Reputation 101 | A general guide for beginners

[utaninja]

Let's break down the definition of reputation.

- (Merriam-Webster, Reputation)
Noun - rep·u·ta·tion | \ ˌre-pyə-ˈtā-shən \
1. The overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general
2. Recognition by other people of some characteristic or ability
3. A place in public esteem or regard: a good name
4. The common opinion that people have about someone or something: the way in which people think of someone or something
5. The overall quality or character as judged by people in general
6. The overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general within a community
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TL;DR: How the person is perceived in the community and his quality as a character in the community.

Spoiler: Terms for Reputation

+rep - Positive reputation (or sometimes used as a vouch)
-rep - Negative reputation (or sometimes used as a de-vouch)
Vouch - "Assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience that something is true or accurately so described." (Merriam-Webster, Vouch)
De-vouch - "Assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience that something is untrue or in-accurate as so described." (Merriam-Website, Vouch)
Vouch Copy (otherwise known as vc).
Neg rep (reputation).
DNDW - Do not deal with.
DWC - Deal with caution.
Impersonator (otherwise known as an imposter) - "One that assumes false identity or title for the purpose of deception" (Merriam-Website, Imposter)

Why is reputation a big deal?
- Reputation helps you decide if you can trust the user you want to do a transaction with.

There are typically three places that you will find a reputation on a user. Positive or negative.
This is a great way to check someone's reputation. Make sure to take into consideration what the deal was and how much was transacted.

Profile vouch's (ZDesigns, user profile)

Reputation System (ZDesigns, user profile)

Service thread vouch's (ZDesigns, user profile)

Before I continue, let me explain how to check if a user is an impersonator (imposter).

There are three steps I personally take to ensure I myself am not dealing with an impersonator.

Step 1:
Always verify on-site. Simply shoot the user a private message like this.

Step 2:

Make sure you are not talking to an impersonator. Users will use fake letters to make you think they are using the actual user's discord. You can put the user's discord in this website text slot and check! https://characterchecker.com/ (Zyger, Fake Character Detection.)

https://gyazo.com/1da16bf34908871db99e1f9686323bb5

As you can see, the "e" are fake characters. Therefore this is not the actual example#0000.

Step 3:

This step isn't always needed but it doesn't hurt to do it.
Check if the discord has their other profiles linked.

https://gyazo.com/1805242d5637e50d9fe6b092f83644f1

As you can see, SwaggerSouls has his YouTube and Twitch linked. Therfore that detirmes he is not an imposter.

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There's no simple way to decide if a user is reputable. Just take your time and look into his profile. Don't just trust the user because of their reputation amount or vouches. You as an individual need to take into account everything and decide. Having 5 posts doesn't make you not reputable.


- Thanks to Zyger and ZDesigns for helping. Apologizes for the horrible citations and everything. I'm trying to figure out what works best for threads. I'll be updating this all the time with different tips and tricks. Let me know how I can improve the thread!


"reputation." Merriam-Webster.com. 2019. https://www.merriam-webster.com
“Vouch.” Merriam-Webster.com. 2019. https://www.merriam-webster.com
ZDesigns, n.d. (n.d.). [User Profile]. July 25, 2019 from https://www.mc-market.org/members/40600/
"Imposter." Merriam-Webster.com. 2019. https://www.merriam-webster.com
“Fake Character Detection.” Character Checker, Zyger, 2019, https://characterchecker.com/.

 

[estoc]

Very Helpful guide for many people new to MCM, hope this gets recognised!

 

[Niteburn]

Reputation kind of annoys me because it limits me on where I can post.

Most of the purchases I do here tend to be from usually the same people and large purchases, and I don't want to hunt people down and tell them to add a reputation to my profile.

 

[utaninja]

Reputation kind of annoys me because it limits me on where I can post.

Most of the purchases I do here tend to be from usually the same people and large purchases, and I don't want to hunt people down and tell them to add a reputation to my profile.

If I asked for reputation after every deal I would have 4 times the amount. Reputation shouldn’t be judged by numbers but rather the individual.