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Reputation System:
[top]Introduction:The reputation system is an important feature of Drugs-Forum. It enables members to give positive feedback to posts that are helpful, provide lots of good information, give helpful advice, or make a contribution to Drugs-forum. Negative feedback can be given to posts that break the rules or give advice that is dangerous or irresponsible. The feedback comments allow the recieving member to see ways in which they can improve their posts, and encourages members to put maximum effort into writing posts. This helps to increase and maintain the quality of the material on Drugs-Forum. The reputation system is based on reputation points. An increase in the overall number of reputation points a member has is associated with recieving positive reputation comments, and a decrease in the overall number of reputation points is associated with recieving negative reputation comments. Member's with more "reputation power" can give and take more reputation points with their comments, and a large part of reputation power is based on how many reputation points a member has themselves. The amount of reputation points a member has can be seen by checking their contribution spectrum, the number and colour of the boxes on the upper right hand side of the member's posts, and the description that can be seen when the mouse pointer is placed over these boxes. Checking how many reputation points a member has may be a way of assessing how reliable any information that they give is likely to be. Silver membership is attained once a member reaches 5 reputation points, at which point the grey box above their posts becomes dark green. Four more dark green boxes and one lighter green box are attained each time a member gains 100 reputation points, and after that lighter green boxes can be attained for every further 200 reputation points gained. Red boxes indicate a negative number of reputation points, and if a member recieves 50 negative reputation points they will get transferred to mercury membership. What are reputation titles? When you move your cursor to hover over the green or red boxes, you will see a member's reputation title appear. When a red box is present, the reputation title would be: user should urgently read the rules, or user can only hope to improve. When someone is a newbie, the reputation title wil be: user is an unknown quantity at this point. When a user begins accumulating good rep, the box turns green and more boxes are added as the user earns more rep and reputation titles often read: user is learning to SWIM, or user is a captain of the SWIM team. there are many reputation titles as a member earns higher reputation levels: user must mainline MedLine, or user must think in IUPAC are both examples. The reputation title description can be seen by placing the mouse pointer over the green boxes, the number of which changes with the number of reputation points that the member has: User is heading for the Darwin Award. -150 User needs to UTFSE some more before posting. -100 User can only hope to improve -50 User should urgently read the rules. -25 User is an unknown quantity at this point 0 User is learning how to SWIM. 20 User is a decent SWIMmer. 50 User is a captain of the SWIM team. 150 User must have several intelligent pet hamsters 250 User probably knows what they are talking about. 350 User really adds to the discussion. 500 User must live here. 750 User really knows their shit. 1000 User must think in IUPAC 1500 User must mainline Medline 2000 User is living in mutualistic symbiosis with drugs-forum 3000 User is a true resource and beyond repute 4000 The reputation system implemented on Drugs-Forum serves many purposes;
[top]Where it works:Reputation is used to measure the information given about drugs, and contributions to the forum; therefore the reputation feature has been disabled in forums that are not related to drugs or Drugs-Forum, such as the "Some For All" section. A note on self-incrimination The a breach of the rules regarding self-incrimination are often a topic of negative reputation. This is valuable, as far as flagging members who are not cooperating/trolling, but must be exercised with care. Generally speaking, use of swim or a narrative about a friend's experience are the best way to go. Most posts that are reported do contain self-incrimination and are corrected; there is the occasional "grey area" such as prescribed medications. If a member posts this type of info in first person, it is not considered self-incrimination, as use of the substance is legal via perscription; however, the member must state in every post on this subject that they are prescribed this medication and that they only take it as prescribed. [top]How it works:How should one use the reputation system? The reputation system is designed to allow individual users to evaluate one another's posts. Users can give positive, negative and even neutral rep and can choose how many reputation points to give. The user must also give a brief but meaningful explanation regarding why rep was given. For example, if a member gives negative rep, they should say that the post was inaccurate lacking essential details, not just say that it was a bad post. Negative rep should ideally be constructive criticism aimed at improving a post, and positive rep should ideally be a genuine acknowledgement of a quality post and why it is useful. The reputation system is meant to encourage constructive contributions to the forum, so when giving rep, one must indicate why and how the post could be improved, or why and how the post was helpful. This helps members learn how to write valid, fact-based posts and improve the quality of the forum in general through their individual contributions. The reputation system is not a means of letting someone know you like or admire them--that's what friend requests are there for. The reputation system is a way to let everyone know how credible, within this community, a member's posts are. This is very important considering the nature of some of the topics on this forum, especially in light of the focus on harm reduction here. [top]Giving Positive Feedback:In the right hand corner of every members post you will see an icon that resembles a heart directly to the right of the post number as seen in the illustration