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Re: Appropriate use of reputation points

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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
I too think that the rep point system is over-rated. It has some merits, but it also gets too much attention. People joke about it, complain about it, and debate it. We all are guilty of giving it more credit than it is worth.

As for abuse of positive rep or negative rep, I don't understand. If you are free to say what you want, then someone else is free to give you negative or positive rep about it. If they are being a jerk about it, then they have to deal with the ramifications. How is that abuse? We're all supposed to follow an outline of how to give positive and negative rep? I know how I give rep points, but that is just me. I don't worry about how everyone else is giving them. Nor do I tell others how to give our their rep comments. Do what you want. Deal with the results.


Andy B.

Sheesh... the above quote was my attempt at being as brash and blunt as I could be about this, hoping that someone would give me some negative rep points. I even put in there "please give me some negative rep" to prove that I really don't care too much about this system. But that seemed to obvious to me, so I deleted that sentence.

Honestly, if you wish to bash someone because you don't agree with them or you think that they are being to harsh, you should feel like you have that right. I'm SURE that I ticked a few people off with the above post, but no one gave me any negative rep points.

Do you guys see what I am saying? Not only should we feel free to post what we want to think, we should also feel free to give each other negative or positive rep points. You just need to be able to back up your opinions and stand by what you say.

Andy B.

[edit: woohoo! I've got 3 negative reps for this post... keep 'em coming!]

Last edited by Andy Baker : 21-07-2004 at 10:42.
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