If you were talking about up votes then I would totally agree. But down votes are basically only intended for spammers and the occasional troll so I don't mind giving more to the more established users that have devoted their time and effort to reach whatever level there at. And this is coming from newb that just joined a few days ago.
I just don't think levels are an effective way of giving people power. At the very least I would say that reputation should be used instead, that way the most engaging/active members of the community get this privilege , this way downvoting rights can not be obtained by posting a CNN article every half an hour in an obscure tribe and thus abusing the system. Maybe give users with different tiers of reputation more downvotes or weight the downvotes differently depending on your reputation.
Reputation technically is being used even when it doesn't seem like it is. Earning XP is heavily dependent on how good your REP score is, the better it is the quicker you earn XP for basically anything you do on snapzu. If my reputation score is 49.5% I am earning XP half as quickly as someone with a reputation score of 99%. This means that if my rep remains at the 50% mark, it would take me twice as long to reach 50 as someone with 99%. Having said that, to earn a reputation of 99% it currently takes about 3 months of being a really active/contributing member not to mention it is more volatile, compared to the 2+ years it takes to reach level 50, you can see why level based down votes tend to be the better and more vested option.
It is my understanding that reputation score is calculated using an algorithm that keeps track of up and down votes on content and comments that you post. So is basically a calculator that averages as out the upvotes/downvotes that you receive daily and adds it to your overall reputation.
If you were talking about up votes then I would totally agree. But down votes are basically only intended for spammers and the occasional troll so I don't mind giving more to the more established users that have devoted their time and effort to reach whatever level there at. And this is coming from newb that just joined a few days ago.
I just don't think levels are an effective way of giving people power. At the very least I would say that reputation should be used instead, that way the most engaging/active members of the community get this privilege , this way downvoting rights can not be obtained by posting a CNN article every half an hour in an obscure tribe and thus abusing the system. Maybe give users with different tiers of reputation more downvotes or weight the downvotes differently depending on your reputation.
Reputation technically is being used even when it doesn't seem like it is. Earning XP is heavily dependent on how good your REP score is, the better it is the quicker you earn XP for basically anything you do on snapzu. If my reputation score is 49.5% I am earning XP half as quickly as someone with a reputation score of 99%. This means that if my rep remains at the 50% mark, it would take me twice as long to reach 50 as someone with 99%. Having said that, to earn a reputation of 99% it currently takes about 3 months of being a really active/contributing member not to mention it is more volatile, compared to the 2+ years it takes to reach level 50, you can see why level based down votes tend to be the better and more vested option.
This does make sense.
How does this reputation work exactly?
It is my understanding that reputation score is calculated using an algorithm that keeps track of up and down votes on content and comments that you post. So is basically a calculator that averages as out the upvotes/downvotes that you receive daily and adds it to your overall reputation.
There is limited pool of votes so if you reach the limit older votes will be removed to make room for new votes.
Don't forget that all members start with 65%. So to keep around that you essentially would need 2 up votes for every 1 down vote.
Very interesting observation, plus it gives the reputation function more meaning. I like it.
As do I...And if the person acts like a troll (as this one did),they get treated as a troll.