have you people noticed the judgement

burgundia · 05-12-2009, 06:38 PM

scales and green boxes under your avatars????
A question to moderators: what does this all mean? Are we being judged by somebody? if so, why?

Karen · 05-12-2009, 07:13 PM

It's OK. Don't worry. Now that Gareth is the admin in charge here, we've noticed he's been tweaking the forum settings a little bit. vBulletin has a lot of features you can turn off and on. I don't expect to see him back on the forum for another 10 or 12 hours.

sammytray · 05-12-2009, 07:19 PM

I point at my little green box and it says "sammytray on a distinguished road"

Anchor · 05-12-2009, 10:14 PM

It is a forum feature whereby you can give "kudos" to a poster for his or her post.

The problem starts because you can also leave negative feedback and it was disabled because back in the early days of the forum it was being abused in incredibly nasty ways.

Perhaps the current moderators have decided that now we are subscription, the likelihood of abuse is reduced and it can be renabled.

A..

Luminari · 05-12-2009, 11:21 PM

So Karen.. how does it work?

Ive clicked on the scales for a few people who have made great posts and clicked "I approve". Nothing changed.

Is it something like 'every 10 approvals earns a new green box or something'?

I see how this could lead to a unbalanced forum.. certain people suddenly being more important and others feeling left out or unloved.

Prepared to give it a go for a while, but I see how it could be abused potentially.

Gareth · 05-12-2009, 11:42 PM

As some of you have no doubt noticed and commented on, you now see, once again, a green icon below a posters name.

The forums user reputation system has been re-enabled. It provides a way of rating users based on the quality of their posts. Users on the forum can add or subtract reputation points from other users by clicking the reputation link in their posts.

User reputations allow the users in this community to tell the forum which users are quality and which users are not. At a glance you can see the reputation a poster has gained in their time in the forum.

Good posters will gain reputation - bad ones will go the other way. So you know before you post a reply how good the reputation of the poster is.

The hope is the reputation system will encourage good quality posts

and discourage the bad.

Regards
Gareth
Project Avalon Administrator

Karen · 05-13-2009, 12:47 AM

I have no idea how it works. I'll have to learn. And I see no scales - is that because I use Firefox?

I don't think there was any moderator feedback on this - Gareth just decided we could give it a go again, and hope it is not abused like it was last time. I missed all that happened last time as I was not yet a moderator.

05-13-2009, 01:03 AM

And here I thought only God could judge????

I think we are all adult enough to decide a quality post for ourselves, it almost seems like some form of censorship. Isn't rating threads adequate for content worth checking out sufficient?

Dantheman62 · 05-13-2009, 01:58 AM

If I remember right they were removed for a good reason. Because people would abuse it, and do it anonymously. I think we're all past looking at little green boxes to determine a level of quality, or lack of. The reputation thing was removed and should stay that way. It's much to elementary.

rhythm · 05-13-2009, 07:31 AM

i realy do not like it at all !!!!

Metaphor · 05-13-2009, 08:22 AM

Hi
I was about to make my first post for many months. The first thing I became aware of was that I started policing my thoughts instead of just pouring it out of my heart.
The "green box feature" feels bad, and should be removed IMO

Please don´t rate me as a bad poster for writing this... (see what I mean?

)
Well, it´s nice to be back on the forum, though
Hugs to all Avalonians

/Metaphor

futureyes · 05-13-2009, 08:28 AM

i have to agree with dantheman ... this feels very elementary ... i recall playing something of similarity in grade one ... recall we all became more fixated on the evaluation process rather than learning the lessons at hand ... why we were there in the first place ...

and we are doing this now?
are we not moving forward from this type of game playing ... to me this feels like we are going backwards ... particularly now ...

we are moving through huge planetary changes right now ... greater will the momentum be ... i can't see we'll have time to entertain ourselves with this game of old ... so much focus on judging our brothers and sisters ... there won't be time for it ... not like the old days ...

separating our selves as we once did gained no positive results and detained our evolution of moving onwards in oneness ...

respectfully ... i feel this newness to be very old ... a little silly at this point ...

777 The Great Work · 05-13-2009, 08:31 AM

Every since these changes, my Xmen thread ,is kicked to the back of the forum ,any time someone post on it.

Metaphor · 05-13-2009, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by futureyes

i have to agree with dantheman ... this feels very elementary ... i recall playing something of similarity in grade one ... recall we all became more fixated on the evaluation process rather than learning the lessons at hand ... why we were there in the first place ...

and we are doing this now?
are we not moving forward from this type of game playing ... to me this feels like we are going backwards ... particularly now ...

