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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Ill give you some examples (I wish I could go back and get all of mine but a lot of the comical ones are gone)
Here are some recent ones
The 2056 Streak has... 04-02-2016 11:19 PM - they still won
like what?
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pic: Rookie Mistake 03-28-2016 11:18 PM rambling post and bragging
The "bragging" was me saying that I read the manual a lot.
Side note on this one the person who redded me also redded a person in F4 for no real reason and even PM'ed me recently because he could not red me again.
Here is what you should use it for
Negative reputation should be given if the person is posting something that detracts from the conversation. If the post is rude, inappropriate, breaks forum rules, is not gracious, etc; these are all good reasons to give negative reputation. If you have a personal grudge with someone, their team, etc, is it not appropriate to give them negative reputation for no reason. Giving negative reputation because you don't agree with what was said is not an appropriate use of the reputation system. People are entitled to their own opinions, and just because you don't agree doesn't mean the user was wrong or not contributing to the conversation.
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The dot system works well when it's used correctly. The example you gave in the OP was a good use of the dot system. You made a post that breaks the community rules (i.e. insulting a team by calling their robot mentor-built), and you got red dotted. That led you change your ways, and now you have fully reformed.
In these examples, the dot system was not being used properly. Small mistakes (especially when they aren't mistakes) or differences in opinion don't warrant a red dot. Maybe just a grey dot or PM.
To give another example, in one post I called the cheval de frise the "shovel the fries". Is this the correct name? No. Should I have called it that? Probably not. Does it deserve a red dot? Definitely not. A PM asking me to call it the right name would have done just as much good. Thankfully, I'm pretty thick-skinned and this didn't turn me off CD, but if I were a new poster with little experience it could have very well made me never want to post again.
tl:dr the dot system is fine, our use of it might not be