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Originally Posted by Azaelia of Willowbottom
I have never given a negative rep, and I always sign reps that I do give. From what I see of the 'Downs, everyone is both good posters and good people, so no one has done anything to bug me enough.
As for positive reps, it's a good thing, but not always necessary, to sign just in my opinion. It's just a nice thing to do. I always sign, but I don't have a real problem about unsigned pos-rep. It all depends on the circumstances.
But if I were ever to give a neg-rep, I would absoloutely sign it. It's unfair otherwise. If you're unhappy with someone, they deserve to know it.
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I've said the same thing... and for the first half a year and more, it was true: I signed all my rep, without a qualm (or if I didn't, I didn't notice), and everyone was posting so nicely and politely and properly that I didn't think there was any point to that Neg Rep button. Sure, there were a few useless posts, but not bad enough to deserve the Neg Rep rap. But I was certain that when the time came, I would sign that Neg Rep with as much ease as a positive Rep for a funny Crazy Caption.
Then the day came and there was a post that was out of line, and needed to be called. So I did. I posted my first Neg Rep. And, to my credit, I kept my word and signed it.
But it was hard. Boy was it hard... I realise now why people talk of getting unsigned Neg Rep. It's such a difficult thing to have to hand someone Neg Rep in the first place, that you don't want to be identified with it...
Then there's the other end of the spectrum. I have, in those nine months or whatnot of wasting my free time in this online world, received a grand total of two Neg Reps, both unsigned, which fazed me not at all... for some unfathomable reason.