RE: Brief Update on Reputation Score

@dantheman
Holy crap my rep is high!

This is a good step and you have gamified it a little which will reach the larpers. So good work!

I have concerns though.
I'm not complaining about this, but I've been here a couple weeks max. I can see someone gaming this. They hire someone who is well spoken and compelling to come in and build rep on the account, then sell the account for mega bucks.

To solve this you should add an exponential decay function based on time, so older rep counts less than newer rep. You should also allow accounts with negative rep to trend back towards some zeropoint after a "chill out" period.

Since it's exponential rather than logarithmic, the effect of say taking a vacation won't be as much as suddenly turning into a flaming jerk. But it will still encourage people to not rest on their laurels too long and to keep posting good compelling content.

It's all about people. People go from good to bad and back again. They change over time. No one should earn a permanent high or low rep. Also if someone has a high rep and has a legitimate disagreement with someone with a low rep, they won't be able to permanently supress someone.

Thanks for listening!