I don't know what you posted either but I don't like anonymous thumbs down

:true: and here's a  :urock: to you 2 guys from me

I don't know what you posted either but I don't like anonymous thumbs down

Correct, it has no effect on anything.

Just happen to search for this topic and glad I've found it even it was 2 years since the last reply, I too have wondered what reputation power is and what do they do and if they do have effect, now this topic answer my question, although it has no effect on anything (Thanx God) but it sure looks good on profile 

What upset here were the bottom right post miley like votes, of which I believe you can see some stats when clicking on the left side panel smiley .

While it certainly isn't fair that a single like/dislike of a post can have such a great impact on a person's reputation, I do think that this functionality should remain.  However, as raphjd suggested, it should be REQUIRED that a name and reason for the rating be included for actual acceptance and inclusion of the rating in any reputation ranking…otherwise it should simply be overlooked or discarded.  Anonymous feedback with no context or way to get in touch with the person providing the feedback is not constructive / helpful.

I would be very happy to see the bottom-right icon disappear - it isn't right that someone can destroy a reputation, anonymously and without reason. I argued this on another site.

The blue heart in the bottom left, I do use, but only to agree. Not my place to trash someone's posts.

But with that, you are identified and can leave a short message like 'good tip', 'helpful advice' and the like.

I agree, to a degree.

I like the idea that I can like/dislike a post using the icons.

HOWEVER, I agree that anonymous likes/dislikes should not count against your reputation.  A name and reason should be required.

The blue heart in the bottom left, I do use, but only to agree. Not my place to trash someone's posts.

But with that, you are identified and can leave a short message like 'good tip', 'helpful advice' and the like.

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Popper, it was suggested I might have added the sad emoticon in the post title by mistake. I'm quite sure I didn't. I use emoticons only rarely and never in titles. I have an idea what might have happened and, perhaps why.

Regardless, it's sad that rather than simply pass on, one person out of the 160+ who viewed the gif might have decided to get a little snide. One bad comment from 70 posts and a quite prominent 'sad' face suddenly appears under my rep bar. Who knew that could happen? Not the end of the world. No-one got killed. But it bloody annoyed me.

I understand it annoys you and have tested a little more how it works (but don't know where to change the configuration, except to disable the voting icons all together):

The forum member gets the icon given by the majority of votes right lower corner to any of his posts, if the number of votes for smileys are equal, the last given prevails. That means if there was only one vote, it is that icon, the sad smiley it was in your case.  Similar to the icon attached to a post title, but only count icon votes made to that post.

That is something I've no idea how it works and how it can be changed. Very strange functioning and NOT reputation power related. Reputation is voted by the heart symbol bottom left in the posts side panel. These smilies are voted bottom right of a forum post, but how that exactly influences the smiley attached to the side panel isn't very clear to me.

Popper, it was suggested I might have added the sad emoticon in the post title by mistake. I'm quite sure I didn't. I use emoticons only rarely and never in titles. I have an idea what might have happened and, perhaps why.

Regardless, it's sad that rather than simply pass on, one person out of the 160+ who viewed the gif might have decided to get a little snide. One bad comment from 70 posts and a quite prominent 'sad' face suddenly appears under my rep bar. Who knew that could happen? Not the end of the world. No-one got killed. But it bloody annoyed me.

Actually, that isn't a specific GayTorrent.ru formula, but part of the basic bulletin board software package used for the forum.

Reputation points are earned as following:
3 points for opening a topic
1 point for a reply

With every 50 reputation points the reputation power increases by 1.

The first block in the bar requires 100 reputation points, then the number of additional points needed for the next block is increased each time by 100 (i.e. 100 + 200 = 300; 300 + 300 =600).

Regarding the "heart" voting up/down by members influenced by the voter's power, it seems the number of reputation points gets increased/reduced by the voters reputation power (e.g. if I vote with a current power of 160, I'll add 160 points to the member who's post I voted to like, at least his power increases by 3).

I used to be good at that

Think of a video game and gaining levels.  The early levels only take a few points to increase your level.  As you increase your level, it takes a lot more points to get to the next level.  And so on.

It increases with the number of topics and forum posts you create (sorry, I don't know the key) and can be increased or decreased by other members liking or disliking your posts if they click on the heart symbol bottom left in the post side panel. the higher the voters Reputation Power the higher the impact of his like / dislike to your reputation.

A member can not vote on the same user in a row and there is a minimum waiting time to vote on the same member again "Spread your love" says the related failure message.

That is the second time in two days I see that question, so perhaps I'll dig to find how it is exactly calculated …