I gave out a bunch yesterday; waited 24 hours; and could only give out 5 tonight. I guess I will never understand the rules of the "rep game." Oh well ... 5 is better than zero I guess.
Here is a quick primer;
- You are allowed to give out a maximum of 20 reps in a 24 hour period.
- You cannot rep the same person again until you have repped 11 other posters.
In your User Control Panel there are 2 tabs that deal with reps.
- Latest Reputation Given - Lists the Date, Time and Names of the posters you have repped over the previous 3 days.
- Latest Reputation Received - Lists the last 20 posters who gave you rep.
Use Latest Reputation Given (LRG) tab to find out when you can give out your next rep by counting down the last 20 that you gave out. If you gave out your 20th rep at 6pm yesterday you will have to wait until 6pm today before you can give that rep to someone else.
So after you gave out 5 reps yesterday all you need to do is go to the LRG tab and count down 20 and the Date/Time stamp will tell you when you can give out rep #6.
Same thing applies when you receive the message about spreading rep around before you can rep the same poster again. Just go to the LRG tab and count the number of posters from the top until you reach the one you want to rep. If the count is less than 11 then you need to give posts to other people until you reach the magic 11 count.
Hope this helps.