe, less informed posters. Several folks are real good about searching for relevant stas and quotes, so they would be IMHo credible. But they do have to put in a lot of work. WoodysGirl comes to mind. She will trash you with facts and quotes. But some on this board still feel compelled to question her.

Anyway, I am starting to opine more than normal so I will quite. Anyone think this os a good idea or am I just TheProfit on this?

 

[Hostile]

The software system we use has a user reputation system and we have weighed the pros and cons of using it or not.

 

[DandyDon]

My two cents -
I think this is a great idea - the board has become more "muddled with junk" over the last couple of years.....

 

[Doomsday101]

If you want a credible posters just listen to me. Don't worry I'll even tell you what your opinion is.

 

[CF74]

One should be able to tell if the post is credible by the content, not the person/poster.

The spek system is to political and very ghey IMO

 

[stealth]

I hate rep+ posts
is pretty clear who is ******** and who is not on here

I am clueless and proudly wear it on my sleeves.
I have on a tank top at the moment...I just blew my mind!

 

[zrinkill]

I just look for the Zone Supporter tag under the username .....

 

[LowTech]

<-----------Caution: This person is not a credible poster.

 

[superpunk]

I hate rep+ posts
is pretty clear who is ******** and who is not on here

I am clueless and proudly wear it on my sleeves.
I have on a tank top at the moment...I just blew my mind!

Holy ****, batman!

seriously, I loled.

This is a bad idea, because then I will never get any responses. My e-reputation is in the toilet, due to the recent scandal involving me, three goats and a pint of pepto-bismol. My image is tarnished.

 

[Doomsday101]

Holy ****, batman!

seriously, I loled.

This is a bad idea, because then I will never get any responses. My e-reputation is in the toilet, due to the recent scandal involving me, three goats and a pint of pepto-bismol. My image is tarnished.

Not to mention you eat bugers.

 

[zeromaster]

Ok, depending on when PayPal come thru, I'm now a supporter, but I doubt that makes me credible.

 

[zeromaster]

Holy ****, batman!

seriously, I loled.

This is a bad idea, because then I will never get any responses. My e-reputation is in the toilet, due to the recent scandal involving me, three goats and a pint of pepto-bismol. My image is tarnished.

Not to mention your choice of hats...

 

[YosemiteSam]

The software system we use has a user reputation system and we have weighed the pros and cons of using it or not.

Yeah, I've used them too in the past and it really depends on how the system is implemented. One problem we had was we were an open board and had the "bad folks" who would rate people they didn't like with tons of different accounts. For someone that knows what their doing, manipulation is an easy thing to do.

I hacked up one once that gave more weight to higher rated posters rating and didn't allow users without X amount of post to rate at all. It worked out pretty good over the long haul, but I spent a bit of time building it and found it's value lacking. Not to mention our quieter posters, complained about not having the ability to rate users. Most people can just read a few posts from another poster and determine his/her credibility without the fuss. The rating system does add an element to the board and overall most people enjoy it.

 

[LowTech]

Not to mention your choice of hats...

The hat has always bothered me and the goat thing just makes me plain nervous.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

My two cents -
I think this is a great idea - the board has become more "muddled with junk" over the last couple of years.....

It's the price paid for a popular board. The more traffic there is the more "muddled junk" you'll find.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

We could create the "Logical Zone" where everything has to be logical and no opinions, feelings, thoughts would be acceptable.

Then we could create the "Illogical Zone" where you can rash and unreasonable.

 

[bbgun]

"Some animals are more equal than others ..."

 

[iceberg]

The software system we use has a user reputation system and we have weighed the pros and cons of using it or not.

i've seen it and i've also used another board that has the "kudo's" section (or was it "karma?" anyway) but in the end it could tailspin into additional arguments while people take it personal.

sometimes while running a board - esp. one like this so active w/so many disparate thoughts, you simply can't win and someone is *always* mad and that's hard for those who run it to deal with at times.

interesting topic - i'm in feedback collect mode for now on it but can see where it could spin off to bad juju pretty easily.

 

[Zaxor]

while I am not fond of reading garbage... I oppose censorship and segregation in all of its forms.

 

[YosemiteSam]

while I am not fond of reading garbage... I oppose censorship and segregation in all of its forms.

I don't recall anyone asking for censorship and segregation... Just a system to point out the losers. :