below. You will then click the heart icon and it will load a page with this module. If it is positive reputation you are trying to leave it is set on "I approve by" default, so no action needs to be taken. Next you want to decide on how much reputation to give. When leaving positive feedback you can leave up to 100% of your points. Next you must leave a comment. The system will not allow you to leave this field blank. After that is completed, click on "Add to Reputation" and you are done. [top]Giving Negative FeedbackNegative feed works almost the same but with a minor change. You can only give up to 50% of your total reputation power. If this is an odd number it will not be exactly 50% but it will be on the lesser side. For example if you have a reputation power of 29, 50% of that will end up being -14. Again, just like with leaving positive feedback you want to click on the heart on the top right hand corner of the post you would like to leave feedback to. The feedback page will load. This time you want to click on "I disapprove". Select the amount of negative points you wish to leave the member up to half of your reputation. And lastly leave your comment in the blank field and click Add to Reputation. [top]Helping members by giving negative ratings.When to give negative ratings? When you feel a post can and should be improved. Especially when the rules are broken. Members that are making a mistake will need a heads up on how to improve, behave and follow the rules. If no one gives them the opportunity to learn, by informing them then how can they? You have the choice how many points you want to give or deduct. You can even do neutral ratings. It is up to you how to word your rating comments. There is no need to leave negative wordings, as reputation comments are meant to be constructive. Although the word 'negative' seems to indicate to put someone down or give someone a setback, but this is not what the reputation system is about. It is about improving the site. About helping people improve and about upping the quality of posts in general. And by giving members a heads up on how to improve, you are helping the member to avoid infractions. A member may be able to correct a breach of the rules, before a moderator infracts the member for it. Regarding new members, and as mentioned above, it is possible to give a neutral rating, which can then be coupled with a rep comment that explains the mistake and how to correct it in a constructive, reasonable manner. This helps newbies learn the ropes without being combative or making them feel discouraged or picked on for lack of knowledge. If the same mistake is made repeatedly, then negative rep is warranted. Either the member is not reading the rules or is just ignoring them altogether (borderline troll behavior in the latter case), and their status needs to reflect that refusal to adhere to the rules, particularly since every member agrees to abide by those rules when registering for membership. [top]What happens once Feedback has been given:The feedback will not go through straight away. Firstly, the feedback will be sent to a moderation que where it will wait untill a moderator checks that it meets the standards required of reputation comments, as defined by the Feedback Etiquette section, and that the comment does not breach the rules. If the moderator deems the reputation comment to be acceptable, the recipient user will then recieve their feedback, but otherwise the feedback will not go through and the user who attempted to give it will be sent a private message telling them so. The reputation comment will be visible at the bottom of the post that reputation is being given for immediately, before it leaves the moderation que. All reputation comments remain visible to all users, at the bottom of the post they were given for, with a coloured box at the left hand side detailing the type of reputation. A green box indicates that positive reputation has been given, a red box indicates that negative reputation has been given and a grey box indicates a reputation comment where no reputation points were given or taken. Having reputation comments displayed at the bottom of posts enables all users to better assess whether or not to give that post more reputation, as well as allowing them to better structure the comment they leave so that the user recieving the reputation gets a broader range of feedback. It prevents a user guilty of only a small breach of rules from recieving an unfairly excessive amount of negative reputation from multiple users. [top]What affects your reputation power:
[top]Viewing feedback and Points:You can view your reputation power by going to the forum Donations page, which is the first option under "Quick Links" (which is towards the top of every Drugs Forum Page). On the top right side of the page you will find your user CP module. This will show you what your reputation power is.  This can also be done just by clicking the heart icon and viewing how many you can leave.  By going to your user cp, your 40 most recent reputation comments will be found below your subscribed threads. Negative reputation feedback is denoted by the red square and positive will be green. Neutral reputation comments that don't give or take any reputation points are denoted by a grey square. At the top right corner of the "Latest Reputation Received" module you will find the total amount of points received.  [top]Feedback etiquette:The reputation system is set up to be anonymous; this discourages reputation trade among other members and also discourages retaliation against members leaving negative reputation. When writing a reputation comment, please give detailed explanations of why the post was good or bad, as this will maximise how useful a reputation comment is to the user recieving it. Reputation comments are not an anonymous way of showing agreement or disagreement on a certain topic - please write reputation comments based solely on the quality of information or advice given, differences or similarities between opinion should not be a factor here. When rating others posts, please make sure that your ratings explains why the content of the post was good or bad. Ratings should not contain:
[top]How many points to give/take:The following is a table that outlines the amount of points that should be given or taken depending on the post content.
