I finally got my first positive Reputation . Thanks to fstyle28 I feel loved. I have given them out before but never got one. How lame am I ? This really did make me happy.
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I think the reputation points are good, I wish more people used them. I tired to give out points for everyone who helped me with my first thread, but it would only let me give out a few per day, and then I forgot! Sorry to anyone who didn't get one that helped
I give them to people I feel I can vouch for, Usually someone I know personally or someone that went the extra mile to help someone. If we give them out frivolously they won't have a meaning or value.
Its in the upper right corner of you're post's, by the post #
If you want to say something good or bad about a forum member, you click on their name and this takes you to their CP page. Then scroll down a bit to "reputation" and over to the right of that click on "rate" On this page you can post either a good rating or a bad rating for this person.
But I am glad to see that the "core" people on this forum carry the weight of both "moderator" on their labels, as well as hefty reputation numbers. I feel like these provide valuable "signposts" (gee, I just accidentally made a pun!) for newbies and rookies so they can more accurately consider the advice they are given.
Hey Chipdog, see all the good you have done by letting us know how happy you are with your first reputation point? Now a few other folks have a better understanding of them and the fact that each of us has the ability to give them to any other member we choose.
I was really excited by my first few also...I think that's a really great thing to do. I have positive points from some names I don't even know or recognize...