Rain Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 Sometimes I have rep points given, but when I click on it then it says, "No reputation has been given for this post". Does that mean people gave me points, but took them back? I can see this if you were only given 1, but if you were given 3 or 4 then it seems odd that that many took them back. 1
Calm Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 add-on: if you go to your profile, click on reputation in the lefthand menu column, you may be able to see it there when you can't see it in the actual post. I have not tried it yet. The 'no rep' happens for me mostly with my iPad iirc. It is not that often.
Mars Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 total guess by a software developer: it probably means the board software doesn't keep track of who gave rep beyond a certain date in the past. it's probably a space saving measure by the board software. so you click the rep to see who gave you the upvote, and the click sends a message to the board software saying "for this post, who gave it a rep? please look it up in the database and get back to me." so other part of the board software that receives that messages goes and looks in the database and looks in the spot where the names of people who gave that particular post an upvote are stored and finds people there if they are there or finds nothing and reports that. then the click response that gives you the little pop up fills in the pop up with the list of people who gave it an upvote. if it got names. if it didn't, it just says "no reputation has been given for this post." so the database for the post stores the rep - easy and small value. but it doesn't hold on to the list of people - not so easy and not a small value. 1
Stargazer Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Sometimes I have rep points given, but when I click on it then it says, "No reputation has been given for this post". Does that mean people gave me points, but took them back? I can see this if you were only given 1, but if you were given 3 or 4 then it seems odd that that many took them back. Rep point giving is not reversible. Once you give rep, you can't take it back. As a software developer myself, Mars' response sounds reasonable to me, but my experience with database management (at least in Sql Server) teaches me that who gave what rep point to what post is not an "expensive" thing to store. I assume that the software is PHP, and uses MySql as its backing database. So far as I know, MySql is a relational database. If it is being used properly, with full normalization, keeping track of who repped which post isn't expensive at all. Can you direct us to a post in which you have a rep point but it doesn't report who gave it? I'd like to see that in operation. I think it is possible that a rep point given by a person who was subsequently banned might be lost as to who gave it. I find that the board software treats banned people differently from others. Or at least it used to. Edited July 12, 2015 by Stargazer
Rain Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 Here is one which was interspersed with others that worked: Hmm. Now that is interesting. I found it all going through my profile and then reputation. When I link directly to the post I can see who gave me the rep points. http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/65513-improving-sacrament-meeting-seeking-suggestions/?p=1209505773
Calm Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) And i found if you renew/reload the page, the glitch disappears...but not if you just reopen it again strangely enough.It is not date related as there are older dates that show reps and it can be seen in the orginal or in the profile if missing in the original, and if page reloaded. And it doesnt have anything to do with banned individuals because it is all or nothing, you see all four reppers of afour rep post for example or none of them. And the ones that glitched for me, none were banned. Edited July 16, 2015 by calmoriah
sunstoned Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 It is a glitch. I don't know why it happens.I have noticed this happens to me when using Chrome. I have not noticed it in IE.
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