What are Reputation Points?

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The Default Reputation for a new member is 10.

View your reputation points total in your user control panel.

The last ten reps you have given out and the last 100 reps you have received* are also displayed in your user control panel.

*You can always see the name of the members to whom you have given reputation points. To see the name of those who have added to your reputation points, you must have at least 100 points, at least 50 posts, and have been a member for at least 30 days.

Your Reputation Power is the number of points you give when you rep someone else, and is calculated as follows;

Your Green (positive) Reputation Power is:

* One point for every 1000 posts you made.
* One point for every 250 points of reputation you have.
* One point for each 365 days you have been a member.

Your Red (negative) reputation power is half of your green reputation power.

For reputation points to count, you must have at least 10 points and have made at least one post. Non-counting reps appear in gray.

You can give a maximum of 20 reputation "hits" per 24 hour period, and must rep at least five different people before you can rep the same person again (Administrators are exempt from these two limits).

Here are the current Reputation Levels:

* -50 to -10 can only hope to improve
* -10 to 0 has a little shameless behavior in the past
* 0 to 20 is an unknown quantity at this point
* 21 to 75 is on a distinguished road
* 76 to 150 will be famous soon enough
* 151 to 300 has a spectacular aura about
* 301 to 450 is a jewel in the rough
* 451 to 600 is just really nice
* 601 to 750 is a glorious beacon of light
* 751 to 1000 is a name known to all
* 1001 to 1250 is a Splendid one to behold
* 1251 to 1500 has much to be proud of
* 1501 to 1750 has a brilliant future
* 1751 to 2000 has a reputation beyond repute
* 2001 to 3600 has entered a golden reputation era
* 3601 to 5200 is the helpful one
* 5201 to 6800 is just so famous around these parts
* 6801 to 8400 is a pillar of society
* 8401 to 10000 is an absolute star
* 10001 onwards is a king among king's


Green & golden pips show other users your reputation level. The first five pips are dull green. The next five are bright green followed by up to 10 golden pips. What comes next is a secret.

Each pip in it's color group has a set value, the default value of dull green is 150 The light green are worth 250 and the gold are worth 800. So 3 dark green would mean you have up to 450 points (but more than 300), while 5 dark and 2 light would mean between 1251 and 1500. The first gold pip is at 2000 points. A full set means you have between 8401 and 10000 points.

Note:

Please do not abuse the reputation system. Using the reputation system to send abusive comments to other users is unacceptable. Please report any abusive reputation comments to the moderator team. Persistent “red-repping” other members for dubious reasons is considered abuse of the system.

Begging for reputation points by posting things like, "I only have xxxx" or "I need xxxx" is abusing the system. The result of begging could be points deducted from your total.