So today I was looking in my settings and saw a red bar - a negative rep. It was on a post that, when I reread the post I removed my post and left an edited post that I misunderstood his requirements. So, did lose points? It is odd especially since his typed comment is "thanks for your kindness!"
Make contributors happy, click on the "* Add Reputation" as a way to say thank you.
Sam Capricci
Hi Sambo,
Sometimes the OP (original poster) just has no idea what radio button to click and you get neg rep. I've had a share of these too. See if the Mods will fix it for you.
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Click the * Add Reputation below to say thanks.
I'll have to check with them. I wonder if I lost any points over it? I struggle to get the ones I get and can't afford to lose any.
Sambo, can you give me a link to that thread? I will take a look at it
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More posts user has - more points his REP is worth.Originally Posted by Sambo kid
I'll have to check with them. I wonder if I lost any points over it? I struggle to get the ones I get and can't afford to lose any.
So if he's a new user you could lose max 1 point.
If you get positive rep of a top member then you can afford dozens of negative rep new users
If you have a red bar, you WILL have lost a point or two, most likely one if it's a new user. By the sound of it, a mistake which the Admins can reverse for you.I wonder if I lost any points over it?
Regards, TMS
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sure, it is here… http://www.excelforum.com/excel-form...ml#post4015248
Thx.
Only Admin can reverse it. Mods can not.
Pls send a pm to Jerry for that.
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Thx TMS, I think he (?) is a new user, has 6 posts listed. But it is a weird thing to do, give an "I disapprove" post and a note that says "thanks for the kindness!" BTW, thx for the bump. I hope sometime this year I might make it to forum expert.
it is interesting, I helped out a student once with what I think was homework - she offered to send me something privately but I declined, just prompted her to bump my rep as thanks enough. well… within a short time, someone new joined the site and bumped my reputation and I saw that the usually green bar color was clear and my reputation hadn't changed. I suspect the forum has a setting to try to keep people from pulling stunts like having their friends join and "pump up" their reps. I thought it was interesting anyway.
It was probably that the new OP had not made any posts - their "Rep Power" is zero until they do so, and that shows as a clear bar.
Pete
If someone joins the forum but has not posted anything in the "active" forums, that is, not the Water Cooler, etc., they can +rep you but it will appear as a grey bar and not increase (or decrease) your rep.
Now that I think about it it was grey and not clear. I spent about an hour last night trying to find out what I could about reputation points and how they are counted and I couldn't find a lot. It took a lot of digging too. That is very helpful. Thx guys.
I thought it was grey - I've had a few of those !!
Pete
Not sure if, or where, it is documented in detail, but you start with zero rep power as a new user with no posts. I think that, as soon as you have asked or answered a question in one of the question forums, your rep power is set to one (1). It increases with your status and your "seniority" and, by seniority, I mean how long you have been a member. I think it increases by one point per year. So, someone who has made the odd post or two, but has been a member for 10 years will have a rep power of 10 or 11. Experts, Gurus, Moderators and Admins have increased rep power based on status.
I've been a member for about 5 years, so I guess I get 5 points from that plus something for being a Guru. I don't think the number of questions asked or answered comes into the equation but I stand to be corrected.
All that said, it's purely hypothetical
Regards, TMS
TMS (not thinking i'm breaking any rules here) you bumped mine and it went up 17 points!
@Sambo kid: thanks, nice to know. I don't think you're breaking any rules. It's not secret, private, or anything, just not visible.
Sambo Kid,
The negative rep has been converted to positive based on the accompanying comment.
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Thank you, that was nice of you to do!
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