Hello All (in Minds-I voice),
I have been around these icmag parts for a while... not as long as most, but i was here a few years after I believe the site was created, so i would like to consider myself tenured in.... I have given many of my ideas to the gods (whoops i mean mods) of this site that were eventually implemented and are cause for why this site is better then the rest...
with that being said, I would like to address a thought i had about the reputation system here and how I feel it is weak...
first and foremost, I feel like there are far too many people here who are blocked out with many more blocks then they truly should have.
for example, there is a guy who has less then 30 posts and already has 3 blocks and he hasn't posted one picture of his work. now this guy could have had those 3 blocks given to him by the gift of 2 or 3 "well blocked" icmaggers.... so now that that guy has 2-3 guys juicing him up with blocks he is going to be taken as credible?
I know the karma blocks don't equate to credibility (hence ME for example lol) but I feel like something should be done to make the system more credible...
potential idea to solve this? (for example) if a member types up and posts one hell of a knee slapping joke in the tokers den and is dished out loads of karma, then perhaps this rep should be calculated in a different category of "rep"..... this rep could be displayed underneath the users green blocks, and perhaps it could be displayed in another color such as yellow or black or blue?...
I think a system like that would allow future users of ICMAG the ability to sort out who's here dishing out positive growing related info and who is here to toke and talk it up in the den....
anyone care to add anything?
I know gypsy is locked up, but maybe he has given someone else the power to make decisions related to his gem of a website... I know skip is the top dog web man, but I also know skip is a human being and doesn't like using his time if he isn't getting paid, so hopefully whoever gypsy granted power of his website also has the abillity to pay for such necessary improvements...
Change is good as long as obama or any other politicians are involved...
I have been around these icmag parts for a while... not as long as most, but i was here a few years after I believe the site was created, so i would like to consider myself tenured in.... I have given many of my ideas to the gods (whoops i mean mods) of this site that were eventually implemented and are cause for why this site is better then the rest...
with that being said, I would like to address a thought i had about the reputation system here and how I feel it is weak...
first and foremost, I feel like there are far too many people here who are blocked out with many more blocks then they truly should have.
for example, there is a guy who has less then 30 posts and already has 3 blocks and he hasn't posted one picture of his work. now this guy could have had those 3 blocks given to him by the gift of 2 or 3 "well blocked" icmaggers.... so now that that guy has 2-3 guys juicing him up with blocks he is going to be taken as credible?
I know the karma blocks don't equate to credibility (hence ME for example lol) but I feel like something should be done to make the system more credible...
potential idea to solve this? (for example) if a member types up and posts one hell of a knee slapping joke in the tokers den and is dished out loads of karma, then perhaps this rep should be calculated in a different category of "rep"..... this rep could be displayed underneath the users green blocks, and perhaps it could be displayed in another color such as yellow or black or blue?...
I think a system like that would allow future users of ICMAG the ability to sort out who's here dishing out positive growing related info and who is here to toke and talk it up in the den....
anyone care to add anything?
I know gypsy is locked up, but maybe he has given someone else the power to make decisions related to his gem of a website... I know skip is the top dog web man, but I also know skip is a human being and doesn't like using his time if he isn't getting paid, so hopefully whoever gypsy granted power of his website also has the abillity to pay for such necessary improvements...
Change is good as long as obama or any other politicians are involved...