aquarist48

Reputation System
Jake the above link should explain the little green boxes.
Ken

Goldwing_Don

Kinda of funny, They say don't post just to post and add to your count yet all the Moderators do it....JMHO

Shawnie

we do?
I cant speak for other mods, but I could care less about my count
Im just a typical woman who likes to talk and help others

Lucy

Excuse me?
There's a huge difference in posting to jack ones post count and posting to participate in a thread. Whether it be joking back and forth, saying hello or giving advice or encouragement.
Believe me, we've seen the difference.
Personally, I wish the system would subtract one for every post I make.

Goldwing_Don

like i said it's "JMHO" no more no less ...Sorry to upset so many Moderators...lol

Borisbbadd

Unless there is a Grand Prize somewhere, that I haven't heard about, I don't think post count is very important...........

Shawnie

+2
its about enjoying/making friends, offering to help when at all possible, and just learning new ways, experiences about different methods of fish keeping

Lucy

There's no prize? Well, heck! LOL

Goldwing_Don

It most be very important to some if they told this young man not to post just to be posting...

Lucy

For some, post count is important. I don't know why.
I go by by quality of post, not quantity.

Edit: Oh, and that was just a friendly reminder not to post just to change from being a fish bum, nothing more.

bolivianbaby

+3. A lot of us read the posts to learn something new and don't reply. I do that fairly often, especially if I know someone will come along soon who knows the answer and can phrase it better than I can and/or is really good at posting the links that really help explain things.

sirdarksol

Some competitive sorts feel the need to be the best in some quantifiable way wherever they are. On forums, these people tend to gravitate toward post count and reputation. Since our forum does not allow the types of maneuvering that facilitate artificial gathering of reputation (withholding information until after reputation has been given, that sort of thing), that leaves post count.

Such action, known as post farming, is bad netiquette. It annoys most forum members and makes the poster look tacky at best.

JustinF

Just curious, but what are the green squares under the stars??

mathas

The green squares represent the amount of reputation received.

See this thread for more information: Reputation System

Lucy

This was explasined in post #31 of this thread.

Thanks Mathas!

rainman

I've been on here for quite some time and I only have about 500 posts. It depends on your interests and the ammount of time you can spend on a computer. It's better to go by rep though.

Tigerfishy

Rainman I agree! (Although from prev experience of reading your posts, anything snail related, I would be inclined to come to you!).

I found it hard to grasp the stars and green boxes myself at first, but then I read up on them too. So I've been there as well, don't feel bad not knowing!