MajorNil

Well actually with the old thanks rep did get given stupidly as soon as an admin or mod posted anything, literally anything, they got about 20+ thanks immediately.

Originally Posted by Elephant

Well actually with the old thanks rep did get given stupidly as soon as an admin or mod posted anything, literally anything, they got about 20+ thanks immediately.

That happens with the "like" button now

But regardless "thank" or "like" doesn't matter if people want to load the staff with them then that is their choice whether we disagree with it or not. Trust me I've noticed this as much as anyone and yeah I will admit that I thought it was crazy with some threads/posts but all I can do is choose not to follow suit. Of course if I feel it's warranted then I will like or thank a post regardless of whom it is.

@Trevor yes we know YOU know how to use the rep button lol and I agree the rep tutorial should be mentioned to the new recruits, as in why not add it to the formal introductions given when we welcome a new member.

I mean it is not as important as the rule and faq links of course but we all start at the same point rep wise and it would not hurt to point the new guys in this direction so that they are aware of what is needed if they wish to increase rep and move up in user rank here.

How do you rep then? Where is this button? Maybe a dumb question but I've still not found it despite being here for a while now.

Edit: found it after a search. The little button that looks like a star down to the left if others like me didn't know...nice blogpost never thought about this before.

lol at wazzobazzo's post above! IMO MajorNil now vindicated!

^Well never thought about it before. I got some rep myself from getting into dropbox (which was like an invite but not quite) but yeah...didn't even know what it was at the time.

Whenever I get an invite I leave with the Igiver and usually put a thanks in the thread as well. Now that I know how I'll happily rep too ofcourse but for what should that be exactly (for every invite/post I like or just for rare invites like Nil's talking about and "invites that aren't quite invites")?

I don't know, I get rep all the time, I get rep for my "how to improve a ratio" tutorial as well as my giveaways.

My thoughts are... it should not be easy to just glide through the ranks, it should be earned. That is what I thought I read when I first joined T-I. Being a 33% or higher should be because you make a post that people like, it should be because you have earned trust in the community. I have given invites to people that are in the higher ranks, and for their lack of following rules, I have been punished. I can't say how they got to be 55%, but I can say that at 55% you should be highly trusted as it is the last stage (for GA's at least).

So if new people want to grow in the community, they should do something worthy of rep, not just to be given to them freely so they can move up.

A side note, there is always the option of VIP, which helps the community as much as making a helpful tutorial. :)

The authors of the Like system are planning an update next month that includes rep points when you 'Like' a post. We have close to 100,000 existing Likes so there's going to be a huge surge of reps in a few weeks...

I just wish they weren't so slow about that upgrade. They officially approved it about 7 months ago, but didn't release an ETA until a couple weeks ago.

hmm apparently they still haven't released it yet.