[Paul Copioli]

I forgot how wise Mr. Baker really is. I, too have noticed this trend. You so called CD veterans: take a good look at how you give out rep. I say that if you have given negative rep to more than 5 people, then you may be a bit judgmental. If you have given negative rep to more than 10 people or a total of more than 20 times, then I say you need to look inward and stop being holier than thou.

Negative rep should not be used as a training method. If I gave everyone negative rep that asked a technical question that I had answered on CD 2 or 3 years ago, then I definitely would have violated my criteria above. Newbies need to be taught, or dare I say ... mentored and not smacked upside the head with red dots.

Carnegie is not just a guy's name. Look it up ... study the methods. It works.

By the way, I have negative repped two times since the system has been implemented.