Please make the reputation button more noticeable

No need for an "In-your-face" design like the one used by the Student Room but it would be nice to have something a little more conspicuous. I would never have noticed the rep system had a mod not asked for it to be used in his/her signature.

thanks

Not a bad idea really. I have had a few PM's asking where it is so that I could be repped.

I agree, it should be more noticeable. At first I thought i was a X, so I thought it was bad

- Kyle

it looks like a V and an X. maybe if they coloured it? or if it just said "rep"?

Or "Thank" and "Report" both of which have tooltips "Thank xxx for this post" And "Report this post"

I certainly would be helpful, took me a good month until I worked out what all the green squares were and that they were connected to the weird little symbol. I use the symbol in my signature to try and help the situation a little. Not sure if it's working but hopefully some people have learned from it

- Simon

Without a redesign of the buttons to make it more noticeable, probably the best place to have it is in your sig line. I can start by doing it myself. Thanks for the reminder.

ill whack it in mine for good measure.

I didn't know there was a rep system until I saw it in buzzards sig. Then I looked at my profile and someone had put a negative mark on me for trying to help someone but helping them wrong. I have in the last couple weeks since finding out have been using it.
I however don't know how to put it in my sig. Mine says "MacBook pro" and I definitely am not a pro but I haven't figured out where it is lol.

go onto profile, then look at the side bar. it says "edit signature". thats where you wanna go

Added to mine for good luck

- Kyle

Actually it's the 1st button from the left or 2nd button from the right.
As the circle is just a dot to say if the person is online. Not a button.

Seems we are all of a similar opinion here. I will modify my sig to highlight it to.

Let's see if we can get the broken stumbleupon image fixed first
But I agree, it's a terrible icon...

Thanks for the feedback, we'll add it to the list. But understand things need to be prioritized so not promising it will be looked at quickly.

I will divulge however that we're looking at something much more comprehensive for the rep system beyond just changing the icon.

P.S I like the new stumble icon, seems to be working now

- Simon

Maybe replace the icon with a green plus sign? All users will intuitively link it to something positive.

Virgeist said:

Maybe replace the icon with a green plus sign? All users will intuitively link it to something positive.

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Look at my signature line.

We are open to changes. We are currently looking at a couple options: scrap the rep system, replace it with some other system, or implement a way to encourage more usage of it.

iWhat said:

We are open to changes. We are currently looking at a couple options: scrap the rep system, replace it with some other system, or implement a way to encourage more usage of it.

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i reckon it just needs encouragement. theres no need to start over, it already gives a good indication, as its been established enough.