[A K Rao]

I have seen few members getting negative ratings time and again.

I am really surprised how can anybody commit similar mistake again and again.

It is clearly mentioned here that the discussions and responses should have quality, they must not be in a sentence, they must not be repetitive and should add to the existing post.

Despite that the members repeatedly responding in single sentence and some times with single word too.

One should learn from the mistakes. If I was there in their place, for me the first negative rating would have been the last one as I would have corrected myself!

What do you say?

[JASPREET]

That's where is negative rating to keep a member aware of its posts and he or she should improve after that

[OldGuy]

Unfortunately, too many members do not pay attention to the reputation point system. Many still do not even understand what they are for. They do not affect your earnings, you can't trade them for any value and some members almost swap them like trading cards, particularly in the games category. Many members seem to think they are a popularity rating; if they don't get many positive reputation points, they seem to think it is because they don't have a lot of friends on the site. They don't even really tell anything about the quality of your content.

If you look back through the history of the site, there are posts from various administrators and moderators writing about future plans to incorporate the reputation points in a formula to calculate earnings per post. Some members seem to think it would turn into a cheating system if there was any value affiliated with reputation points. Nothing has been done with that idea, but it still is considered a future concept.

So what good are they?

The only current value I can see in the reputation points is that it gives each member a guide to how the rest of the ForumCoin community views your content. If you contribute a post that another member likes, they can give you a positive reputation point. If you contribute a post that another member does not like, they can give you a negative reputation point. If you post higher quality content, you generally collect more positive reputation points. Positive reputation points indicate an approval from others who view your content.

Most members do not like to give out negative reputation points because it creates a conflict between members, but it can and does happen from time to time. Most members simply pass over a poor quality post without comment. A good collection of positive reputation points generally indicates that others approve of your content. A low collection is an indicator that you are not producing high enough quality content that contributes to the topic. A negative reputation point screams it.

Most negative reputation points come from administrators or moderators. They may only give a single negative reputation point, and they often send a private pm to clarify the issue. What a lot of members do not realize is that they can also give you 50 negative reputation points in a single hit and ban you from the site. As of today, at least 603 members have already been banned. That is already 12.7% of all registered members. It is not exactly rare.

Each member can see how they rate by dividing your total reputation points by your total number of posts, and read the results as a percentage. If the resulting "score" is lower than 10%, the rest of the ForumCoin community is telling you that you are not producing high enough quality content. That means you should be receiving at least one reputation point for every ten posts.

Unfortunately, 67% of all active members on the site are posting low quality content as indicated by their collection of reputation points. 59 currently active members have falling percentages over the last 30 days as their content quality is getting worse. If your "score" is a negative number, your content is so low quality that the site would be far better off if you leave, and most with a negative score have done so or have already been banned.

It would be a significant improvement if all members started paying attention to their reputation scores and make a point of contributing high enough quality content to earn a reputation point for their effort. They do indeed mean something.

[A K Rao]

Unfortunately, too many members do not pay attention to the reputation point system. Many still do not even understand what they are for. They do not affect your earnings, you can't trade them for any value and some members almost swap them like trading cards, particularly in the games category. Many members seem to think they are a popularity rating; if they don't get many positive reputation points, they seem to think it is because they don't have a lot of friends on the site. They don't even really tell anything about the quality of your content.

If you look back through the history of the site, there are posts from various administrators and moderators writing about future plans to incorporate the reputation points in a formula to calculate earnings per post. Some members seem to think it would turn into a cheating system if there was any value affiliated with reputation points. Nothing has been done with that idea, but it still is considered a future concept.

So what good are they?

The only current value I can see in the reputation points is that it gives each member a guide to how the rest of the ForumCoin community views your content. If you contribute a post that another member likes, they can give you a positive reputation point. If you contribute a post that another member does not like, they can give you a negative reputation point. If you post higher quality content, you generally collect more positive reputation points. Positive reputation points indicate an approval from others who view your content.

Most members do not like to give out negative reputation points because it creates a conflict between members, but it can and does happen from time to time. Most members simply pass over a poor quality post without comment. A good collection of positive reputation points generally indicates that others approve of your content. A low collection is an indicator that you are not producing high enough quality content that contributes to the topic. A negative reputation point screams it.

Most negative reputation points come from administrators or moderators. They may only give a single negative reputation point, and they often send a private pm to clarify the issue. What a lot of members do not realize is that they can also give you 50 negative reputation points in a single hit and ban you from the site. As of today, at least 603 members have already been banned. That is already 12.7% of all registered members. It is not exactly rare.

Each member can see how they rate by dividing your total reputation points by your total number of posts, and read the results as a percentage. If the resulting "score" is lower than 10%, the rest of the ForumCoin community is telling you that you are not producing high enough quality content. That means you should be receiving at least one reputation point for every ten posts.

