Loss of Rep Points

[RABAUKE]

Originally Posted by Mark

Sorry, you were just a useful guinea pig, it will come off shortly..

I like being used.....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by RABAUKE

and we laughed and we laughed.

-999167 ?!?! WTF my friend

[RABAUKE]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

-999167 ?!?! WTF my friend

Not banned yet....this is really the story of my life and explains my meteoric rise through the ranks.

[wdb]

What a bunch of whiny snowflakes

[RABAUKE]

Originally Posted by wdb

What a bunch of whiny snowflakes

I earned those points.....I think they can be exchanged for a toaster.

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by Mark

I have to say, you are all taking it really well

BTW reputation histories are currently still being re-calculated, so more changes may be seen

If they aren't adjusted accordingly there will be consequences...such as posting an "appreciate thread" in tech forums. We will protest and organize marches. You guys will be chasing hundreds of "appreciate threads."

[UglyBuzzard]

1500

[bimmer456]

Originally Posted by Mark

Some people may potentially lose thousands

We are in the process of re-calcuating the points to remove off-topic credit. Its an experiment and we may restore some depending on how the averages and other factors work out

What's the reason for doing this? It's just a number after all, though would be nice if we got financial incentives based on the content we create, I'm trying to figure out how I can monetize the valuable service I provide .

[apptest]

Originally Posted by bimmer456

What's the reason for doing this? It's just a number after all, though would be nice if we got financial incentives based on the content we create, I'm trying to figure out how I can monetize the valuable service I provide .

Originally Posted by jgoens

If they aren't adjusted accordingly there will be consequences...such as posting an "appreciate thread" in tech forums. We will protest and organize marches. You guys will be chasing hundreds of "appreciate threads."

Originally Posted by RABAUKE

I earned those points.....I think they can be exchanged for a toaster.

Just so we're all on the same page, don't think the numbers you see now are final numbers at all.

We're making averages of averages of averages and recalculating over and over to come up with a better balance. So the numbers will be changing here and there.

They will probably settle into a final balance sometime during the week.

[///M-er-gized]

Yeah, I went from 326 down to 315. I guess losing 11 points isn't as bad as losing 150, but I want them back please.

[///M-er-gized]

Originally Posted by apptest

Just so we're all on the same page, don't think the numbers you see now are final numbers at all.

We're making averages of averages of averages and recalculating over and over to come up with a better balance. So the numbers will be changing here and there.

They will probably settle into a final balance sometime during the week.

Oh good, so I count can on getting even more points than I already had.

[Soul_Glo]

Glad I'm not the only one. I lost +1000. Someone messaged me and said I have lost the M meter too.

While I am here. Why do some users have an M meter and some not?

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by 37psi

Glad I'm not the only one. I lost +1000. Someone messaged me and said I have lost the M meter too.

While I am here. Why do some users have an M meter and some not?

Yeah..you probably need to start removing all those M-badges from your car now.

[Mike.]

i lost about 800. WTF

[Mingwan]

What is the purpose of the points, anyways?

Is it like a numerical e-dick?

[bimmer456]

Haven't lost any *yet* but probably will as all of my likes can't be seen anymore except for the most recent ones that happened after the new system began to be implemented.

[G35POPPEDMYCHERRY]

most forums dont even let off topic posts go to post counts let alone rep. jus sayin

[bimmer456]

Yeah there's that one guy joekerr who only posts in off topic and has over 1000 rep. So I guess under the new rules he's at 0.

[Soul_Glo]

Originally Posted by jgoens

Yeah..you probably need to start removing all those M-badges from your car now.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by bimmer456

Yeah there's that one guy joekerr who only posts in off topic and has over 1000 rep. So I guess under the new rules he's at 0.

Haha, it wouldn't matter to him, the guy is epic with or without rep points.

The old system rewarded posters with collections of bikini shots and idiots like me who stand out for the wrong reasons. It had nothing to do with their quality as contributors and people who read the off topic have a good grasp on what to read anyway so the system is redundant.

The forum has a few solid moderators and them appreciating posts that actually are informational should be the fair way to sort out the sizes of our penises. That way the balance would shift more towards the reason many of us originally registered here.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by G35POPPEDMYCHERRY

most forums dont even let off topic posts go to post counts let alone rep. jus sayin

And I think thats the way it should be.
This is a car forum after all, not a watch/sports/political/whatever forum.
If any merit should be given, it should be related to on topic (thus BMW related) content.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by G35POPPEDMYCHERRY

most forums dont even let off topic posts go to post counts let alone rep. jus sayin

G35POPPEDMYCHERRY not a bad idea either.

Originally Posted by GuidoK

And I think thats the way it should be.
This is a car forum after all, not a watch/sports/political/whatever forum.
If any merit should be given, it should be related to on topic (thus BMW related) content.

Agreed

As this is bimmerpost, not politics.com or vitamins.com, the rep points from car posts is what should be displayed imo.

If averages are used, in no way should more reps be allowed than from the main threads. For example, if 10 reps in car forum and 1000 in off topic, max of 20 total reps should be shown imo.

This would force more quality posts in car forums.

It’s ridiculous that some posters have 1 post out of the last 120 in the car section and collected several hundred appreciates from those same 120 posts (and none from their car forum post).