Bugs and Suggestions

7-Jun-10 9:47

I have noticed that recently (the last week or so I think) that my Author rep seems to be increasing but without anyone voting on my articles/tips and me not posting any either.

Not sure if this a bug or not - are we getting rep for views or something similar?

Dave

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#realJSOP7-Jun-10 9:48

#realJSOP

7-Jun-10 9:48

DaveyM69 wrote:
are we getting rep for views

Wouldn't that be great? Smile | :)

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DaveyM697-Jun-10 9:56

7-Jun-10 9:56

It would certainly add a popularity rather than quality element to the rep which may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view. I'll stay on the fence for now!

Dave

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Nish Nishant7-Jun-10 10:03

Nish Nishant

7-Jun-10 10:03

Maybe some of the 1-votes are removed when their owner-accounts got deleted?

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DaveyM697-Jun-10 10:11

7-Jun-10 10:11

Possibly, but then the articles average/tip average score would have changed too which doesn't seem to have happened (unless there's some caching somewhere) Confused | :confused:

Dave

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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 10:15

7-Jun-10 10:15

I've never seen delays, with one exception: browsing forums shows message votes with a delay (I'd say max 1 minute), i.e. the vote count goes up and down as different servers deliver the same page.

Smile | :)

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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 10:11

7-Jun-10 10:11

Hm, I don't think Dave is a popular target for 1-votes, but yes it is a possibility: if a low vote gets somehow removed, and a high vote gets added, author rep would rise, vote count would not change.

Smile | :)

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DaveyM697-Jun-10 10:18

7-Jun-10 10:18

Luc Pattyn wrote:
I don't think Dave is a popular target for 1-votes

I keep my head down (i.e. out of the Back Room and SB), I'm not very active in the lounge although I visit it several times a day and I tend to keep away from flame wars. I just can't be bothered to deal with confrontation in my 'leisure' time here on CP - not my idea of fun!

Dave

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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 10:23

7-Jun-10 10:23

That's what I meant, and I do pretty much the same.

FWIW: I think some or all of the back rooms have been disarmed.

Smile | :)

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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 10:09

7-Jun-10 10:09

Dave, I haven't noticed anything special on my own author rep (and I think I would have if there were some anomaly), and I can't see anything special on yours either.

You probably remember we both have updated our T&Ts on John's instigation, around May 22, when Chris added a description line. That made them feature (again) on the CP home page, probably leading to new views and votes. Although that was more than 2 weeks ago, I would venture it as the cause of what you now see happening.

An alternative would be a bug in T&T, where my activity is pretty low, while yours isn't. Maybe adding/editing comments yields author rep without being listed in the rep FAQ table.

Smile | :)

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DaveyM697-Jun-10 10:15

7-Jun-10 10:15

Luc Pattyn wrote:
Maybe adding/editing comments yields author rep without being listed in the rep FAQ table

That would make sense, although that would be better in Authority if I understand the groupings correctly.

Dave

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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 10:16

A Missing Reputation Metric

7-Jun-10 10:16

correct.

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#realJSOP7-Jun-10 3:36

#realJSOP

7-Jun-10 3:36

Jim Crafton brought up an interesting point - the Reputation Points/Graph doesn't include man points.

I think this is a rather egregious omission and should remedied forthwith.

Sandeep Mewara7-Jun-10 3:47

Sandeep Mewara

7-Jun-10 3:47

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
the Reputation Points/Graph doesn't include man points

What is 'man' points? Am i missing something? Was it there earlier?

Chris Meech7-Jun-10 3:52

Chris Meech

7-Jun-10 3:52

This Lounge post[^] might enlighten you, though John's suggestion is in part, a jest. Smile | :)

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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 4:46

7-Jun-10 4:46

there is no end to the list of missing categories: courage, sacrifice, quality, creativity, originality, wit, civility, W&KS safety, etc. etc. I'm afraid the hamsters can't cope with all that, they seem quite busy keeping the mills going as it is.

Smile | :)

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Tom Deketelaere7-Jun-10 5:05

Tom Deketelaere

7-Jun-10 5:05

I hear by nominate you to keep track of everyone's man points and update the reputation points for each member Smile | :)

Matthew Dennis7-Jun-10 7:22

Matthew Dennis

7-Jun-10 7:22

And Chris won't let my implement Matthew points. You get points for just being ME Big Grin | :-D

Chris Maunder7-Jun-10 13:56

Chris Maunder

7-Jun-10 13:56

There is, however, the heisenberg-like issue that if you check your man-points, then you automatically lose man-points. If you are checking another man's man-points then you lose double.

It's made testing, well, difficult. Especially since actually testing code itself results in loss of man points.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
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Luc Pattyn7-Jun-10 15:06

7-Jun-10 15:06

I don't know what the TechEd keynote speaker has been telling you, Chris, however please consider the possibility you misunderstood it somehow. Testing, locating bugs and fixing them still earns you all kinds of points, don't let MS sales people tell you otherwise.

OMG | :OMG:

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Matthew Dennis8-Jun-10 2:18

Matthew Dennis

8-Jun-10 2:18

And of course, someone will create, or at least claim to have created, an App that scams the system and artificially inflates your man-points. Of course, clicking on these Ads result in a drastic reduction in your man-points. Cool | :cool: