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Giving reputation points for starting a discussion

randomfactor

I'm curious about the unintended consequences of awarding reputation points for starting a discussion. Wouldn't that cause a lot of extraneous discussions such as this one?

 

Oh, and please, please like my discussion. I want the rep points.  Thanks!!

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    Hi Randall,

    The reason for the points is to encourage participation. The points really don't count for anything to anyone except ourselves. I get a lot out of this site because the really good participants are willing to take their time and share ideas, education, and answers with us. There are several people who have joined in the last couple days, with very few points, who obviously (to me) know a lot more about Electronics Engineering than I do. I can learn from them and if they stick around they will get a lot of points. However, the real measure of a participant on the site isn't how many points they have but rather the respect they have earned from their fellow members by posting relevant Blogs, starting engaging Discussions, and answering Questions in a clear and accurate manner.

    John

  • 0 in reply to jw0752

    In response to mnona144

     

    concur with your points about the intent of the reputation points. However, a faulty system will result in false reputation scores and that defeats the intent. Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror on twitter) notes some very interesting lessons learned about creating and managing online community in his blog. He and his co-conspirators have implemented and evolved the rules for computing a reputation score on stackoverflow and in discourse, two arenas where communities are the determining factor for the success or failure of web sites. One rule that makes sense is to prevent newbies such as myself from starting discussions until some measurement is attained that shows that a new member understands and respects the conventions within that community.  Food for thought.

     

    Neither here nor there: if I knew a way to do it, I would move this discussion to a "meta" area instead of raspberry pi. Sorry about that.

  • 0 in reply to randomfactor

    I'm happy to move this conversation for you, .  I think the best place is our Members area.  Also, do keep in mind the Community here does self-moderate which means if other members feel that you are creating content just to earn points without providing value they can report it as spam - not that you would do anything like this, just something to keep in mind image

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