(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Before I start this thread, theres a few things i'd like to say. Firstly, this is all my own words and if not i will quote and give a reliable source to the site/person it is from. I am not asking for rep in this thread, I am informing people on the meaning of reputation.

How Reputation is seen on NextGenUpdate
Reputation plays a big role on the NGU side of things, its what keeps most users going. Although it may only be numbers and stars at the side of the screen, it means a lot to many people. Some users only post to receive reputation from others.

You can tell if somebody is liked or not from their reputation; Via the Post count/Reputation ratio. Of course, like in real life there are the high rollers who have high street cred, such as Dopey and Cpt.S. But what confuses most people is people asking for there reputation to be deducted, and want to hit Minus rep.

Reputation seems to go up in a positive correlation with post count, meaning the more posts you make, maybe the more reputation you will gain. Unless your name is Shiver and have 100+ Posts and 7k+ Rep :p

How is Reputation seen on FaceBook/Social networking sites
Reputation on social networking sites such as FaceBook is seen using the 'Like' button which corresponds with NGU's 'Thanks' button. People post, jokes and other comical stuff which all try to attract attention, some succeed in this, others don't. I think the only reason social networking sites don't have a 'islike' button is because it could put someone off posting what they think.

How Reputation is seen on Wikipedia
Reputation is the opinion (more technically, a social evaluation) of the group of entities toward a person, a group of people, or an organization on a certain criterion. It is an important factor in many fields, such as education, business, online communities or social status. Reputation can be considered as a component of the identity as defined by others.

Reputation, as distinct from image, is the process and the effect of transmission of a target image. To be more precise, we call reputation transmission a communication of an evaluation without the specification of the evaluator, if not for a group attribution, and only in the default sense discussed before.

Online reputation is a factor in any online community where trust is important. It affects a pseudonym rather than a person. Examples include eBay, an auction service which uses a system of customer feedback to publicly rate each member's reputation. Amazon.com has a similar reputation mechanism in place and merchants develop their reputations across different dimensions.

How is Reputation seen on Dictionary.com (Reputation's Definition)
Quoted from Dictionary.com
1. The estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
2. Favorable repute; good name: to ruin one's reputation by misconduct.
3. A favorable and publicly recognized name or standing for merit, achievement, reliability, etc.: to build up a reputation.
4. The estimation or name of being, having, having done, etc., something specified: He has the reputation of being a shrewd businessman.

Through-out online communities such as NGU and other forums, it is what seems to keep the forum alive. I hope this thread has opened your eyes into how much reputation means to some people. Of course, theres always going to be the rep whore who tries to add a sarcastic comment in a thread trying to attract rep, but thats life.

Thanks, Oink

wtf is that supposed to mean???




Good write up dude =D

Rep advertises personality to me. A person could have amazing content but if they are a complete a-hole and argue with everyone then they probably wont have high rep

Thanks Oprah :y: !

tl;dr : Is the way all the noobs get their posts count up 'Too Long, Didn't Read'

Thanks, and you made my day

I just see rep as stars and numbers, but I suppose it keeps people going in some ways :y:

i usually read all of the thread... or some times i'll skim...


What rep means to me:

on the last forum I was on, it was incredibly hard to get repped, it had to be by some act of g-d or something like that.. To me it was confirmation that i wrote something good up and what not, and that it was acceptable. people that are going for neg rep stars usually didn't start going for them that way, they just got negged to hell and then just decided i might as well go for the star:wtf:

To some people, rep won't mean anything because they have low rep. Like me where i have mid-low rep, however im in the minority that do care about it. Mainly because im Non-Premium, by having a lot of Reputation and Being Non-prem means that people might notice me more than a premium guy named '1337H4x0r' with 5 posts and 20 rep. However, rep in some cases is 'abused'. I had a look on the PS3 Hacks and Exploits section earlier and found this guy who had about 100 posts and 1k+ rep and joined in March 2011. I feel as if rep is easily gained in that particular section as all you have to do is copy+paste most things or 'make it up' and people will believe you. I was amazed by the amount of people who signed up to NGU in Jan/Feb/March 2011, simply because of the Custom Firmware. So, i hate the feeling that i post useful and relevant things to get my +rep whereas some guy can go to that section, copy+paste Information and slightly alter it to his own words, and becomes more 'prestigious' than me. Ahh well thats life.

i see it as the size of your dick

Well it thats the case I'd be worried, your reps really low

Rep meens nothing its like finding 10$ its just nice to have it