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As you may be aware the recent hack played havoc with all sorts of things including reputation. Rep scores for many members were wiped out and we've been wrestling with how to handle this. Shortly you will see a new feature that replaces reputation and works a little differently.
The old rep system was essentially a points collection contest and skewed to favor posters that had lots of existing rep points. It didn't accurately reflect the good posting or advice that a member might give and to new members especially this was unfair.
Since we want to encourage great posting about computer related tech topics, it seems reasonable to reward anyone who makes a great post regardless of how long they've been a member or how many posts they've made. So, in the next few days you will see a new thanks button on every post and clicking is a nice way to show agreement or appreciation for a good post.
Each time you click the thanks button, you will have the opportunity to leave a comment which the post author can read.
You will be able to access your own thanks comments in your user cp (click on user cp on the upper nav bar) and the last 30 or so will be displayed in the center section of the page under "Latest Thanks received"
When you have been thanked you will receive a PM notification containing a link to the details of the comment. If you do not wish to receive this notification you may disable that option in your user cp. >User cp >>edit options >>> Messaging & Notification. be sure to scroll and click save.
Spread the good vibe around, show your appreciation for a good post - give a little thanks
The old rep system was essentially a points collection contest and skewed to favor posters that had lots of existing rep points. It didn't accurately reflect the good posting or advice that a member might give and to new members especially this was unfair.
Since we want to encourage great posting about computer related tech topics, it seems reasonable to reward anyone who makes a great post regardless of how long they've been a member or how many posts they've made. So, in the next few days you will see a new thanks button on every post and clicking is a nice way to show agreement or appreciation for a good post.
Each time you click the thanks button, you will have the opportunity to leave a comment which the post author can read.
You will be able to access your own thanks comments in your user cp (click on user cp on the upper nav bar) and the last 30 or so will be displayed in the center section of the page under "Latest Thanks received"
When you have been thanked you will receive a PM notification containing a link to the details of the comment. If you do not wish to receive this notification you may disable that option in your user cp. >User cp >>edit options >>> Messaging & Notification. be sure to scroll and click save.
Spread the good vibe around, show your appreciation for a good post - give a little thanks