I have never really used the rep system on any of the forums here, but from what I see the wait time is defaulted at 1 rep per ever hour, and thats in regardless of who was rep'ed. I think maybe adding an option about the wait time so that the users can chose how they want the wait time to work, like "Per Member" and "Total" so if they chose per member, and set the wait time to 1, they they can only rep that member once within an hour, but can rep other members, but if they select total, they can only rep one person per hour and no one else.

Just thinking of ways to make the Rep System more fixable.

In in doing this I also got thinking maybe adding an area to the modify profile area that only those will the selected permissions can see, and the option will over rule the default settings for the rep. It work great to manage the rep'ing of people that are abusing the system. You can from their, disable the option for them to use the rep system, limit their rep times, and everything else.

Could the rep settings be on a rank/group basis in addition to your suggestion? Where you can have higher ranks rep more or something, maybe even make staff have unlimited as long as they don't abuse it

If you as a user have a higher rep, then you as a user provide more rep to the user you're repping.

Basically, if you were to rep me, it'd go up by 1. If I were to rep you, it'd go up by 3 or 4 or something like that (can't remember the exact formula!)

If you set it per user, then someone could go and rep every single user every hour. Whereas at the moment, it stops it getting completely destroyed and becoming pointless.

I understand that but that why you add in an abuse system as well. For those that was abusing the system, you can then limit their reps per person once per 1, or just remove thekr reping options.

But then the whole system is more than just a rep system. I think it's best left as it is, for the mean time anyway. I think there are other areas that are more important than the rep system that need a look!

lol yes i agree, but i just posted it while it was on my mind my main focus is the api anyways LOL

Speaking of which, in a week or so, I'll be getting a demo site with demo coding up and running hopefully

awesome, I have almost all of it figured out, oddly enough though some of the codes act funny, from time to time, speaking of which, mind if a pm you a code and have you look over it and maybe you can figure out why its acting weird?

Sure thing! Or post in the API board and PM me the link!

Posted By Michael on 22nd Dec 09 at 4:12pm

 

Speaking of which, in a week or so, I'll be getting a demo site with demo coding up and running hopefully

Good, then I should be able to understand it, because at the moment. I'm like what do I do with this piece, and this piece.

lol nice