Is it alright to give negative rep because you dont like someone's thread?? That seems a bit wrong to me if thats what people are doing.
Is it alright to give negative rep because you dont like someone's thread?? That seems a bit wrong to me if thats what people are doing.
Making a 'negative' post and making a 'negative' thread are both things I imagine you can give out negative rep for. Remember, giving out Rep is based on your own personal evaluation of other users. If someone thinks a person's post is funny/informative they can give a positive rep for it. But if someone else thinks that same post is insulting(or just not funny) then they should be able to dish out Rep if they feel that strongly about it.
Making bad posts is bad, but making bad threads is even worse IMO. It clutters the forums and pushes worthwhile posts out of sight. Some threads also quickly fall into nothing and could have easily been discussed in a more 'collective' thread. Every time I see a 'look at this funny video' thread I think, "Don't we have a thread for that already?" But I only give out Neg Rep towards threads I feel are against the rules (or should be against the rules).
I've personally been shocked that I've yet to get a single Rep hit for providing links to torrents. I know I appreciate it when I can just come onto the forums and see which anime has had new releases and can get them with a push of a button, rather than hunt through groups' websites and trackers.
Also, I say don't be scared of giving negative rep, just try to put a comment with it explaining why. Even if the admins don't like that they're getting hit with negative rep I like to think they're mature enough not to strike back with their powers against someone who had a legitimate gripe against something they did.
*looks pleadingly at Terra* Don't hate me?
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
whats the point of giving someone reputation or negative reputation if you dont have to leave a comment? people just do it becuase they dont like a person or something.
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
I've been doling out comments on why I didn't like a post, be it lacking in any content at all, or saying something like "Good eps, " [end of post]. The problem is that to read the comments, you need to hit the rep button on a specific post. I don't believe the people who are making the poor posts like this are bothering to look at the comments, even if there are any.
Generally, I don't leave comments for good posts. If it's a good post, I'm willing to bet the poster can figure out why. It seems like a waste for me to say something like "Well said" as a comment when I'm putting negative rep on people who do the same thing. I suppose if there came a situation and a post that was very well done, I'd put in some detail why I liked it, but so far I have not been compelled to do so.
That's not true.Originally Posted by Ryllharu
To view comments, as well as which thread they were in you just need to click on your 'Control Panel' icon at the very top of the forum toolbar. That shows what thread the rep was given in, shows the comment along with it and whether the rep was positive or negative.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
There's no fun in the whole system unless you leave a comment. What manner of delight will a person get out of the rep hit, unless he knows why he got it. Of course you can assume a self-satisfied person would automatically think: "of course, this is only right" when he gets a positive rep hit even without a comment, but generally speaking it turns into nothing more than plain statistic without comments.
I think feedback is really important when giving out rep. Positive feedback is just as effective as negative feedback in letting others know what you like about their posting. Negative feedback lets them know what they can improve. I think this is especially important for new members when they join, so they get a better feel for the community. By encouraging them in posting well, there's a greater chance they'll make more good posts in the future. I try to be fairly explicit in my reasons for rep hits. I generally give out rep for good posts based on factors such as insightfulness, style, helpfulness, etc. A post could be poorly written, but contain a lot of helpful information, so I would naturally want to clarify that the rep was for the content of the post. And as Kraco mentioned, getting blank comments is just less fun
that was my whole point, some idiot (maybe the same who left one for jadugar) just left me a blank comment so i was sitting there for 5 min wondering:
1. who this fucking idiot is
2. why the hell he bothered repping me.
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
Don't take this so seriously... in the end this was destined to become some kind of popularity contest. Well not entirely, but you get the point. People who are hated won't get positive reps even if they post awesome and true stuff, people who are well-liked will get positive reps for no apparent reason, KitKat will always have the highest legit rep since she's a girl and so on (don't get me wrong, Kit is awesome, but I've seen the comments she has received and they are hilarious).
While we of course would love it if everyone gave fair comments and all that jazz - we kinda realize it's impossible so, yeah, don't take it TOO seriously.
Its all good and dandy in the la la land where the mods are.
Don’t get me wrong Terra, I fucking love you but a couple you days ago you had only two bar reps and now its off the chart. You should be able to do what ever you want to, I am absolutely fine with that. You are pinnacle of awesome.
BUT
What I don’t like is oh don’t take it too seriously stuff. How can you say that? I have been here nearly a year and no disrespect to KitKat but five rep bars. Come on, it seems like there is some kind of underground rep system/mechanism working to favor certain people.
I do have a lot of friends here who would rep me without asking any questions but I haven’t asked any of them. Why? I don’t feel that it’s the right way. I believe in earring the respect.
This system gave too much of power in the hands of idiots who probably never posted a useful comment in their entire time here but they think they have the right to rep other people.
Like I said before, fuck the rep system. People can give me a bad rep if they want to but they will never take away my freedom of speech (did I just quoted Mel Gibson from Braveheart). If people want to say it to someone that they don’t like their post then they can say it to their face by POSTING. Its an online forum for god’s sake. There is no need of some kind of stealth rep system.
Well its not so stealth system for the mods. Apparently they can see you. This system is really transparent and fair?
