Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Life is indeed very tough in this forum. Trying to be a good guy also got zapped. :eek: :(

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

I got zapped into moderation before. But it's Ok. We move on.

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Truth be told among all the other places we place adverts, sammyboyforum.com
is probably the best. It has friendly and efficient moderators/admins. In my own
opinion it easily outclasses its competitors.

Have a great weekend boss

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Thanks for the vote of confidence. We try our best and are always fully aware that nothing can be taken for granted. ;)

Balancing the free flow of information vs managing the content is a difficult act to get right. I try to be as liberal as possible while preventing anarchy. :p

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Hey Boss:

Here's a suggestion that I hope you find constructive.

You say that you like for sbf to reflect real life; well, IRL I'd think nobody will tolerate any individual whose sole purpose is to cause harm to others.

How about programming your computer to only require everybody to upz more than zap?

I see newbies as well as established samsters just trying to contribute who gets zapped for no reason other than these idiot zappers trying to dominate the free flow of information or just to cause havoc on the board.

Just a suggestion
SEAJ

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

I've thought about that many times and it can easily be programmed. However, the rep system does help identify scammers, cheats, number collectors etc and they end up in the red.

This in turn helps others sort out who the trustworthy samsters are and who the con jobs are.

For example if you see someone with negative rep giving out some info, people are less likely to trust that nick.

Of course like all systems, it is open to abuse and used to bully and silence differing opinions.

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Then do you uphold the liberty of speech or let the strongest clone gang prevail? :D

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Oh wow - so I'm at least not too far off-base this time ! LOL

But I'd think you'd still be able to do the same with limiting zaps - just that I'd think that a genuine member wud think properly first before using his now valuable zaps.

As it is, idiots with nefarious agenda and /or flawed characters dominate!

SEAJ

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Moderated members are not silenced. They are still free to post as much as they want.

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

None. The ones who pay for his everything are who he served. :D

Boss still allowed those moderated accounts to post but their posts will take a longer time to surface. But I have a feeling that the liberty of speech you are talking about is not referring to those accounts. Nice diversion move. Haha.

The liberty of speech has a price to pay and those points you lose are payments made. If too expensive, just ignore and skip to something at no cost or cheaper. I have learned it in the hard way too. :D

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

There might be a more interesting source of income for boss. The ultimate tool that mortals like us wish for. To identify who is the zapper. One identification at $xx. I believed taking a max of 100 per day. Daily income of $xxk. Boss can considered buying a new house in no time.

Premiere members no longer can be zap so this will not be enable you to dig their pockets further. How about tapping your pool of mortal members. :D

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

what happened if this feature intro then zappers start to identify themselves..hahah...:p

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

i can assure you that if he does tweak the system to allow that..it wont be for the extra money....making money isnt at the top of his priority list, customer service is..

He does cares alot for this forum in which he has invested plenty of time and effort into to make it where it is today. ;)

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

Why not just have a third column in the CP showing who zaped/upped you, this way people who zapped unneccesarily will be in a world of trouble as others will know who they are

There was also another forum (this forum is about shares/stocks) quite famous in singapore, anyways they also had the same problem of newbie zapping. Each time someone said something bad about a stock they got zapped.

So the admin did away totally with zappings, you now can only up people, soon after that alot of clones dissapeared and sanity seemed to have restored to that forum

zapping actually serves no purpose at all unless you have alot of clones and etc else it just terrorizes people in the forum

Re: Reputation system update - 17th July 2011
 

yea, these lot will then get themselves embroiled in a zap war and there will be flaming threads all over the forums and the admins/moderators will have to clean up the shit... mate, i have better things to do like gardening.