Proper Usage of the EF Reputation System

[thoreau]

time to bump this up.

[Kerham]

Originally Posted by 711

When NOT to give negative reputation

You should not leave a negative reputation simply because you disagree with another member's opinion.

Well I am not a native English speaker, hence I might be wrong. But when I click the "rep" button, in my little alien world, the options are "I approve" or "I disapprove".

Also, "to disapprove" and "to disagree" are synonymous, so I think the forum owner might want to change the options.

[NightwolfAA2k5]

I try to use the EF Reputation system properly... Most of the time

[711]

Originally Posted by Kerham

Well I am not a native English speaker, hence I might be wrong. But when I click the "rep" button, in my little alien world, the options are "I approve" or "I disapprove".

Also, "to disapprove" and "to disagree" are synonymous, so I think the forum owner might want to change the options.

The words disapprove and disagree are not synonymous.

With regard to to EF reputation system, one should only neg rep if one disapproves of the tone or manner in which an opinion or viewpoint is presented (i.e. the person is rude, inflammatory, unfair, etc.), not if one simply disagrees with that opinion or viewpoint.

The reason this thread was created was to clarify what is meant by the "I approve" and "I disapprove" captions seen when the Add Reputation button is pressed, and when it is appropriate to use each, thus there is no need to "change the options" as you suggest.

[Rayne Jade]

I would only give a -rep if the information someone posted was completely wrong... as if a person was intentionally misleading others.

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by Rayne Jade

I would only give a -rep if the information someone posted was completely wrong...

Depends on how you're using the word 'wrong' really. If you just mean 'inaccurate', that's no reason to give a -rep unless perhaps:

Originally Posted by Rayne Jade

if a person was intentionally misleading others.

[Rayne Jade]

Point taken JB... change to read:

I would only give a -rep if the information someone posted was completely wrong... as if a person was intentionally misleading others.