Unfortunately, 67% of all active members on the site are posting low quality content as indicated by their collection of reputation points. 59 currently active members have falling percentages over the last 30 days as their content quality is getting worse. If your "score" is a negative number, your content is so low quality that the site would be far better off if you leave, and most with a negative score have done so or have already been banned.

It would be a significant improvement if all members started paying attention to their reputation scores and make a point of contributing high enough quality content to earn a reputation point for their effort. They do indeed mean something.

First of all I liked the way you have explained here everything. Using this reputation score in performance may be misused by some members.

In fact when I have joined this site I too felt that the reputation points may influence the earnings which was later on clarified by various members and Moderators that it doesn't influence the earnings.

This is a news for me if one receives 50 negative ratings then he/she can be banned! Is there any written rule like that dear friend?

I always like the detailed and clear topics of discussions which as you say is not seen very frequently here.

I think and hope wit the time and strict implementation of negative ratings by the Admin and Moderators, there may be changes soon for the good!

[OldGuy]

This is a news for me if one receives 50 negative ratings then he/she can be banned! Is there any written rule like that dear friend?

I am not sure if there is any written rule that explains this, but if you go to the "members" link and browse the list, you will see those that have been banned. If you open their profile page and look at their reputation details, you will see the "negative 50 points" hit along with the ban, almost every time.

In most cases, they have very few or even zero posts (because what they wrote was deleted). Those appear to have been new members who violated site rules in some way as they joined. It is often unclear what anyone did to get banned, but it is clear that even though the guys running this site are nice guys, they don't mess around with members who break site rules.

[A K Rao]

This is a news for me if one receives 50 negative ratings then he/she can be banned! Is there any written rule like that dear friend?

I am not sure if there is any written rule that explains this, but if you go to the "members" link and browse the list, you will see those that have been banned. If you open their profile page and look at their reputation details, you will see the "negative 50 points" hit along with the ban, almost every time.

In most cases, they have very few or even zero posts (because what they wrote was deleted). Those appear to have been new members who violated site rules in some way as they joined. It is often unclear what anyone did to get banned, but it is clear that even though the guys running this site are nice guys, they don't mess around with members who break site rules.

Since you are so keen about the quality of this site and you have high opinion about this site, may I ask you is there any way we can improve the site?

Though my standing here on this site is just recent one , I got plenty of experience on other sites!

I would be happy if you have any concrete plan to improve the quality of this site so that I also can join your mission!

[OldGuy]

It just so happens I study statistics for personal entertainment. I frequently turn websites into a personal form of video game by studying the site stats. The more complex the study, the higher the game level. I have been studying ForumCoin since January and have amassed a very detailed study of minute site details. Just the summary page has more than 150 unique bits of site statistics, at least as of the last time I counted.

I have documented the site activity for nearly all active members, other than those who came and went many years ago and have had no recent site activity.

One startling detail is that only 15% of all registered members have posted over 90% of all site content. By adding all content in a single page and averaging details per member, I have documented that as of today, on average, active members stick around for 288 days, have contributed an average of 618 posts at an average rate of just 4.35 posts per day and have collected an average of 58 reputation points for a "score" of just 9.42%. Of course, that includes many who only came and contributed a few posts for a day or two to those 58 who have been around longer than 1000 days and those 103 who have contributed well beyond 1000 posts. That also includes many members with well above site average scores, some well beyond 40%.

I have noted that each added post or each added reputation point only changes the percentages by about 3 ten thousandths of a percent, but the overall average score for the site has dropped from 11.5% in January to the current 9.42% as of today. That is a huge drop in just 8 months and indicates a serious drop in overall quality coming from the active members.

I have a watch list for those with lower than site average scores. I have awarded 14 who have improved their personal scores, and there are two on my list who are due very soon as long as their scores remain above the award level. The current count is 97 under watch. Out of that total, 34 have had recent improvements in their reputation scores and some have come very close to receiving an award, but then they drop back down. Unfortunately, there are also 59 specific members who have had falling reputation scores, in some cases by several full percentage points.

I am not one of the moderators or administration. I am just another active member. However, I have no personal interest in cashing in my collection of ForumCoins and no place to spend them. I have been using them to offer awards to other members to encourage them to improve their content. It only affects one member at a time and I can't cover them forever. The details of the offer I made is still on the site. Maybe you can come up with a way to encourage those who need the shove to take advantage of the offer while it is still open. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20620

[suny]

I think the best way to improve the quality is to post relevant comments in threads, post new threads in relevant category with helpful content for the larger section of the members keeping in mind that the members come from different parts of the world looking for different earning opportunities. The site has a clear guideline https://forumcoin.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12 .
When you see members with multiple or repeated negative points from admins it clearly says that they are not following the rules and a time comes when they lose their membership along with all their earned coins. As far a member getting 50 negative points in the beginning and losing their membership maybe due to a duplicate account or a serious breach of rule.
However, improving the quality of the site depends solely on how one posts in the right category and for the larger interest in the benefit of "Forumcoin" community.