i was wondering why i have a red icon instead of a green,can anyone shed some light on this and what it means?.

i was wondering why i have a red icon instead of a green,can anyone shed some light on this and what it means?.

Ooh, I haven't seen that before, will be interested to know myself. You haven't upset anyone, have you?

HB x

Ok I will shed some light on it.

Green boxes reflect positive feedback and are accumulated when other members give positive feedback.

To be the recipient of a red box means that the member has been given negative feedback.

Negative feedback is only given if there has already been warnings given about negative postings,and they are repeated.

If a member had 3 or 4 green boxes and negative feedback was given,then it would remove one of those green boxes.

But if a member has only 1 green box and attracts negative feedback,then by default it will turn to red.

The easiest way to avoid red boxes,is to take notice of warnings from the site team and comply with site rules.

In this instance it seems that those warnings were not heeded.

Hope that explains things satisfactorily.

I got negative feedback but wasn't warned in advance. I was trying to be helpful to a newbie, but got it wrong as I seem to have misunderstood the system. Where do I stand please?

My best, HB

Where do I stand please?

HB when you say you got negative feedback-who gave it can you remember ?

Your rep levels dont look bad to me.

I know who it was, but would rather not say it here. It wasn't you .

HB

Ok fair enough.

You could pm Martin, Honeybee. Your reputation level is the same as mine at 'Authoritative' - only one level below the highest level you can get to.

She has another now.

I just read the story and it is clear there was no harm meant.

:). Thanks guys. Being authoritative is a bit scary though. Does that mean I have to stop telling jokes or trying to be humourous?

HB x

Lol - the day that happens is the day that half of us would be kicked off!

jsa, I'm sorry for hijacking your thread. I hope you have or get the answers to your question. I assume you know how to view your reputation points? It took me a while to find mine .

HB x

I got negative feedback but wasn't warned in advance. I was trying to be helpful to a newbie, but got it wrong as I seem to have misunderstood the system. Where do I stand please?

 

My best, HB

Better than me.

I never get feed back for answering/helping people. Maybe I should become female

Jogs

Sorry about that, HAS. I've just added to your reputation, so there you go. Are you sure you don't have any feedback on your reputation page? You have plenty of green pips.

My best, HB

PS, my OH likes Stella, save a pint for him please .

Hi all

Is there any page on here that tells people how the reputation system works?

Not that the number of pips is the be all and end all, I am sure we all try to help as best we can anyway. But I had a look at my number of points and was given some rep by CitizenB which rocketed my points total. Presumably because she is site team or has a bucket load of pips herself. On the other hand, when new people want to say thanks, the points seem to be less than 1 per thank you.

And, of course, how many points make an extra pip?

Or are we best off not knowing !

ims

Hi ims21.

It is true that reputation given from a site team member has more value towards rep point level than that given by a non team member.

I am not actually certain just how many points are needed to increase the green blocks.

I will try and find out and report back.

Hi ims21.

It is true that reputation given from a site team member has more value towards rep point level than that given by a non team member.

I am not actually certain just how many points are needed to increase the green blocks.

I will try and find out and report back.

Hi Martin

No rush....just curious really

Must be something pretty bad to get a negative feedback though.

ims

I found some info,but this was posted before the site upgrade-actually I think theres been a couple since then.

By default everyone starts with 1 green.

Further ones are accumulated as points levels increase,and hovering over yours will display a message.

User Novitiate 0-99 points

User Informative 100 points

User Highly informative 250 points

User Authoritative 600 points

User Highly authoritative 1000 points.

Originally there were a max of 5 achievable-but as you will have seen this has now been increased.

Members who have the maximum green squares and give reputation -is worth 30 points.

Yes it is correct that negative reputation is not something given often.

As previously said,it is given after repeated warnings have been made following a members posting content being viewed as inappropriate,bad advice,flaming or disruptive.

It can also be used for other reasons including spamming pms,links or abuse.

It can be used where moderation may not be appropriate.

Thanks for your time on this Martin

I've given you some more rep!!!!

ims

lol thank you very much.

Me too [thanks and rep points to you] Martin, thank you.

I don't know if this is viable, but I've seen my rep points total on my posts and never understood what they were and how they worked or accumulated. I searched high and low on the forum, because I can find most information I need, but I never managed to find rep points. I found out thanks to a kind member of the site team.

Is there any chance of a sticky that tells us about them, do you think? If you can send me a document, I'll even write it . Or maybe the document itself would work?

My best, HB

i am here in spirit if not in flesh.

HB good idea.Maybe you could write something using the info posted up in here over last days.

You should be able to see your last 10 feedbacks received by looking in your user control panel (CP) Scroll down to the bottom of subscribed threads.

At the bottom on the right should list last reputation received showing thread,date and person who gave.

Clicking on the thread takes you to the post.

There is also at the top of this list a grey bar which gives total points.

See if you can access that ok.

There is also the option to rec notifications for private messages.

Usually in that area notification is also given for new reputation rec and also friend requests.

Your current rep level points is

1101-so you are already 101 over the highest rating achievable.