We could all just agree on IGNORING this little silly green box in the corner, and go on with business as usual. Its up to us if we use it or not.

rhythm · 05-13-2009, 09:19 AM

I realy dont like this idea at all !!

Karen · 05-13-2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 777 The Great Work

Every since these changes, my Xmen thread ,is kicked to the back of the forum ,any time someone post on it.

Your thread seems OK now.

futureyes · 05-13-2009, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metaphor

We could all just agree on IGNORING this little silly green box in the corner, and go on with business as usual. Its up to us if we use it or not.

metaphor ... what little green box??? ...

Metaphor · 05-13-2009, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by futureyes

metaphor ... what little green box??? ...

Repeat after me: there is no ****ty little green box, there is no little green box, there is no box, there is no, there is , there, th..., ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
when I snap my fingers, you are awake and there is no box, in fact there is nothing at all. You took the blue pill and wake up in your bed and it was all just a dream. The world is like it should be, go on with your life.

Anchor · 05-13-2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metaphor

Repeat after me: there is no ****ty little green box, there is no little green box, there is no box, there is no, there is , there, th..., ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
when I snap my fingers, you are awake and there is no box, in fact there is nothing at all. You took the blue pill and wake up in your bed and it was all just a dream. The world is like it should be, go on with your life.

Seashore · 05-13-2009, 10:38 AM

I respectfully suggest that all changes to the forum set-up being anticipated by the Administrator should be announced to the forum ahead of time with the reasons for the change stated, and that our input should be solicited, before the change is made...

If that is too much to ask, at least announce to the forum that the change is being made and why...

Swanny · 05-13-2009, 11:18 AM

I have 15 points whatever that means

And on minty style it's a heart not a scale

Seashore · 05-13-2009, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swanny

I have 15 points whatever that means

Where do points show?

Swanny · 05-13-2009, 12:15 PM

Click on your scales or heart

burgundia · 05-13-2009, 12:20 PM

aha, and we all should sit inside the green box, don't dare to stick your head out

Luminari · 05-13-2009, 12:41 PM

I just got a pop-up message with this in it:
"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to burgundia again."

I had no idea... I guess I better spread my love around a bit before I "give it to you again" Burgundia

05-12-2009, 06:38 PM	#1
burgundia Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 3,442	have you people noticed the judgement scales and green boxes under your avatars???? A question to moderators: what does this all mean? Are we being judged by somebody? if so, why?

05-12-2009, 07:13 PM	#2
Karen Project Avalon Organizer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NE Oregon boondocks, USA Posts: 1,767	Re: have you people noticed the judgement It's OK. Don't worry. Now that Gareth is the admin in charge here, we've noticed he's been tweaking the forum settings a little bit. vBulletin has a lot of features you can turn off and on. I don't expect to see him back on the forum for another 10 or 12 hours.

05-12-2009, 07:19 PM	#3
sammytray Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: OC/CALIFORNIA Posts: 587	Re: have you people noticed the judgement I point at my little green box and it says "sammytray on a distinguished road"

05-12-2009, 10:14 PM	#4
Anchor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,280	Re: have you people noticed the judgement It is a forum feature whereby you can give "kudos" to a poster for his or her post. The problem starts because you can also leave negative feedback and it was disabled because back in the early days of the forum it was being abused in incredibly nasty ways. Perhaps the current moderators have decided that now we are subscription, the likelihood of abuse is reduced and it can be renabled. A..

05-12-2009, 11:21 PM	#5
Luminari Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,570	Re: have you people noticed the judgement So Karen.. how does it work? Ive clicked on the scales for a few people who have made great posts and clicked "I approve". Nothing changed. Is it something like 'every 10 approvals earns a new green box or something'? I see how this could lead to a unbalanced forum.. certain people suddenly being more important and others feeling left out or unloved. Prepared to give it a go for a while, but I see how it could be abused potentially.

