[razzle51]

What does that icon mean ??? Below your name

[stevem53]

Which icon..there is more than one?

[Feebs]

The one in the middle says if you click on it, "add to *whomever poster is* reputation. When you click on it, you can click, "approve" or "disappove" of the that persons post and leave a comment.

I was curious as well and tried to read up in the FAQ for info about it myself. Say you disapprove or approve of a posters reply, who reads that and where do the comments go? I clicked on mine and it says, "You have 10 reputation points", what does that mean? I've only posted twice, this makes 3. Are they good rep points or bad?

I too am curious what it is and how it works. What if someone dislikes another poster(it does happen as we all know) and keeps clicking, "Disapprove" of a that persons post, what happens? Do they get some thing under their names?

Questions, Questions, Questions, I know, LOL! Knowledge is power and I am a curious one!

Fee

All very good questions - I haven't a clue either, but that icon is definitely "scales of judgement"....(!!!!)

all the best

[agate]

I believe everyone starts out with 10 points--maybe they're given to anyone here just for being a human being???

When BrainTalk (the John Lester one) got the new software that looks just like this software, there was a ratings system where you could "rate" a post, and then the post acquired some stars, depending on the ratings.

There were complaints about this, and they took the ratings system away.

The "Reputation" icon here is another version of the same setup. You can "rate" somebody's post if you want.

I dislike this, but maybe others like it. I don't know. This place is probably only temporary, isn't it?

[~scrabble]

I thought DocJohn may have disabled the 'reputation' rating when I didn't see the scales icon anymore .... but that was only because I was just reading and I wasn't signed in! Yup, they are still there ....

I think it probably is something that the Administrator can disable and that it just comes with this software.

*methinks I'll just ignore the ratings .........

[JoJo6]

Originally Posted by agate

I believe everyone starts out with 10 points--maybe they're given to anyone here just for being a human being???

When BrainTalk (the John Lester one) got the new software that looks just like this software, there was a ratings system where you could "rate" a post, and then the post acquired some stars, depending on the ratings.

There were complaints about this, and they took the ratings system away.

The "Reputation" icon here is another version of the same setup. You can "rate" somebody's post if you want.

I dislike this, but maybe others like it. I don't know. This place is probably only temporary, isn't it?

Agate, it is my understanding the forums are here to stay. I do hope my understanding is correct