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Why we've switched off neg rep

Hi everyone

If you’ve spent much time in this forum (news, Help & Feedback), you’ll know that the rep system receives a lot of discussion, especially neg rep, which is one of the least popular features of TSR.

The risk of receiving neg rep can put people off asking questions or sharing their views, it can make certain forums uninviting to people who have built up positive reputation with helpful and well thought out posts, it can prevent people from voicing what they feel may be an unpopular opinion, it upsets people, and worst of all it’s been cited as a tool for bullying.

So we switched it off. Your existing rep won’t be affected, and you can still give and receive positive rep as usual. Over the next three months, with your help, we’ll assess the impact of this change. If it’s not proven to be positive, we’ll look at this again and consider alternatives.

TSR is the biggest educational website in the UK, and the biggest online student community, and has helped countless students and young people make important choices in their lives. We’re proud of you all for playing a part in that, and we hope that you’ll help TSR continue to go from strength to strength. So if you see a post you disagree with, instead of giving neg rep you can voice your disagreement in a constructive way. If you want the good posts to stand out from the not-so-good, give positive rep to great posts. If you see a post that breaks the rules, hit the report button and we’ll deal with it.

Thanks for your help, and we hope you enjoy a new, more positive TSR :biggrin:

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Reply 1

ddaappoo

trolls will have a field day :rolleyes:

Reply 2

Kvothe the Arcane

Let the trolling begin!

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 3

SecretDuck

No more rep wars between certain users :biggrin:

Reply 4

Maid Marian

I thought I was going mad wondering where the neg rep sign had gone!

Not sure what I think about this :hmmmm2:

Reply 5

sherace

Brilliant, now people can talk freely without being hassled by a wave of attacks

Reply 6

Slowbro93

That used to be the case 3 years ago before it got removed as some people used to use it as a way to target users :sadnod:

it was also good ye to disco gems :moon:

Reply 7

Kvothe the Arcane

Original post by SecretDuck

No more rep wars between certain users :biggrin:

Indeed

Reply 8

Mad Vlad

Original post by ddaappoo

trolls will have a field day :rolleyes:

Neg rep is a badge of honour to a troll. They don't see it as a negative. Therefore the rep system in its previous incarnation was fundamentally flawed.

Reply 9

username945458

Interesting. ... :holmes:

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Reply 10

aranexus

Wondered where my little fav red button had gone lol :rolleyes:

Reply 11

Kvothe the Arcane

Original post by cpdavis

That used to be the case 3 years ago before it got removed as some people used to use it as a way to target users :sadnod:

it was also good ye to disco gems :moon:

Oh right. I just figured that people wouldn't be bothered to go on ppl's profiles to neg them if that was the only option.

Reply 12

Mad Vlad

Original post by keromedic

Well this will certainly be more interesting. I just hope that trolls don't take this as a reason to be more scandalous. At least this means I can post more freely. I generally only pos rep anyway, so shouldn't make mush a difference to me :biggrin:

As ever, if you see members trolling or making abusive or other rule-breaking posts, please report them to the moderation team by using the report button.