Add at least one attachment for reputation, upload button not there

[icecub]

I received a positive reputation after a transaction here and wanted to give the same back in return. In order for me to do this, I'm apparently supposed to upload an attachment as prove that this actually happened. Fine by me, but I'd like the website to give me the option to do so please:

As you can see in the screenshot, there is no "Upload a file" button available anywhere. I searched with the browser for "upload" and even checked the page source for any upload fields within the form. It's not there. Not even hidden.

Edit: Apparently this only happens if you click the button to return reputation from the link where you received it. If you try to give reputation from the user profile instead, it works fine.

 

[Mick]

Back about a year ago we introduced some pretty radical changes to the way that we handle reputation. We made all reputation left by banned members be marked as uncounted in your reputation totals and disabled the reporting functionality to reduce abuse and targeted. The changes that we made were certainly controversial at the time, but looking back I'm a firm believer that the changes we made back then were the best that we could have made.

Our reputation system is very far from being perfect in its current state, and we fully recognise that. Since it's introduction we've changed many policies and spent countless hours developing new custom systems, such as disputing feedback.

At the moment we aren't planning to do any more development for our site until we can migrate to XF2. We're also not going to be making any changes to our policies surrounding reputation. Our system is stable at the moment, and making a change now when we're going to be redeveloping everything shortly isn't beneficial. Perhaps once we move to XF2 and have fixed all the bugs that come with that and have more time for some new development and to consider the impact that instituting new policies will result in.

Until then, I'll move this to denied. Once we migrate to XF2 if you feel that this is still relevant please create a new suggestion thread and we can look into it once again. Thank you to everyone for your support and criticism of our systems, it is definitely the best way for us to improve.

Thank you,