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QL/POP Contests Are Fucking Stupid

Allowing contests that require you to leave a +rating and QL are fucking stupid as shit. It's the HF version of pay-to-win gaming. People are just buying good social standing and that severely undermines the value and credibility of social currency as a system.

Whoa, this guy has a lot of +rep he must be trusted part of the community right? Oh, wait, no, he just did a $50 ETH giveaway.

This should legitimately be removed and be a bannable offense.
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(Jul 3, 2022 07:57 PM)Dehyped | 天使 Wrote:  Allowing contests that require you to leave a +rating and QL are fucking stupid as shit. It's the HF version of pay-to-win gaming. People are just buying good social standing and that severely undermines the value and credibility of social currency as a system.

Whoa, this guy has a lot of +rep he must be trusted part of the community right? Oh, wait, no, he just did a $50 ETH giveaway.

This should legitimately be removed and be a bannable offense.

I agree with you on this, it call rep farming(Havesting)
(Jul 4, 2022 06:58 AM)Murda_Mook Wrote:  I agree with you on this, it call rep farming(Havesting)

Exactly. This is a bannable offense on every other forum. Why is it allowed here, one of the stricter online communities I still visit?

Inb4 Omni's response: "We don't do what other forums do blah blah." Not the main argument, see the original post.
I really miss old school reputation. There was honestly nothing wrong with it. I enjoyed seeing posts linked to the reputations, I enjoyed the context behind every single one. I also enjoyed how serious negative rep would be at the time because it came with context.
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The issue the old rep system had was it was even more abused.
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(Jul 4, 2022 07:29 AM)Laughing Man Wrote:  The issue the old rep system had was it was even more abused.

Not really relevant.

No system is perfect, but the current state of reputation basically nullifies its own existence. It needs to be changed.
(Jul 4, 2022 07:31 AM)Dehyped | 天使 Wrote:  Not really relevant.

No system is perfect, but the current state of reputation basically nullifies its own existence. It needs to be changed.

How do you figure, contracts have their own setup which is well done.
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(Jul 4, 2022 07:37 AM)Laughing Man Wrote:  How do you figure, contracts have their own setup which is well done.

Literally read the OP.
(Jul 4, 2022 07:39 AM)Dehyped | 天使 Wrote:  Literally read the OP.

I read it, contracts are how you measure trust, not rep anymore and QL you don't see. It gives an award that's it.
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(Jul 4, 2022 07:41 AM)Laughing Man Wrote:  I read it, contracts are how you measure trust
That's fine as long as they are closed monitored (which they seem to be currently.)

(Jul 4, 2022 07:41 AM)Laughing Man Wrote:  not rep anymore
Exactly, because it no longer matters, because you can just buy it. Fix the problem -- a VERY EASY FIX -- and it becomes a legitimate part of the site again.
Why would Omni want rep over contracts? Popularity just shows how much you interact with someone.

Trust with sales comes from contracts.
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You're not wrong as someone who was here for the old system. However people should not confuse reputation with popularity. B Rating should be the way to go about it.
(Jul 4, 2022 07:47 AM)Laughing Man Wrote:  Why would Omni want rep over contracts? Popularity just shows how much you interact with someone.

Trust with sales comes from contracts.

I never said rep over contracts, my dude. This thread ain't about contracts it's about the glaring issue with the popularity system. It's real simple, I don't know why you keep shoving contracts into the middle. Popularity system has a problem that basically makes it redundant. If a system is redundant, by definition, there is no need for it. This leaves us with two logical courses of action: BAN buying rep/QL through "Giveaways" or remove the system altogether. The former is a 5 minute fix. That's all I'm suggesting.

Not to mention if someone has low contracts because they're just beginning their marketplace interactions what do you think is the next metric someone will use to gauge how trustworthy someone is? Probably reputation because post count is completely irrelevant.


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