Award reputation for post being marked as the best answer

[pythonmegapixel]

Currently we have reputation for reactions but, as far as I can see, reputation is not gained when your post is marked as the best answer.

Surely, though, best answer is the ultimate Informative reaction, and so should be awarded as such (with at least 1, if not more, reputation points?)

You would have to not grant reputation for people flagging their own post as the best answer, however.

[PorkishPig]

I would be much more interested to see a Best Answer counter and a "See best answers" button underneath Community Reputation.

 

Something like this:

[wall03]

8 minutes ago, PorkishPig said:

I would be much more interested to see a Best Answer counter and a "See best answers" button underneath Community Reputation.

 

Something like this:

here's a complete theoretical redo of the system for ya (might want to make it more foolproof as to prevent expliotment, but this is just a draft):

 

Community Helpfulness

  -Best answers (+2 pts ea.)

  -Helpful answers (+.5pts ea.)

  -Guides (+1pt ea., plus +.5pts ea. reaction received.)

 

Community Involvement

  -Topics (+1pt ea. max/day is 1)

  -Posts (+1pts per 10. max/day is 10)

  -Status Updates (+.5pts ea. max/day is 3)

  -Reactions (+1pt per 15)

 

Replies are defined as a Helpful answer if the OP marks a post as Helpful, which would be an exclusive reaction to the OP and OP only to give.

 

idk, just a thought.

[Eschew]

11 hours ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Currently we have reputation for reactions but, as far as I can see, reputation is not gained when your post is marked as the best answer.

Hm...

I could see this being abused for reputation farming, at least, with how the forum allows the original poster to mark any reply -- particularly the OP's own thread or own replies -- as Best Answer.

 

As an extreme example, consider someone posting a thread in Off-Topic, then marking their own thread as Best Answer. Repeatedly.

 

Or, a less extreme but similarly unproductive or self-serving example, someone posting in the Troubleshooting sub-forum, then consolidating other people's answers into their own reply to the topic (i.e. MultiQuote), and marking their own reply as Best Answer.

 

Just my two cents? 

[Beerzerker]

Probrably best not to open that can of worms.
 

[pythonmegapixel]

2 hours ago, Eschew said:

Hm...

I could see this being abused for reputation farming, at least, with how the forum allows the original poster to mark any reply -- particularly the OP's own thread or own replies -- as Best Answer.

 

As an extreme example, consider someone posting a thread in Off-Topic, then marking their own thread as Best Answer. Repeatedly.

 

Or, a less extreme but similarly unproductive or self-serving example, someone posting in the Troubleshooting sub-forum, then consolidating other people's answers into their own reply to the topic (i.e. MultiQuote), and marking their own reply as Best Answer.

I did say:

13 hours ago, pythonmegapixel said:

You would have to not grant reputation for people flagging their own post as the best answer, however.

though. In addition, you'd probably also ignore the Off-Topic forum, as is the case with postcounts currently.

 

10 hours ago, wall03 said:

Community Helpfulness

  -Best answers (+2 pts ea.)

  -Helpful answers (+.5pts ea.)

  -Guides (+1pt ea., plus +.5pts ea. reaction received.)

 

Community Involvement

  -Topics (+1pt ea. max/day is 1)

  -Posts (+1pts per 10. max/day is 10)

  -Status Updates (+.5pts ea. max/day is 3)

  -Reactions (+1pt per 15)

That honestly makes a lot of sense, except the idea of half-points is a bit odd.

I'd just double all those values:

- Best answers +4pts

- Helpful answers +1pt

- Guides +2pt then +1pt for each reaction

- Topics +2pt

- Posts +1pt per 5

- Status updates +1pt

- Reactions +1pt per 8

[colonel_mortis]

Currently, reputation is inseparably linked to reactions, although in the next major update, which may come this summer, I think IPS are planning some changes to how that works - once that's out, we may be able to reconsider, but I won't promise anything.