[Question] So what happened to the Rank Image Bar and Reputation Bar?

*Refractive Reflections* · 01-13-2015, 11:03 AM

I was going through the FAQs page and I noticed the Reputation link. So have the administrators disabled this feature? Because I don't see my reputation at the bottom of my CP page. Was it disabled because it became more of a popularity contest of sorts?

Also what happened to the Rank Image Bar? I know that the 3 red blocks appear when someone is banned, but what about the one yellow block (1st warning) and two orange blocks (2nd warning)? Were those two aspects (the yellow and orange blocks) removed to give the warned users some privacy rather than publicly exposing the users who were "warned before"?

*Prowler* · 01-13-2015, 11:42 AM

I've been here since 2009 and I don't recall there ever being a reputation system in this forum. So it must have been a long time ago.

*snake* · 01-13-2015, 01:08 PM

The reputation bar is just asking for trouble.

*pennydreadful* · 01-13-2015, 01:48 PM

Gosh, yeah - the reputation thing seems like it'd just result in some of the factions here repeatedly downrating each others' posts.

**Machias Banshee** · 01-13-2015, 08:53 PM

Penny and Snake each get a cookie!

Yeah, we basically wanted to avoid any abuse of the system and just deactivated it. As for the warned bars... it might be good to bring those back. But I know Krang was concerned way back because someone would get a warning, and the warning bar made them feel like some sort of pariah...

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-13-2015, 08:58 PM

I would think some people would wear their warning bar as badges of honor or scars of battle.

Right up until they get banned--then I guess it serves as more of a R.I.P. headstone!

*Refractive Reflections* · 01-14-2015, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I would think some people would wear their warning bar as badges of honor or scars of battle.

Right up until they get banned--then I guess it serves as more of a R.I.P. headstone!

...But just like a soap, sometimes the users "rise out of their grave" (disguise themselves as a new user after a permanent ban) and come back no matter how deep the staff try to "bury" (block) them.

Dun Dun Dun...

*BubblyShell22* · 01-15-2015, 04:22 PM

Yeah, but I think the warning system is still a good thing so people know where they stand as far as bad behavior goes. I'm glad the reputation thing was axed though as it sounds like a magnet for trouble.

**Krang** · 01-16-2015, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

As for the warned bars... it might be good to bring those back. But I know Krang was concerned way back because someone would get a warning, and the warning bar made them feel like some sort of pariah...

Yes, exactly. Also, we tended to get way too much unnecessary complaining with public warnings (for example, "Why did [my friend] get a warning when [my enemy] didn't?"), so the warnings system was retired, and everything is now handled privately.

*BubblyShell22* · 01-16-2015, 04:21 PM

Well, that makes sense, so that's a good thing.

*Refractive Reflections* · 01-22-2015, 02:04 AM

Thanks Krang for answering my questions!

01-13-2015, 11:03 AM	#1
Refractive Reflections Mad Scientist $Refractive Reflections's Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,371	So what happened to the Rank Image Bar and Reputation Bar? I was going through the FAQs page and I noticed the Reputation link. So have the administrators disabled this feature? Because I don't see my reputation at the bottom of my CP page. Was it disabled because it became more of a popularity contest of sorts? Also what happened to the Rank Image Bar? I know that the 3 red blocks appear when someone is banned, but what about the one yellow block (1st warning) and two orange blocks (2nd warning)? Were those two aspects (the yellow and orange blocks) removed to give the warned users some privacy rather than publicly exposing the users who were "warned before"?
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01-13-2015, 01:48 PM	#4
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01-13-2015, 08:58 PM	#6
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	I would think some people would wear their warning bar as badges of honor or scars of battle. Right up until they get banned--then I guess it serves as more of a R.I.P. headstone! __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

01-15-2015, 04:22 PM	#8
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Yeah, but I think the warning system is still a good thing so people know where they stand as far as bad behavior goes. I'm glad the reputation thing was axed though as it sounds like a magnet for trouble. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

01-16-2015, 04:21 PM	#10
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Well, that makes sense, so that's a good thing. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

01-13-2015, 11:42 AM	#2
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	I've been here since 2009 and I don't recall there ever being a reputation system in this forum. So it must have been a long time ago.

01-13-2015, 01:08 PM	#3
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	The reputation bar is just asking for trouble.

01-13-2015, 08:53 PM	#5
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Penny and Snake each get a cookie! Yeah, we basically wanted to avoid any abuse of the system and just deactivated it. As for the warned bars... it might be good to bring those back. But I know Krang was concerned way back because someone would get a warning, and the warning bar made them feel like some sort of pariah...

01-22-2015, 02:04 AM	#11
Refractive Reflections Mad Scientist $Refractive Reflections's Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,371	Thanks Krang for answering my questions!
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