Another AP modification (seriously again!)
I'll probably be ragged on because this would make my 2nd ap-modification thread on here in three weeks or so, but it's something I feel is pretty important.
DISCLAIMER: this is not a whine thread nor is it a bitch session.
We already know that names won't ever be hardcoded into AP assignment. That's fine with me. What I think could be an improvement would be the number of points given/taken on a post depending on whether or not the name is in the comment field.
Based on the 1% rule (which is more than likely wrong) of a 500 AP level:
Code:
$comment = "j00 suXX0rz --Vorlin";
if ($comment =~ m/$username/) {
# give or take 1% of AP level from receiver's AP level
} else {
# give or take .5% of AP level from reciever's AP level
}
Based on the above, if my comment was $comment, I'd give out 5 of 500 points either positively or negatively. Otherwise, if my name was not in the comment field, regardless of positive or negative, my AP assignment would only be worth .5% instead of 1%. It's the same way with AIM's warning methods. They tell you when you're assigning a warning that anonymous warns are worth less than telling the end-user who warned them.
Of course, this has some holes in it based off of my example such as people putting other people's names in place of theirs to alter point levels, etc etc...but those problems have always been around.
Another thing that might be worth adding would be a checkbox by a post that does not allow positive points to be assigned. Reason I say this is because I've received points in the past on posts that I felt were just my opinions or whatnot and I didn't want pos. points for it.
Laughable? Doable?
