what is reputation points

commander_markfunk, on 07 August 2014 - 12:48 PM, said: what is reputation points and what can it do to you profile


Ectar, on 18 June 2014 - 03:48 PM, said: It can be helpful as a guide for player opinions on certain subjects.  If someone agrees/likes a post, rather than say something they'll just upvote.  If they hate or disagree with a post, they'll downvote it.   Generally: High rep status is on accounts where people put effort into being helpful and entertaining/funny, their content is normally consistent and you'll see these people often on the forums. Low rep is due to posting content that many people disagree with, either due to having a different point of view on a hot topic, or setting out to upset and annoy other forum users.   There is multiple exceptions to this however and some people are either victims of clans/groups ganging up to downvote someone, or someone getting friends/clan members to upvote them to disguise their less that helpful nature.  Also someone can get hundreds of upvotes/downvotes due to a single post depending on the mood of the community at the time or the content. A funny/witty remark or image, a well written and informative observation, a controversial or opposite stance from the majority in a thread are some examples.   We don't show who upvotes/downvotes to prevent people PMing each other with things like "why did you downvote me?" etc etc.  It creates a nasty vicious circle.  This information is available to WG staff so we can see if it is being abused and if needed, we can remove the ability to upvote/downvote from players.    It's a guide but it's not the full picture. You can always easily tell by someone's posting history and what they say to quickly see their true nature despite what the upvotes/downvotes show.