I don’t remember disapproving a mod. If I did then I probably had a good reason. If you can see me then what? Should I be scared?
I will give you a word of advice given to me by two mods. Don’t take it too seriously.
Why do I bother pouring my heart out because clearly I see a lot of people upset by this and because I love this place so much that I feel like doing something about it? I browse a lot of forums but Gotwoot is my first love and your first love stays with you forever.
Let the bashing begin. LET ME HAVE IT.
P.S. I also reped KitKat (I love you too). What the hell, the sky is not going to fall down.
Well I wasn't saying that you should completely ignore it... just that it will never work the way people really want it to.
I don't know why you bring Terra to this argument, since he's an admin, and as it has been explained a couple of times already admins are pretty much out of the Rep game. Plus, admins can change their reps to whatever they see fit, so who cares.
About Kitkat, what's really impressive that me, being the 2nd or 3rd poster with the most rep points power here, has given her about 3 times negative reps, so that that really shows how many positive feedback she is getting.
I really wonder who identified himself being able to see you by being a mod, if it was Terra, then who cares since he is an admin and his rep really doesn't matter, if it was by someone else, then start worrying...
Last edited by Munsu; Sun, 03-19-2006 at 06:33 PM.
the only reason I was frustrated with this was because it took me the longest to get two squares (talk about not working the way I want it to
While it took KK less then a week to get five..... (I'm fine with that)
The only real downside to the rep system, is that some(lets say someone childish) could end spamming everyone with neg. reps in the same way they spammed the forums a few months back. Bottom line is that neg. reps should only be give when absoluetly called for, if not then don't put anything
Last edited by Knives122; Sun, 03-19-2006 at 06:17 PM.
R.I.P Captain America.
Enter the drama!
Seriously, I do get a little irked when I get a neg rep without a comment, but most of them have had comments. But these Rep hits have to be anonymous or you just fall into the cycle of 'my friends give me Ups, my foes (and those that I give Down Rep to) give me Downs' and that really doesn't help anyone with anything...
Rep should be earned in a legit fashion. Heck, now that I just see that terra's rep is so high I don't even care to Rep him on posts I liked. I can imagine it'd be the same to others.
Everyone has the right to rep others. Yes it's a popularity contest. I can accept that I won't always agree with rep hits I get, and I sure as hell don't always think some members should have the rep they do, but complaining about it isn't going to change anything.
I know I'll probably get bad reps just for being myself, but as long as I get a legit comment on it I have to accept that other person's opinion.
And it's pretty mean to single out KitKat. She's well-liked for a reason, and it isn't just because she's a girl.
Jad, you have to go one way or the other. Saying 'Fuck the system' and then showing that it really irks you isn't furthering either one of those viewpoints... On the other hand, I feel your pain with getting slapped by anonymous negitive hits that don't seem to have much more than a 'I don't like you' ring to them
Terra, how bout settin your rep back down to a normal level and serving as a good example of how the Rep system works for others? I know Comp's been doing that, but other than him all the other 'visible' administrators (which are Wilik, Ciber, comp and you) have artificially inflated rep.
"Neg Rep" happens...
Last edited by masamuneehs; Sun, 03-19-2006 at 06:21 PM.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
"Neg Rep happens..."
Exactly, at least the rep holds no bearing on your posting priveldges or anything else for that matter. We're all just struck by the I want to have higher rep than you syndrome that comes with this kind of thing. But one thing good about it, is that if you really want to have a positve rep and you make crappy posts, it can influence the way you post as to better the community... Just my 2 cents.
"And it's pretty mean to single out KitKat. She's well-liked for a reason, and it isn't just because she's a girl."
Nobody has said that "it's just because she's a girl". Among her comments, however, are people writing basically "this rep is because you're a girl". I am not trying to single out someone or whatever-the-fuck, I just felt that it was a good way to illustrate that the rep system isn't "fair". But enough about that.
"Terra, how bout settin your rep back down to a normal level and serving as a good example of how the Rep system works for others? I know Comp's been doing that, but other than him all the other 'visible' administrators (which are Wilik, Ciber, comp and you) have artificially inflated rep."
Nah, I kinda like being the pinnacle of awesome.
I think it restricts people what they really think. They are more aware of the fact that if they say something which is true but is against someone then they will be definitely getting a bad rep.
Hell even I flinched a couple of time. I just moved away thinking oh no if I say something then this person is going to give me a bad rep. This should not be affecting the way people think and post.
I give up. I am only going to go one way not that it has changed what it used to be.
28 points rep power. Who is that strong?
and the drama continues..............
How can you find out how much rep points a specific rep hit gives you?
I had 188 points yestarday. After that bad rep it went down to 160.
what i'm getting annoyed at is that everytime i get 2 bars, some jackass decides to negative me bringing me down a few notches. Also, jad i think i was negative repped by the same person as you without a comment. He brought me down quite a bit, i'd go check but i'm making this post right now.
edit: hmm it seems i was taken down from 102 to 80 in 1 negative reputation. This would mean that the person who negative reped me has a grand finale of 44 reputation points...let the hunt begin.
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
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