05-12-2009, 11:42 PM	#6
Gareth Project Avalon Administrator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 173	Re: have you people noticed the judgement As some of you have no doubt noticed and commented on, you now see, once again, a green icon below a posters name. The forums user reputation system has been re-enabled. It provides a way of rating users based on the quality of their posts. Users on the forum can add or subtract reputation points from other users by clicking the reputation link in their posts. User reputations allow the users in this community to tell the forum which users are quality and which users are not. At a glance you can see the reputation a poster has gained in their time in the forum. Good posters will gain reputation - bad ones will go the other way. So you know before you post a reply how good the reputation of the poster is. The hope is the reputation system will encourage good quality posts and discourage the bad. Regards Gareth Project Avalon Administrator

05-13-2009, 12:47 AM	#7
Karen Project Avalon Organizer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NE Oregon boondocks, USA Posts: 1,767	Re: have you people noticed the judgement I have no idea how it works. I'll have to learn. And I see no scales - is that because I use Firefox? I don't think there was any moderator feedback on this - Gareth just decided we could give it a go again, and hope it is not abused like it was last time. I missed all that happened last time as I was not yet a moderator.

05-13-2009, 01:03 AM	#8
sleepingnomore Guest Posts: n/a	Re: have you people noticed the judgement And here I thought only God could judge???? I think we are all adult enough to decide a quality post for ourselves, it almost seems like some form of censorship. Isn't rating threads adequate for content worth checking out sufficient? Last edited by sleepingnomore; 05-13-2009 at 11:40 AM.

05-13-2009, 01:58 AM	#9
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: have you people noticed the judgement If I remember right they were removed for a good reason. Because people would abuse it, and do it anonymously. I think we're all past looking at little green boxes to determine a level of quality, or lack of. The reputation thing was removed and should stay that way. It's much to elementary. Last edited by Dantheman62; 05-13-2009 at 02:03 AM.

05-13-2009, 07:31 AM	#10
rhythm Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: devon england Posts: 1,905	Re: have you people noticed the judgement i realy do not like it at all !!!!

05-13-2009, 08:22 AM	#11
Metaphor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 128	Re: have you people noticed the judgement Hi I was about to make my first post for many months. The first thing I became aware of was that I started policing my thoughts instead of just pouring it out of my heart. The "green box feature" feels bad, and should be removed IMO Please don´t rate me as a bad poster for writing this... (see what I mean? ) Well, it´s nice to be back on the forum, though Hugs to all Avalonians /Metaphor

05-13-2009, 08:28 AM	#12
futureyes Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: heart central Posts: 798	Re: have you people noticed the judgement i have to agree with dantheman ... this feels very elementary ... i recall playing something of similarity in grade one ... recall we all became more fixated on the evaluation process rather than learning the lessons at hand ... why we were there in the first place ... and we are doing this now? are we not moving forward from this type of game playing ... to me this feels like we are going backwards ... particularly now ... we are moving through huge planetary changes right now ... greater will the momentum be ... i can't see we'll have time to entertain ourselves with this game of old ... so much focus on judging our brothers and sisters ... there won't be time for it ... not like the old days ... separating our selves as we once did gained no positive results and detained our evolution of moving onwards in oneness ... respectfully ... i feel this newness to be very old ... a little silly at this point ...

05-13-2009, 08:31 AM	#13
777 The Great Work Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: At the doors of perception Posts: 2,135	Re: have you people noticed the judgement Every since these changes, my Xmen thread ,is kicked to the back of the forum ,any time someone post on it.

05-13-2009, 09:19 AM	#15
rhythm Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: devon england Posts: 1,905	Re: have you people noticed the judgement I realy dont like this idea at all !!

05-13-2009, 10:38 AM	#20
Seashore Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,564	Re: have you people noticed the judgement I respectfully suggest that all changes to the forum set-up being anticipated by the Administrator should be announced to the forum ahead of time with the reasons for the change stated, and that our input should be solicited, before the change is made... If that is too much to ask, at least announce to the forum that the change is being made and why...

05-13-2009, 11:18 AM	#21
Swanny I dont need a label ! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Shire of Wilt Posts: 2,889	Re: have you people noticed the judgement I have 15 points whatever that means And on minty style it's a heart not a scale

05-13-2009, 12:15 PM	#23
Swanny I dont need a label ! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Shire of Wilt Posts: 2,889	Re: have you people noticed the judgement Click on your scales or heart

05-13-2009, 12:20 PM	#24
burgundia Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 3,442	Re: have you people noticed the judgement aha, and we all should sit inside the green box, don't dare to stick your head out

05-13-2009, 12:41 PM	#25
Luminari Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,570	Re: have you people noticed the judgement I just got a pop-up message with this in it: "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to burgundia again." I had no idea... I guess I better spread my love around a bit before I "give it to you again" Burgundia