[top]Reputation Trade:What is reputation trade? Reputation trade is when members leave clues on their identity, in their rating comments that are then returned by ratings from other members. Or simply when members agree to give each other points. This can happen between two or more members. What measures are in place to prevent reputation trade? Every single reputation comment given is checked by a moderator to ensure that it doesn't break the rules, and each user has the option of reporting all of the reputation that they recieve if it breaks the rules (see the section below). In addition to these measures, there is software in place that is highly effective at discovering reputation trade. What are the penalties of reputation trade? Trade in reputation has been discovered frequently. The result of trading reputation has always been an infraction and a large reputation decrease (the maximum staff can give, so around -75). Repeated reputation trade, even if it is all discovered at the same time, will result in removal of all the member's reputation. Why does reputation trade warrant an infraction? Reputation trading has been defined in this FAQ as: when members leave clues on their identity, in their rating comments that are then returned by ratings from other members, or simply when members agree to give each other points. If one member lets it be known (even if not in the rep comment itself) to a second member that they have given the second member trade, and the second member reciprocates, it can potentially be seen as rep trade, so it's important to let rep comments remain anonymous. This can happen between two or more members. Since the reputation system is a valuable quality control tool in terms of the accuracy, diversity and depth of knowledge available, it is a means of peer-review by other members of the forum. The longer one has been a member and the more quality, informative posts they make is in direct proportion to their rep power. Therefore we conclude that reputation abuse is problematic: aside from defeating the purpose of the system, members who trade reputations falsely inflate their credibility, which is deceitful and can lead another member to the false conclusion that the first member's opinions are well-informed, when in fact they may very well not be. Reputation trading or treating the system as a measure only of social popularity and not quality of information or utility of ideas is reputation abuse, which can also be negative: giving negative rep because of a difference of opinion or out of malice (flaming). Reputation abuse is not tolerated; reputation points are reveiwed by mods before being added to a member's contribution spectrum, and any inappropriately given rep points are deleted. [top]What to do if you feel feedback was unjust or broke the rules:If for some reason you feel that you have received an unjust reputation, or a feedback comment that breaches the rules, then press the red report button to the right of that reputations entry in the User CP. This will bring up a module where you can state why you are reporting your post. Please explain thoroughly why you feel the reputation received was unjust or a breach of the rules. Be patient, and allow for some response time. DO NOT CREATE A THREAD TO WHINE ABOUT REPUTATION RECEIVED. This will likely leave you in a worse position than when you started. Also please leave the original post unedited. If you have edited your post this does not reflect what was originally said and will be deemed valid automatically, no questions asked. The time stamp of an edited post MUST be before the time stamp of the reputation received otherwise it will be seen as a member trying to cover up what they had said. Any negative comments after that will be removed if deemed unfair. posting off-topic comments in a thread to whine about a negative rep comment is just as detrimental as creating a thread to whine about it, and it derails the thread, is off-topic, and is generally extremely annoying. use the reputation reporting system to contest negative rep. [top]Contribution SpectrumThe Contribution Spectrum is represented by the green and orange bars under a member's reputation in the top right hand corner of their posts. It can also be located on your profile, by clicking the Contribution Spectrum Tab. Orange: this shows the amount of points you have and at what level you are at. There are 100 levels. You will see that even high ranked members have a orange bar that is far from full. That is something that may needs to be adjusted in time. Blue: This is how far you are on your way in this level and the amount of point needed to reach the next level. Levels do not affect your reputation, or anything else at this moment. Giving meaning to the levels is another stage. Green: shows your posting activity compared to the 10 most active members on the board. For example: Panthers currently has an activity level of 100%, which means he is within the top 10 of active members. He posts 5.77 per day, which is likely a bit more than the average the 10 most active users post. Therefore it is 100%. Your posts per day are compared to the same average. Under this, you will find a summary of the amount of points that you have received for
If you do not have points for one of these aspects, then it will not show on your profile. *for some reason does not show yet When you hover over the bars shown in posts, then you will also see your points, level and activity. You do not to hover the filled part. Note that the reputation bar is separate from the Contribution Spectrum bars. Reputation influences Contribution Spectrum, but not the other way around. Contribution Spectrum is an advanced level and activity system. It will calculate an activity and contribution score for every user based on their activities on the forum. Now members will see how their level is increasing by participating on the forum. Communities are not only defined by post count, they need much more parameters: Are the postings the user creates helpful? Are his threads frequently read? Does the user participate on the community by posting pictures, attachments, leaving visitor messages, tagging threads? All this can be answered with Contribution Spectrum. [top]Contribution Spectrum StatisticsIf you click on Quick Links, then Contribution Spectrum, will you will be taken to a page with all of the Statistics for Drugs Forum Members. The top 5 members for every category are shown. 1. Along the top, you can chose to view the ranking for Members and for Groups, and see who currently has what award. 2. Clicking on Earn Points will take you to the page below, showing how points are calculated. This page shows how you can get contribution spectrum points. For example, for every one points of rep you have, you get 2 times that number of Contribution Spectrum points. All of your points can be seen on your profile, but clicking the Contribution Spectrum tab. [top]AwardsThere are four awards which are given to the top four members in different categories. Fing Award Depends upon the points received for: Attachments, posts, replies, stickies, tags, threads, views, votes, use of rep system Activity Award Depends upon the points received for: Activity Community Award Depends upon the points received for: Album pics, friends, referrals, social groups, visitor messages, use of rep system Helpful Award Depends upon the points received for: Referrals, stickies, tags, use of reputation system File Archive Award Depends upon the points received for: The file archive (currently not displayed)
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