The reputation feature is a fun little thing that enables you to see your community standing with the other members. In theory, the more reputation you have, the more highly thought of you are by the other members of the community. It has no other real meaning, and many members choose to disable it.
How do i give rep?
You can add reputation to a post by clicking this button, on the left
You can only add 1 point of rep to each post, and you can only give 7 points total a day. Additionally, you have to rep have different users before you can give rep to the same user again.
Who can give Rep?
Because of issues with account cloning in the past, where people created accounts just to give themselves rep, only users with over 50 posts give rep that counts. Users with less than 50 posts will give a 0 rep point, instead of 1,so any comments they leave will show up in your account, but you won't actually get a point for it. Please note, when a user jumps over the 50 post mark, rep they have given prior to that does not suddenly count.
Where does Rep show?
Your reputation shows up in 2 places. On the left hand side where you post, a collection of symbols shows a rough guide to how much rep you have, and in your control panel, there's a more comprehensive display of the last 20 rep points you received, showing which post you got it for, who gave it, and any comment they left.
What does it look like?
Each symbol represents a certain number of rep points. It starts at five, so if you have less than 5 rep points, you'll show the scales symbol for neutral rep.
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