Thread: Rules for Site Reputation and Thanks

Rules Regarding Positive Reputation and Thanks

You may give positive rep or thanks when...:

• a post is useful to you
• a post is useful to someone else
• a giveaway is made
• a request is filled

So when you should you NOT give positive rep or thanks?

• when someone makes a request
• when someone bumps a thread
• for anything resembling spam
• in order to receive an invite (you may give rep or thanks to a deserving giveaway it if you desire but please report any threads that require rep or thanks as a condition of the giveaway)

In addition...

You MUST fill out the comment field explaining why you gave the rep. Leaving the comment field blank is not allowed. If you are found giving baseless rep or making behind-the-scenes deals with other members in order to increase your site rep you can and will be banned permanently. Rep cheating is a serious matter and will not be tolerated at T-I. Anyone found in violation of this rule will be dealt with quickly and harshly.

THE OFFICIAL MOD APPROVED CRITERIA FOR GIVING NEGATIVE REP:
written by Eschaton

This is a forum, and more often than not people will say useless/meaningless things. Just because people have the power to neg rep someone doesn't mean they shouldn't misuse it. Also many times people are neg repped because their opinion isn't liked. This is not okay and will not be tolerated. This includes use of the new groan button. Groaning is worth one negative rep point and should only be used for cases of mild spam, rude posts, or other threads/posts that are minor rule infractions. it should not be used because you are unhappy with something. Being able to give rep is a privilege that should not be abused. Violaters of this rule will be dealt with harshly!

Here are a few reasons that neg rep or groans should be given:

• to a cheater
• to a flamer
• to a liar
• to a scammer

Most of these people are given infractions and bans anyways, so lets expand it

• blatantly disregarding the rules
• to an extremely offensive post
• to someone who spams around continuously (do not go neg-rep happy!)
• to someone who insults or flames
  
• to repeat offenders

The bottom line is no one likes being neg repped. In some cases it is necessary, but it should always be given serious consideration.

Sorry.. if this seems a bit off standish but I have read a good amount of all the rules and I understand the conecpt of iGivers as well as +reps and thanks although... I recently earlier found a tutorial on What needs to be known for What.cd invites and it was very helpfull to me.. Before I go further this is my first time being a part of a private tracker site. Anyways I wanted to send my thanks by ofcourse pressing the magical THANKS button heh but I seem to be uterally and completely lost on how to do so as I cannot see it anywere... was wondering if you could possibly help?

Decaff. You need to have 5 posts or more, then the thanks button appears.

Ahh makes since, alright thankyou Sir, I /appreciated Il be sue to psot a few more so I may gain that capability.

i have a question. When i give thanks to someone why doesn't my name show up under the thread saying i gave thanks. Is it only people other then you have gave thanks that shows up?

It should show up, sometimes it takes a few seconds. Also, I don't know if you do the same but I tend to open up to 30 threads at a time sometimes and run out of thanks but since I had some when I opened the thread the button will still be there, however, if I push it, it will just disappear without adding the thanks.

i have a question how many reps does it take to get a second green bar and 3rd etc...

here rocco. try to look harder in the forums and see my signature too, it will help ya. cheers.

That post just talks about the reputation comments. The greenbars initially show up for every 100 rep you have received. So basically, Rocco, when you reach 100 rep you will get a second green bar, 200 for a third and so on.

At least that's the way it has been for me. New bars have come on the 100 rep received, not when the comment has changed. I guess later on it takes more rep for a new bar. I could be wrong on this.