Jenda,
We all know that the XP system shouldn't be taken seriously, but that doesn't prevent people from talking about it or spending endless hours devising ways to make it better. To say that XP is meaningless is a bit of a fib since gaining XP allows monks to have an impact on the site. They can approve nodes, consider nodes, and post that uber cool picture of themself.

I have heard the argument from monks that they want to know which nodes they got the downvotes for as much as they want to know why they got the downvote. This is so they can make themselves a better monk. The problem with this is that we do not live in an ideal world. The reality is monks do not universally vote on nodes soley based on content.

A counter suggestion would be just to /msg a monk with "node #### was downvoted at GMT" each time someone downvotes them. I think this is an insane idea. You would have to offer an "opt-out/in" policy since a lot of active monks do not care and would prefer to keep their inbox free of spam.

So for me it boils down to "value added" weighed against effort. My opinion, and I well could be wrong, is that only a small number of monks would want or use this functionality, while a far number would want the ability to not be bothered.

As a side note, if there was a way to get an "on-demand" report of a nodes reputation (not just delta) through time that didn't require a great deal of developer effort or strain on the server - I would be all for that.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: /msg me the reason of -- by Limbic~Region
in thread /msg me the reason of -- by Jenda

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