Why Have You Disabled Experience Points?

[TarionzCousin]

Many people have disabled XP. Why have you done this?

If I give you (Mr. "Disabled XP Person") XP, does it just not show? Or does it not award XP to you?

Can you give out XP if you have disabled XP?


Second, why aren't more people giving out XP? When I see someone quote a post and say "Awesome!" but notice that they didn't give the awesome post any XP it makes me feel sad.

 

[jaerdaph]

I often find myself getting the "You must spread some more XP around before giving it to so-and-so again" message, so I'm trying to spread it around more.

 

[redboxrazor]

I wasn't even aware that awarding XP was something real. I thought when people mentioned giving someone XP, it was just a cultural way of saying "great post". Which it is... Except it's more than that, I realize now.

How does one do this? I post from my phone, which may be why I don't see the option. Forum Runner and all that.

 

[Starman]

I will now begin a Google search for all forum posts containing the word "awesome" and I will add XP to each and every one. Be sad no longer for this oversight will soon be rectified.

 

[Nagol]

This post would probably be better of in the meta forum.

I think of the XP system as a silly, potentially clique-building subsystem, best disregarded.

What made me disable the system though was the new "in-line" XP comments. I find the comments being attached to the original post to be annoying. Since the comments are not conducive to replies, they don't offer anything to continue the conversation and allow for misattribution of meaning, pile-ons, and a host of other bad-faith uses. Note I said allow for, not being used for.

I was hoping that disabling the xp system would literally prevent the award of XP and thus the comments appearing on my posts, at least. Alas, it does not.

 

[Nagol]

I wasn't even aware that awarding XP was something real. I thought when people mentioned giving someone XP, it was just a cultural way of saying "great post". Which it is... Except it's more than that, I realize now.

How does one do this? I post from my phone, which may be why I don't see the option. Forum Runner and all that.

A small thumbs-up icon appears under the poster's name normally. Clicking that awards XP.

 

[Alzrius]

I will now begin a Google search for all forum posts containing the word "awesome" and I will add XP to each and every one. Be sad no longer for this oversight will soon be rectified.

Very awesome of you.

 

[TarionzCousin]

This post would probably be better off in the meta forum.

Yeah. Perhaps a mod will move it there.

What made me disable the system though was the new "in-line" XP comments. I find the comments being attached to the original post to be annoying.

Understood. I find it fascinating to see what people award XP for. So I enjoy the immediate feedback.

Nagol, et al., can you still award XP?

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

1. We can still see our XP total and who gave it to us. Further, if someone gives us xp, their comments show in our posts (give me xp to test that if you want, I don't care).

2. We can still give xp, and our comments likewise show up in those people's posts.

3. Why do we disable it? I can't speak for everyone who does. I do it because I dislike having the xp system. I think even with the 50 person limit it, it still causes cliques, just larger cliques. It also seems like another post count, some big number to flash in your posts to gain some sort of "cred." It's supposed to reward people for helpful and informative posts, but that could already be done with a post or PM of "Thank you," and I don't need a person's xp count to tell me I should listen to his/her advise over someone else's (since with such a high xp amount, surely many others have found this poster a wellspring of knowledge in the past, right?). I value certain poster's inputs more than others, both based on the quality of an individual post they make and their history of making great posts. I don't need the xp system to help me with this. Finally, I find that too often, xp is "abused," not given for helpful/infomative posts, but rather as reward for slams on other posters or edition warring, or perhaps most annoyingly, on insipid "awesome" posts that add nothing to the conversation. But then, OP, it seems that is what you think XP should reward.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Oh, when I said that we can see our xp totals, I meant under settings and "XP Recieived" specifically. On forum pages on the left sidebar of my posts, it displays the same "has disabled experience points" message I presume you see when viewing it.