shiradotnet
Well-known member
I've been frustrated a number of times by wanting to "rep" someone else's post only to find out that before I can "rep" that person again I must first go off and rep a bunch of other people. I notice that others also comment that they too wanted to rep a post they liked, but couldn't because the system expected them to spread it around some more before giving another to the person. So people are posting notes saying "virtual rep to you".
I realize the reason for requiring the rep to be spread around is to reduce the likelihood of people abusing the feature. For example, it prevents someone from using a fake identity to give rep to their main one. I do think this control is a good one.
But I'm wondering, would it be possible to reduce the number of other people that we have to rep before we can give another to someone, to make it easier to legitimately give rep? Although the forum has a large number of members, only a small subset post on a regular basis, so there aren't all that many people to spread rep around to, comparatively speaking.
I realize the reason for requiring the rep to be spread around is to reduce the likelihood of people abusing the feature. For example, it prevents someone from using a fake identity to give rep to their main one. I do think this control is a good one.
But I'm wondering, would it be possible to reduce the number of other people that we have to rep before we can give another to someone, to make it easier to legitimately give rep? Although the forum has a large number of members, only a small subset post on a regular basis, so there aren't all that many people to spread rep around to, comparatively speaking.