:
|
How the hell are you supposed to get good rep?! It seems that if it is a good post by a small person it's overlooked but bad posts are easily picked up.
|
Think about this in an offline sense again. Cognitive bias's, first impressions, past knowledge etc etc. Reputation means a damn lot more than some stupid little phrase and digit by your name. The process of 'judgement by reputation' has presumably gone on in these forums for eight years and veteran posters didn't lose all that reputation because the phrase told them it was so therefore older members are more likely to get rep because they've earned it beforehand while so called 'Smaller members' like yourself are less likely to get reputation because you post less and aren't as well known. I, of course, am a living criticism for that since I for some unfathomable reason have a silly amount of points O.o.
You earn your rep like you do in any other social situation; by endearing yourself to the majority. It's a slow process you shouldn't care about if you're out to be controversial and the best way to get more rep is to ignore your own points and carry on as normal.
This is why I think that this rep system is silly. Idiots will always want more and people who deserve it know that a number won't affect how the people who matter view them.