Reputations

[the phantom]

Hmm... there seems to be a misunderstanding.

Rule #1 here on The Barrow-Downs is- the phantom is full of hot air.

Never take him too seriously unless you are reading a very long post in the books forum or a post on a Werewolf thread.

(in other words, he doesn't honestly stroll about slapping negative reps on unsuspecting members)

[The Only Real Estel]

(in other words, he doesn't honestly stroll about slapping negative reps on unsuspecting members)

Usually.

Rule #1 here on The Barrow-Downs is- the phantom is full of hot air.

And Rule #2 is that he is excellent for quotes. I think I'll just have to proclaim a month of phantom sigs in the near future so that I can unload all the ones I've been stockpiling.

Btw, did I mention that this thread is a good one?

[Ainaserkewen]

Rule #1 here on The Barrow-Downs is- the phantom is full of hot air.

Maybe this one needs to be in the FAQs for newbies...I'm sure you've raised a couple unsure eyebrows in your time phantom.

Negative reps with no signing? Rude, crass, uncouth...It's like leaving a "loser" sign on someone's locker, or even a "You might wanna buy some deoderant". It's just not done.

[Firefoot]

And here all of you are, just inflating phantom's ego all the more... *tsk, tsk.* Someone ought to randomly negative rep phantom just to knock him down a few notches. He could use it.

(I wonder if I have to tack a "this is a joke" sign onto that paragraph to make sure no one actually randomly negative reps phantom?)

(Rule #3: Let phantom think everybody adores him - it's good for his self-esteem. And phantom just wouldn't be phantom if he didn't have too much self-esteem.)

Who knows, maybe there's a "Fool of a Took" in there if you get enough bad reps. *Grin*

Actually, Larien, one of the positive ratings (I think it's 50-100 rep points?) is "_____ is no Fool of a Took." So you weren't too far gone, there.

(Now that's how you really make a thread on topic. )

[Gurthang]

Let me point out phantom's sig.

But let's leave him be, he's an eccentric chronic liar who's so egotistical that he's openly admitted that he's trying to trick us

And I did not say I supported random 'negging'; I said giving negatives, with reason, will keep people from becoming, well, arrogant...

Yes. A trait more and more common these days, even among the older, more experienced ones. ~Yoda

[mormegil]

Oh I fully realize that you are full of hot air and yourself phantom . I just wanted to say that I don't agree with your hot air approach. And I realize that Gurthang didn't fully back up you point but it was something fairly close and that's why I posted my opinion of rep.

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

I just came upon this thread... well, it's not like I dug it up, it's been sitting in front of my face for some time now... but anyway...

I'm lost as to this reputation thing. I'm assuming it's the little green boxes by our names, but I have no clue how people rate me or how to rate others. I remember on the old board there were the bones that you could give people, another rating system. But, how do you rate someone? Not that I'm going to, because I've never been one to judge people, but I'm curious. Perhaps I should read the last...err... however many pages long this thread is, to find out, but I'm feeling unmotivated at the moment.

Hah.. I probably lost some reputation just with this post. Ah well. I used to be scholarly, honest...before my hiatus from the boards. You'd have to go back a ways to find my good posts, I think. I've been tainted by the mutating threads on the boards at my site.

ETA: Ah ha! I've figured it out! I'm pretty clever when I put my mind to it. Wow, it's neat (yes, I did just say "neat") how you can leave comments and stuff with it. I shall start using this now. Time to put on my scholars hat and take a dive again! I appreciate that some liked my Eowyn post... I've been most scholarly about her lately, but it's hard not to learn a lot about a character when you build a site for her. I am quite opinionated about her

[VanimaEdhel]

Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

And Rule #2 is that he is excellent for quotes. I think I'll just have to proclaim a month of phantom sigs in the near future so that I can unload all the ones I've been stockpiling.

And what's Rule #3? Never discuss Fight Club? Oh, wrong board.

You know, to be honest, I keep coming back to this thread and discussing the pros and cons of the Reputations system, but I've realized that I never really look at people's reputations. Granted I have only been back on here for about a week or two - therefore I've been spending most of my time reminding myself how to use the forum and to check out this thread, and haven't really had time to even wander over to the book section yet. I may utilize it at some point, I guess. But really, I tend to just find my last post and read up from there until I catch up, not skipping based on reputation or not.

And can you explain something very quickly? I heard someone mention something about a little "red" box - does the box turn red when people give you negative Reputation, such as if you commit some heinous board crime and manage to say something stupid enough that people feel the need to take all of your good merits away? Or is it always green, but the little personal received Reputation thing that I assume you get when you're rated (I haven't been yet) is red?

[The Only Real Estel]

Or is it always green, but the little personal received Reputation thing that I assume you get when you're rated (I haven't been yet) is red?

That's right.

[VanimaEdhel]

Originally Posted by The Only Real Estel

That's right.

Neat-o. Thanks. Gee, disappear for six months, and you have no clue how anything works around here.

So, if someone rates you, is there somewhere you're supposed to go check or does a message appear in Private Message form if you get a comment along with it?

ETA: LOL, I can get into Wellesley College, but I can't figure out how a Reputations system works. How pathetic is that?

[davem]

Originally Posted by VanimaEdhel

Neat-o. Thanks. Gee, disappear for six months, and you have no clue how anything works around here.

So, if someone rates you, is there somewhere you're supposed to go check or does a message appear in Private Message form if you get a comment along with it?

ETA: LOL, I can get into Wellesley College, but I can't figure out how a Reputations system works. How pathetic is that?

It shows up in your 'USER CP' - top left under the Discussion Forum title.

[VanimaEdhel]

Originally Posted by davem

It shows up in your 'USER CP' - top left under the Discussion Forum title.

Oooh! Okay! Thanks. Wow, reading those now also made me feel distinctly happier - there were some from a while ago that I never even noticed.