Reputations

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

One of the most enjoyable things about being able to leave unsigned reps is that it leaves you wide open to play delightful games. Like saying "I think your post was hilarious, but I'm not going to tell you who thinks it. Suffice to say, the answer is "I"." or other such nonsense. After all, it's the comment that's important, not the sender, correct?

[Ainaserkewen]

Or do you think that I am really cool and entertaining and are hinting that I should get a girlfriend cause you'd love to step in and fill the vacancy?

Oh get in line! Anyway, girlfriends solve all of men's problems...don't you know that? Wait...

Oh, almost forgot: Reps rock!

[Gurthang]

Anyway, girlfriends solve all of men's problems.

Well, they can cause more problems. It depends on the girl... and the guy... not that I disagree or agree, or.... oh piffle. Say what you want, I won't argue.

But I think that the phantom has a valid point. Although I must ask if you look for something seriously bad to neg, or if you just randomly give someone a negative rep.

I can understand what he says. People get a lot of rep, they get cocky. They'll say about anything. One way to stop them is to cut them down. It keeps you honest.

Personally though, I'd be almost afraid to give a negative to someone very high up, as in very valueable in points. Just the thought of never receiving that high rep again is rather discouraging.

[mormegil]

I must disagree that randomly giving bad rep is a good thing. I've seldom given negative rep but when I do it's because the post is offensive was a highly derogatory response that is not validated. Randomly giving out negative does nothing but create questions as to why and I feel inappropriate use of the system.

[Larien Telemnar]

Weel Phantom , feel free to give me a bad rep anytime, I take stuff good, I'll only throw a chair ut the window. Wait................

No seriously, if anyone needs to blow off some steam, you come and give me a bad rep, I'm a good sport.

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

[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. )

[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 Ka]

Originally Posted by Gurthang

I can understand what he says. People get a lot of rep, they get cocky. They'll say about anything. One way to stop them is to cut them down. It keeps you honest.

Personally though, I'd be almost afraid to give a negative to someone very high up, as in very valueable in points. Just the thought of never receiving that high rep again is rather discouraging.

I agree with the first part, but you shouldn't be afraid of wounding someone's rep. if they are indeed doing something that is not respecting everyone else and the rules. It shouldn't matter how much reputation points you have, if you chose to give everyone a bad time, you will risk the chance of losing some, or many points. It just depends if you want to be responsible about it, and try not giving everyone a bad time, or you can be arrogant and continue to make it hard yourself. Trust me, i've made some really stupid, implusive and unwise posts before - and I indeed recieve a comment on each one of them. Thanks to those who did!

~Ka

[the guy who be short]

I vent my frustration by anonymously neg-repping the phantom every day. It helps cut down his ego.

Oh, wait, now he knows it was me...

On a more on-topic note, how often do people check their rep inbox? I used to check it every day but the reps are drying up, so from now on it's about once a week.

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

TGWBS, I check mine pretty much whenever I'm bored and have nothing better to do. Which means that I've already looked through all the interesting threads, I've already responded to anything that catches my interest, I've already answered any PMs, and I still have time. It was the neatest thing today though...

It's the Fourth of July, and my total rep points are currently at 1776. That's ironic in a way cool way.

[Kath]

I tend to check mine at the very end of a day when I've (finally) dealth with all the e-mails coming my way and posted on all the threads I've subscribed to or just found. It's a nice end to a day to find that someone has liked something you said.

[Orominuialwen]

I generally go to my User CP to check on subscribed threads when I log on, so I see any reps I have then.