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Title: Respect Points?
Post by: Kellee on January 07, 2007, 09:28: PM
Hi.  Could anybody explain to me the respect points that some members have acquired? How they are earned, what they mean and who authorises them?  I can't find anything on the forum to explain the system.  Thank you.


Title: Re: Respect Points?
Post by: k9media on January 07, 2007, 09:30: PM
Hi there,

Once you have made 50 posts you can award them or detract them from posters who you believe have made a good post or a post which you disagree with.


Title: Re: Respect Points?
Post by: Kellee on January 07, 2007, 09:42: PM
Thank you.  :smile:


Title: Re: Respect Points?
Post by: mattygroves on January 08, 2007, 08:47: AM
Hi there,

Once you have made 50 posts you can award them or detract them from posters who you believe have made a good post or a post which you disagree with.

Actually, I personally wouldn't necessarily (ooh - adverb city) deduct points from posters I disagreed with - though I probably would if I thought the post was irresponsible, ill-researched or plain malicious.

Healthy debate is good.  Single-mindedness and malice towards members who disagree with a given position is not.

But that's just me!  On Dooyoo and Ciao, you can 'trust' people, and rate people's reviews.  The etiquitte is that you don't downrate a review because you disagree with the opinion, but rather you rate how useful the review is to a potential consumer of the product or service being reviewed.  I'd tend to feel the same about respect points.


Title: Re: Respect Points?
Post by: k9media on January 08, 2007, 10:35: AM
Seems quite reasonable. I shall find out if it's possible to remove the ability to detract points. Can be very misleading I feel and can be open to abuse when 'board politics' come into the mix. Fortunately, we don't have any of that here as far as I'm aware :)