When you finally discover that there is an upvote limit

[+Extesian he/him]

10 minutes ago, Chaos said:

I'm still quite proud of my work on those ranks.

They're still one of my favorite things about this site. They give something to aim for, something to learn and something to complain about, which is pretty much the three hooks of any competitive addiction. 

[Mestiv he/him]

But the rep system is not a competition although, some do take it incredibly serious 

[+Extesian he/him]

38 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

But the rep system is not a competition although, some do take it incredibly serious 

In terms of operating for the betterment of the site, I mean more in a self-competitive way. Especially for new people the system is designed to start with rapid rank rises which encourages people to try to post useful things because they see the next rank so close. Once people have been involved long enough to not care about that side of it it adds the entertainment value of having cool and pretty unknown ranks. And ridiculous ones like Scadrian Waffle Cook. Basically it promotes involvement and knowledge, and sharing that with people. I know I used to get excited about each rise I had and that encouraged me to learn more and share ideas, and I became far more Cosmere-knowledgeable than when I just read the site. Add to that the social side of the site that encourages people to support each other (of course, they would anyway for the right reasons, but 'earning' upvotes probably encourages that).

But there's no question the whole rep/rank system uses classic addiction techniques (whether inadvertently or deliberately) to get people involved, and that's a good thing for us all. The actual ranks themselves - well, they're a masterpiece that I never stop getting something out of even though I'm far too cool to care about silly Internet points

[Calderis he/him]

12 hours ago, Mestiv said:

But the rep system is not a competition although, some do take it incredibly serious 

As much as I agree it shouldn't be, for some people the presence of a leaderboard with day/week/month/year/total breakdown creates a competition in and of itself. 

[Chaos he/him]

8 hours ago, Calderis said:

As much as I agree it shouldn't be, for some people the presence of a leaderboard with day/week/month/year/total breakdown creates a competition in and of itself. 

I could remove it?

[+Extesian he/him]

Just now, Chaos said:

I could remove it?

Don't make me downvote you Chaos

[Calderis he/him]

Just now, Chaos said:

I could remove it?

I wasn't trying to say it shouldn't exist. The rank system and leaderboard and everything else add to the site. 

The type of people who want it to be a competition are going to make it one regardless, so if you're actually considering removing it, I'd vote to keep it. Partially for general enjoyment purposes, and partially for those very people's benefit. 

[Steeldancer he/him]

I dont actually care, but it sure does make my day when i discover I've ranked in the contributors! Gave my day an excellent start. 

[Chaos he/him]

I'm not saying I would remove the Popular Contributors/Leaderboard, but it was an idea.

[Oversleep]

On 24.05.2017 at 5:28 PM, Zennix said:

We need 1000 Upvotes in the Dark Alley in order to bake a Sentient Awakened Cookie.

On 24.05.2017 at 7:30 PM, Zennix said:

I've been thinking about using 'Satisfy tummies' as my Command. 

So basically you want to create this?

[Steeldancer he/him]

27 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

So basically you want to create this?

Oversleep, you just made me cry  this deserves many upvotes. 

[Oversleep]

6 hours ago, The Flash said:

Oversleep, you just made me cry  this deserves many upvotes. 

You mean you haven't seen asdf movies?

Go watch them.

[Modal Seoul he/him]

I wonder how long somebody could stay as Torturer of Heralds.

666 

[Calderis he/him]

10 minutes ago, Captains Domon said:

I wonder how long somebody could stay as Torturer of Heralds.

666 

About as long as it takes for someone to realize they're there 

[Zennix he/him]

12 minutes ago, Captains Domon said:

I wonder how long somebody could stay as Torturer of Heralds.

666 

Until the next Desolation? 

[+Extesian he/him]

2 hours ago, Captains Domon said:

I wonder how long somebody could stay as Torturer of Heralds.

666 

I lasted 5 minutes. I was thinking about asking people to down-vote me but then Chaos would bring out the ban-hammer.

 

13 hours ago, Chaos said:

I'm not saying I would remove the Popular Contributors/Leaderboard, but it was an idea.

 

[Steeldancer he/him]

9 hours ago, Extesian said:

I lasted 5 minutes. I was thinking about asking people to down-vote me but then Chaos would bring out the ban-hammer.

 

 

hey at least you got a screenshot. 

[Mestiv he/him]

2 hours ago, FiveLate said:

Where is the list of all the ranks, and this leader board you speak of?

and:

http://www.17thshard.com/forum/leaderboard/

[C. M. Hayden he/him]

I learned this last week, very disappointed I love giving upvotes.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

11 hours ago, C. M. Hayden said:

I learned this last week, very disappointed I love giving upvotes.

*polishes sign on upvote bank

Oh, you do, do you? 

[C. M. Hayden he/him]

18 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

*polishes sign on upvote bank

Oh, you do, do you? 

Well, now I gotta conserve 'em! :|

[Shqueeves]

15 minutes ago, C. M. Hayden said:

Well, now I gotta conserve 'em! :|

Or you could give them to me

[Sunbird she/her]

31 minutes ago, Shqueeves said:

Or you could give them to me

You just got one of mine for your user subtitle "User of the demisemihemidemisemiquaver" XD

[StrikerEZ he/him]

53 minutes ago, C. M. Hayden said:

Well, now I gotta conserve 'em! :|

Well...they'd be safe with me....

I swear I won't use them

[Shqueeves]

42 minutes ago, Sunbirb said:

You just got one of mine for your user subtitle "User of the demisemihemidemisemiquaver" XD

It is a really underused note. For obvious reasons