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The system calculates the reputation of members depending on how they are perceived by themselves and other [Virians|Virian].
Members of the ["Reputation rating system"|http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?action=repIndex] allocate one another's 'Reputations', by allocating them values:
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1. This person should be banned
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2. Little or no redeeming value
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3. Strongly negative opinion
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4. Slight negative opinion
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5. Neutral or no opinion
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6. Slight positive opinion
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7. Strong positive opinion
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8. A credit to the the community
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9. A pillar of the community
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+For the purpose of evaluating 'Reputation', 'Influence' and 'Equity', members who are not yet rated by others are administratively allocated a 'neutral Reputation' of 5.
A computer algorithm converts this assigned 'Reputation' into:
*Reputation The average rating weighted by each member's influence.
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*Influence How much weight the member's opinion carries. This is calculated from the reputation such that in a community of N members the voting weight is allocated as:
-**Level 9 voting weight 1
-**Level 5 voting weight 1/N
-**Level 1 voting weight 1/N^2
-*Equity The percentage of the total influence wielded by this member, where the 'Influence' is a determination of how much weight a member's opinion carries, calculated from the Reputation such that in a community of N members one level 7 member will have as much influence as N level 4s, and one level 4 will have as much influence as N level 1s. In this way, a member's 'Equity' reflects the percentage of the total influence wielded by a member.
+**Level 9 voting weight N
+**Level 5 voting weight 1
+**Level 1 voting weight 1/N
-For the purpose of evaluating 'Influence' and 'Equity', unrated members are allocated
a 'neutral Reputation' of
5.
+The exact formula to calculate an influence from
a reputation R is e^(ln(N)*2*(R-
5)/(9-1))
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-[Virians|Virian] are assigned "equity" in the [Church of Virus|ChurchOfVirus] which is based upon their reputation.
+*Equity
[Virians|Virian] are assigned "equity" in the [Church of Virus|ChurchOfVirus] which is based upon their reputation. The percentage of the total influence wielded by this member, where the 'Influence' is a determination of how much weight a member's opinion carries. In this way, a member's 'Equity' reflects the percentage of the total influence wielded by a member
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-Members in [good standing|GoodStanding
] of the [Church of Virus|ChurchOfVirus] who are members of the ["Reputation rating system"|http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?action=repIndex] are refered to as the [Virian Congregation|VirianCongregation].
+Members in [good standing|VirianGoodStanding
] of the [Church of Virus|ChurchOfVirus] who are members of the ["Reputation rating system"|http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?action=repIndex] are refered to as the [Virian Congregation|VirianCongregation].
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See also [Sumucracy|sumucracy]
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-[AdminAttention] __New Suggestion__: All [Virians|Virian] have the ability to join the ["Reputation rating system"|http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?action=repIndex] after making a minimum of 3 posts to the list or [BBS|http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs] in order to permit other [Virians|Virian] to evaluate them.
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-I don't agree. A reputation can be earned elsewhere (IRC for example). --DavidLucifer
