Ok what do those little green bars mean?

Haha, please don't judge me by my green bar count!

Yeah, no kiddin'. If this is a site where members are "ranked" by popularity, no matter how subtle, then I want out. I hope someone can tell me that the bars mean something else...

Easy does it Greg...please don't leave if the bars mean that. Come on! Look beyond that.

We need you here!

[QUOTE=groggerbug;364542]Yeah, no kiddin'. If this is a site where members are "ranked" by popularity, no matter how subtle, then I want out. I hope someone can tell me that the bars mean something else...[/QUOTE]

I may be completly mistaken with my theory posted earlier,but I am pretty certain that this type of thing is fairly common with internet forums.
P.S. I "approved" your earlier posting, hope you get your third bar soon! :p

Very interesting point you make Greg. Perhaps it has to do with the Sheriff's "reputation badge" in the lower left corner. Anybody??? If that's the case I am sure there will be some that never use it and others that use it on every chance they get. Perhaps we will get an official explanation.

Mark

Hey Greg,

I purposely hit the sheriff's badge under your post to see what happened. It opened up a box that allowed me to say if I approve or disapprove of your post and gave me the option of saying why. Naturally I checked approve and I got a pop up saying that I added to your "reputation" rating in a positive way. I tried to juice the system by giving you another good reputation on a second post in the same thread, but I got a message telling me that I should spread my reputation ratings around on other people before I can do the same for Groggerbug again.

That being said, it really isn't any different than the yuku board. The "kudos" were exactly the same thing; although there wasn't a visible kudo rating system over your name on the thread, there was a visible kudo rating on your "member page". You always had way more kudos than I did, but it never bothered me:).

I say let's give this new board a chance to work itself out. I am not 100% decided yet on the green bar thingee, but it really isn't that much different than kudos on yuku.

Bob Jordan

From the board's information on reputation ....

[B]What is reputation?[/B]

Reputation is a way of rating users depending on the quality of their posts. If the administrators have enabled reputation, then the reputation icon will be visible in posts.
Reputation may be positive [IMG]http://toycars.redlinesonline.info/vb/images/reputation/reputation_pos.gif[/IMG] , negative [IMG]http://toycars.redlinesonline.info/vb/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gif[/IMG] or neutral [IMG]http://toycars.redlinesonline.info/vb/images/reputation/reputation_balance.gif[/IMG]. Negative reputation may only be given if the administrator has enabled this. Neutral reputation is only given when the person giving reputation does not meet the criteria set by the administrator to affect someone else's reputation.

[B]How do I give reputation?[/B]

To give reputation, click on the reputation icon in the relevant post. This will reveal a form to complete with the reputation type and the reason for giving the reputation. If negative reputation is disabled then it will not be displayed in this form. You may not give reputation for the same post twice.

[B]How do I know what reputation I have received?[/B]

You can view the reputation that you have received in your [URL="http://toycars.redlinesonline.info/vb/usercp.php"]User CP[/URL] (User Control Panel) where it is displayed at the bottom of the User CP page. Here you will see the latest reputation that you have received and whether this is positive, negative or neutral. Your total reputation will be shown as series of reputation indicators in your posts and profile. The more positive your reputation, the more positive icons will be shown. The more negative your reputation the more negative icons will be shown.

[B]How much reputation is given? What is reputation power?[/B]

If the administrator has enabled this, the amount of reputation that each user will give (or take away if negative) is shown in the user's posts as 'Reputation Power'. The value of the reputation power is determined by the administrator and may increase over time depending on the settings they have applied.

[B]What if I don't want anyone to see my reputation?[/B]

You can disable the display of your reputation by going to your User CP and selecting Edit Options. On this page you will find a check box labelled 'Show Your Reputation Level'. Un-checking this box will remove the display of your reputation and replace it with the Reputation Disabled icon. You can still give and receive reputation while your reputation display is disabled.


Mark.

Thanks Mark!

Personally, I'm going to disable mine.

Bob Jordan

EDIT: where is my "User Control Panel"? Is it possibly called something else on this board?

[QUOTE=bobbyj59;364563]Thanks Mark!

Personally, I'm going to disable mine.

Bob Jordan[/QUOTE]


Ditto

Where does the User Control Panel live?