[skysnap]

I think reputation gives people more trust and they can decide what to do on that basis. You can see that it's not always going to be that easy.

[JASPREET]

Reputation serves as likes where in the person have more likes would be recognized as good poster

[ruthmongare]

Reputation serves as likes where in the person have more likes would be recognized as good poster

didn't recognise that but how about when someone gives you a negative reputation.

[OldGuy]

As it stands for now, your count of reputation points has no effect on your potential earnings, although there have been previous topics discussing how collected reputation points may affect your potential revenue with a future planned site change.

Other members review content as it is posted. If you post something that another member likes for whatever reason, they can give you a positive reputation point. If your content offends another member for any reason, they may give you a negative reputation point. If your content offends one of the administrators or moderators, they may only give you a single negative reputation point, but if it is a serious offense, they may give you 50 negative reputation points in a single hit and ban you from the site. They are really nice guys, but they don't mess around if you don't follow the rules.

A collection of positive reputation points gives you some idea of the overall opinion of the rest of the community. The count of reputation points by itself does not tell the whole story. To see how you are doing, divide your total number of reputation points by your total number of posts and read the results as a percentage. The overall site average is just under 10%. If you are not receiving at least one reputation point for every ten posts, the community is telling you that you need to do better with their silence. A negative reputation point screams it much louder.

The reputation points do not give you a clear picture of your quality, but they only show you the collective opinion of the rest of the members as they read your posted content. High quality content generally receives more positive reputation points. Use your score as your personal guide as you add content to the site.

[skysnap]

although there have been previous topics discussing how collected reputation points may affect your potential revenue with a future planned site change.

There is no such thing as potential revenue here. I don't know who told you that. You got revenue information from fergal?

[JASPREET]

I heard from some that reputation can help earn but i don't feel its possible and there is any linkage to earnings

[OldGuy]

although there have been previous topics discussing how collected reputation points may affect your potential revenue with a future planned site change.

There is no such thing as potential revenue here. I don't know who told you that. You got revenue information from fergal?

I know I have read several topics where various site administrators and moderators have mentioned future plans about how Reputation points will affect future revenue potential. Your "potential revenue" is what you might earn in the future with continued postings.

I went looking to see if I could find some of those posts, but after some time in searching, this is the only one I have found at this point:

Re: points
Postby CyberFreak » 15 Mar 2016, 14:06

We do have plans in the future to make "reputation" affect what users can do and earn. That is some way off but it is still worthwhile making sure you have a good reputation total in the mean time.

There are other similar comments in the mix. If you need more, I'll keep looking.

[katkat]

although there have been previous topics discussing how collected reputation points may affect your potential revenue with a future planned site change.

There is no such thing as potential revenue here. I don't know who told you that. You got revenue information from fergal?

I know I have read several topics where various site administrators and moderators have mentioned future plans about how Reputation points will affect future revenue potential. Your "potential revenue" is what you might earn in the future with continued postings.

I went looking to see if I could find some of those posts, but after some time in searching, this is the only one I have found at this point:

Re: points
Postby CyberFreak » 15 Mar 2016, 14:06

We do have plans in the future to make "reputation" affect what users can do and earn. That is some way off but it is still worthwhile making sure you have a good reputation total in the mean time.

There are other similar comments in the mix. If you need more, I'll keep looking.

That is very generous of you @OldGuy to take the time to research for this topic. I guess i understand better it now and hopefully others as well. Reputation may not give us earning but it does help and motivate everyone here to go and post a quality responses to each topic. Let's go on and enjoy all the information from the post of quality. Thanks.

[junrose123]

I think reputation here signifies if we are posting high quality contents or not in my own understanding.

[skysnap]

I know I have read several topics where various site administrators and moderators have mentioned future plans about how Reputation points will affect future revenue potential. Your "potential revenue" is what you might earn in the future with continued postings.
There are other similar comments in the mix. If you need more, I'll keep looking.

You can search. But as it stands right now. There is no such revenue potential allocated to reputation.

[OldGuy]

You can search. But as it stands right now. There is no such revenue potential allocated to reputation.

We don't have any argument here.
I never said "right now". What part of "future plans" is hard to understand?

It has been clear since reputation points were introduced to the site that there is no direct relationship to revenue earnings, but it has also been clear since the earliest conversations about it that there is an intention to make some difference in "future plans".

I don't know when or what that might be, but based on multiple past posts by various administrator or moderator posts it is obvious that it is in the best interest of each member to contribute high quality content to earn a high percentage of reputation points to be prepared for it when that time comes.

Although Fergal has been funding most of the costs out of his own pocket, they do intend to eventually make this a profitable site. That will require a much stronger drive for high quality content from all members. Although I have not seen any specific comments saying so, such a drive could require a purge of those who continue to contribute low quality content. I have seen that happen on other sites.

Those who continue to post content that earns substantially less than the site averages will be the losers when that time comes. Anything less than 1 positive reputation point for each ten posts is below average.

There is no argument that Reputation points do not affect earnings now, but they are likely to be involved in future calculations for the "potential earnings" in the future, based on all those previous comments. Maybe I don't understand what you are arguing about.

[oldbuddy]

Reputation (not just numbers) does increase engagement and that in turn can increase your earnings here, if money is what you are after.

[riddy09]

Yep, I don't think reputation system can be monetized. Because the members can always find a means to abuse it or make multiple accounts and so on.

[jackchun]

what will be the benefits of reputation points here then?

[katkat]

You can have the trust of othe members
Isn't it wonderful?

[arunima]

Reputations help to stay motivated and be more active and contribute more. So being more active and participating, you will earn more FCs and hence more earning. So it actually acts as a catalyst.

[ahmedo24]

Reputations points help us to stay more comfortable and makes us happy that our contributions are appreciated

[Anindita]

I still don't understand how reputation would affect our earnings.

[TD231]

I can see the corelation between reputation and higher earnings.

[oldbuddy]

I still don't understand how reputation would affect our earnings.

Do you understand how engaging with other members would help your earnings? They are closely related.