(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

I see it as the bars and stars under your posts

Rep for me it's like my e-penis :carling:

/facepalm/facepalm i remember when these dudes would rep boost. rep and what it means on ngu. what a joke. rep is retarded and should be taken off. then we people making post about what rep means to them. those are the ones that take the INTERNET way too serious. ive been around ngu for ****ing years and i know for a FACT that high rep dont mean shit. just like you said about street cred. ok someone can have street cred and still be a dick. i remember when admin was giving out 15 yr childrens fone and address numbers. and they have 3 4 rep stars.
i got 1,000 rep points in one day because on my cl in august when only a handfull of people where doing them. does that make me a good member or truthworthy? **** no. rep is retarded along with this thread. go ahead and give me neg rep if you want. i started out with -55 and im green now. cuz theres still adults on these site that agree with what i have to say and understand that rep doesnot pay my car bill or my rent so **** your rep

Rep can be irritating and and seem useless but a lot of the content on here wouldn't be here without the incentive of rep so it balances itself out :p

Originally posted by psameht

/facepalm/facepalm i remember when these dudes would rep boost. rep and what it means on ngu. what a joke. rep is retarded and should be taken off. then we people making post about what rep means to them. those are the ones that take the INTERNET way too serious. ive been around ngu for ****ing years and i know for a FACT that high rep dont mean shit. just like you said about street cred. ok someone can have street cred and still be a dick. i remember when admin was giving out 15 yr childrens fone and address numbers. and they have 3 4 rep stars.
i got 1,000 rep points in one day because on my cl in august when only a handfull of people where doing them. does that make me a good member or truthworthy? **** no. rep is retarded along with this thread. go ahead and give me neg rep if you want. i started out with -55 and im green now. cuz theres still adults on these site that agree with what i have to say and understand that rep doesnot pay my car bill or my rent so **** your rep

You have been here for years? Look at your join date...

I see reputation as my e-penis.

I see rep as an E-penis,, insult / dissagree with some1 with alot of rep and they will rape you in the asshole great examples from my rep wall, Samberg I told him how I hated idiots that everytime they see a C+P they post a comment saying "Omgzzz It's another C/p thread and I told him how no shit and those that keep on saying that get pretty anoying but instead of hearing my argument what does he do? -rep me instantly due to "wasting his time" without even hearing an argument and matt I called him a troll and again I get rapped in the ass only reason why I wished i had high rep was so i could get back at them :\

I'm surprised this is still open.
It is such a touchy subject that these are usually closed quickly.
On here it seems to be half popularity and how much you have and half on merit.

I think it would be spread more evenly, by the higher members, if it could be doled out.
For example, I have 90 in rep power and can give 3 +/-reps in 24hrs.
That is 270 in +rep I can give in one day.
I would like to be able to control the amount given so I could spread it more evenly, but never be able to give more than my 90 to one person.
That way I could recognize more useful posts per day.
Think of how much more recogniton could be given by the 200 power and up guys and they would not have to destroy a person with 1 neg hit.

Doling it out would get everyone thinking more about merit, yet still be able to show appreciation and friendship.

[quote='[F]ried [R]ice;2947164']Reputation means nothing to me. It's for the premium members that matters, more reputations = bigger e-Penis, that's what I think. I've been helping quite few newbies in this site last year, not now, I rarely find them newbies who has lots of questions, lol. (I got lazy)

The users who has most reputations are the one who make interesting topics, helpful etc...[/quote]

If thats how you see it then you should take a look at DEREKTROTTER's e-penis

Not very big :carling: