Why it is sometimes hard to be a student on CD.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by lethc

What constitutes certain reputation as unnecessary?

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?

or

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.