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Willie G. said:
can someone please explain rep to me? Why is it important (especially for new posters) to understand?

thanks
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Ideally, it is a measure of community sentiment regarding each member. For example, ncoloradojazz has negative total rep, which means people often give him negative rep, which means he's not well-liked and his posts are not well-received. b-line has a lot of rep on relatively few posts, which means people tend to like his posts and often give him positive rep.

That's ideally. In reality, it doesn't always work like that. Hack for example, has a ton of rep. Who the **** keeps repping Hack??
 
Siro said:
Ideally, it is a measure of community sentiment regarding each member. For example, ncoloradojazz has negative total rep, which means people often give him negative rep, which means he's not well-liked and his posts are not well-received. b-line has a lot of rep on relatively few posts, which means people tend to like his posts and often give him positive rep.

That's ideally. In reality, it doesn't always work like that. Hack for example, has a ton of rep. Who the **** keeps repping Hack??
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Thanks. It seems like a very inconsistent measure, but obviously a good generator of inside jokes and other kinds of community glue.

fishonjazz said:
His alts?
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what does this mean?
 
Willie G. said:
I see we have nested meanings. It seemed that understanding 'alts' was a part of understanding 'rep'. But this comment makes it seem otherwise. I was getting straight answers at first.
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An alt is an alternate account of an existing member. Usually created to troll and post garbage under an anonymous handle. People who create alts hide behind a vpn or a proxy to hide their true identity, because it is a bannable offense if found out.
 
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