by OldGuy » 20 Sep 2019, 21:58
There are members, new and old who make mistakes. There are some who make an effort to produce quality content, and there are others who just want to make a penny a post no matter what they toss in the pot. Some of those have been around long enough they certainly should know better by now. Newbies learn as they go. Some just need a little guidance, some need a swift kick in the seat of their pants.
The only thing members can do to help each other is to review the content, and if it provides quality information, give it a positive reputation point. If the post is low quality, you can give it a negative reputation point. Although the reputation points are not a direct indicator of quality, they do create a collective opinion from the ForumCoin community of the quality contributed by each member.
Anyone can see their own reputation score just by dividing their total number of reputation points by their total number of posts, and reading the results as a percentage. It is valuable as a guide despite a lack of accuracy. Anything lower than 10% is effectively a message from the community telling you that you need to do better. If you get a negative reputation point, it is like someone is screaming that you need to do better.
It is not a good idea for one member to contact another to tell them anything about their site activity. First, members don't have the authority to do so, and second, you come across as a meddling troll, and third, you don't have the power to do anything about it except whine.
There is a "catch" to giving out negative reputation points. First, they come with a financial penalty of at least 1 FC. It could be more depending on any site rule violation. Second, when one member gives another member a negative reputation point, it can create hard feelings between members. Third, there have been times negative points come back to you in revenge.
All things considered, if you see something wrong with the content you read, it is much better to use the report icon -- that exclamation point in a triangle in the upper right hand corner of each post. All that does is open a report page, where you can let the administration know of some issue. They can then take a look and take whatever action is deemed necessary; whether just ignoring you as a crank, giving them a negative point, giving them a written warning or even banning them if necessary.
All active members see the content as they browse the site. Each member is like an extra pair of eyes, and using that report really does help spot small problems before they become huge issues.
The moderators and administration also review content all the time. They are likely to spot a problem eventually. Reports just bring problems to the attention of staff more quickly so action can be taken as needed.
PLEASE -- give out positive reputation points when deserved and either make a report or give them a negative point when deserved. NOTHING MORE.
There are members, new and old who make mistakes. There are some who make an effort to produce quality content, and there are others who just want to make a penny a post no matter what they toss in the pot. Some of those have been around long enough they certainly should know better by now. Newbies learn as they go. Some just need a little guidance, some need a swift kick in the seat of their pants.
The only thing members can do to help each other is to review the content, and if it provides quality information, give it a positive reputation point. If the post is low quality, you can give it a negative reputation point. Although the reputation points are not a direct indicator of quality, they do create a collective opinion from the ForumCoin community of the quality contributed by each member.
Anyone can see their own reputation score just by dividing their total number of reputation points by their total number of posts, and reading the results as a percentage. It is valuable as a guide despite a lack of accuracy. Anything lower than 10% is effectively a message from the community telling you that you need to do better. If you get a negative reputation point, it is like someone is screaming that you need to do better.
It is not a good idea for one member to contact another to tell them anything about their site activity. First, members don't have the authority to do so, and second, you come across as a meddling troll, and third, you don't have the power to do anything about it except whine.
There is a "catch" to giving out negative reputation points. First, they come with a financial penalty of at least 1 FC. It could be more depending on any site rule violation. Second, when one member gives another member a negative reputation point, it can create hard feelings between members. Third, there have been times negative points come back to you in revenge.
All things considered, if you see something wrong with the content you read, it is much better to use the report icon -- that exclamation point in a triangle in the upper right hand corner of each post. All that does is open a report page, where you can let the administration know of some issue. They can then take a look and take whatever action is deemed necessary; whether just ignoring you as a crank, giving them a negative point, giving them a written warning or even banning them if necessary.
All active members see the content as they browse the site. Each member is like an extra pair of eyes, and using that report really does help spot small problems before they become huge issues.
The moderators and administration also review content all the time. They are likely to spot a problem eventually. Reports just bring problems to the attention of staff more quickly so action can be taken as needed.
PLEASE -- give out positive reputation points when deserved and either make a report or give them a negative point when deserved. NOTHING MORE.
